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Gordon Campbell On The Costs Of Regulating Cost, And Burkina Faso As A Role Model
Werewolf
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July 16, 2025
Funny how “blow-out” gets so readily applied to cost escalation in the provision of public services (hospital rebuilds, the Cook Strait ferries) but when politicians get the figures wrong for their pet projects, its just a matter of opinion. Case...
Scientists Saddened as World's Largest Mars Rock Is Sold at Auction
Futurism
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July 20, 2025
A rock from Mars that traveled tens if not hundreds of millions of miles before improbably landing on our planet's surface has found its final resting place: the private collection of some secretive plutocrat, whose identity has not been revealed...
Nigerian Narcotics Agency Raids Lagos Hotel, Intercepts Drug-Laced Cereal Shipments To Italy, Pakistan
Sahara Reporters
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Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have reportedly raided a Lagos hotel, intercepting drug-laced cereal consignments bound for Pakistan and Italy, and arresting dozens of suspects in multiple sting operations across at...
Science Futurism Scientists Saddened as World's Largest Mars Rock Is Sold at Auction
Yahoo News
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A rock from Mars that traveled tens if not hundreds of millions of miles before improbably landing on our planet's surface has found its final resting place: the private collection of some secretive plutocrat, whose identity has not been revealed...
Atiku’s Exit From PDP Ignites Debates As ADC Gathers Weight
Daily Independent
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July 20, 2025
1 …Former ADP Presidential Aspirant, Others Join ADC …Coalition Party Battling With Identity Crisis, Says Presidency LAGOS / ABUJA – Chief Martin Onovo, a seasoned politician and 2015 presidential candidate of the National Conscience Party (NCP),...
Gold Heist in Accra
New Crusading Guide
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July 19, 2025
What began as a glittering gold deal worth hundreds of thousands of dollars has spiraled into a jaw‑dropping saga of deception, staged arrests, and a mysterious vanishing act — leaving victims stranded, penniless, and desperate for justice,...
Communique presented at the end of the National Summit on the Future of Nigeria’s Constitutional Democracy Held from 16th to 17th July, 2025 at the Transcorp Hilton Hotel, Abuja
Tribune Online
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July 18, 2025
Background THE 2025 National Summit on The Future of Nigeria’s Constitutional Democracy was convened by THE PATRIOTS, Nigeria’s foremost group of elder statesmen and women, intellectuals and civic leaders, under the distinguished leadership of...
Not Speaking Bad Of The Dead, Attempt To Downplay Buhari’s Many Sins
Daily Independent
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July 17, 2025
1 Perhaps, because the burden of proof lies with he who alleges, then came the popular saying embedded in African culture that it’s forbidden to speak ill of the dead. Originators of the popular saying might mean to ensure respect for the deceased...
FG, states delay 130,000 forest guards’ recruitment amid rising killings
Punch
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July 19, 2025
The renewed national forest policing initiative launched by the Federal Government in May is receiving a slow response from several states, Sunday PUNCH investigation has revealed. This comes despite a surge in deadly attacks by terrorists,...
On The Costs Of Regulating Cost, And Burkina Faso As A Role Model
Scoop
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Funny how “blow-out” gets so readily applied to cost escalation in the provision of public services (hospital rebuilds, the Cook Strait ferries) but when politicians get the figures wrong for their pet projects, its just a matter of opinion. Case...
Lean yield frustrates dairy industry’s desire to meet high local demand
The Guardian (Nigeria)
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July 19, 2025
Nigeria’s dairy sector holds great promise, but achieving significant improvement will require a coordinated, long-term strategy that integrates both local realities and global best practices, MOYOSORE SALAMI writes. National Shift From Import...
2000 donkeys stolen from Tanzania are smuggled into Kenya annually
Daily News Tanzania
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July 19, 2025
ARUSHA: MORE than 150 donkeys are stolen from Tanzania and smuggled into Kenya every month. It has just been revealed in Arusha. According to the Director of the Arusha Society for the Protection of Animals (ASPA), Livingstone Masija, the donkeys...
Africa's Great Green Wall gets 222 mln USD in FAO grant to strengthen resilience
Xinhua News Agency
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NIAMEY, July 4 (Xinhua) -- The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations and Niger have signed an agreement on a 222-million-U.S.-dollar grant for stronger resilience of Africa's Great Green Wall project. The agreement was...
Nigerian civil service: A 50-year appraisal
Blueprint Newspapers Limited
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July 18, 2025
Title: Leadership in the Nigerian Civil Service – Five Decades of Lessons in Performance, Encounters and Triumphs Pages: 420 Author: Goke Adegoroye Publisher: Kachifo Limited, Lagos, Nigeria Year: 2025 Reviewer: Abdullahi Shehu This scintillating...
Trump insegue vanamente l’Africa, il continente guarda a Cina e Russia e al multipolarismo
Strategic Culture
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July 17, 2025
Si è concluso l’11 luglio 2025 l’incontro alla Casa Bianca tra il presidente statunitense Donald Trump e cinque capi di stato del continente africano, che tuttavia di nazioni ne conta ben cinquantaquattro, insomma avanti adagio, quasi indietro....
Nigerian Politics After Buhari’s Demise
This Day
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July 20, 2025
Vincent Obia writes on the next phase of the Nigerian politics after the late former President Muhammadu Buhari, especially the question of who would inherit his loyal followers N igerians gathered in Daura, Katsina State, on Tuesday to bid...
African rail connection: A path to multimodal freight optimisation
Rail Freight
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July 11, 2025
Africa is home to some of the fastest-growing economies globally, and there is an urgent need to expand its infrastructure to ensure this growth aligns with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). With rapid urbanisation and population increases...
Biggest piece of Mars on Earth going up for auction in New York
Telengana Today
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July 13, 2025
The world’s largest Martian meteorite, weighing 54 pounds, will be auctioned by Sotheby’s in New York. The rare rock, discovered in Niger, is part of Geek Week 2025, which also features a juvenile Ceratosaurus skeleton from the Jurassic period....
Tinubu honours Afreximbank President Oramah with GCFR
National Accord Newspaper
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June 28, 2025
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja- President Bola Tinubu has conferred the national honour of Grand Commander of the Order of the Niger (GCON) on Professor Benedict Oramah, President of the African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank), in recognition of his...
Reactions As President Tinubu Renames University Of Maiduguri After Late Buhari
African Examiner
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July 19, 2025
Posted by Nwa Diokpa Articles/Opinion, Latest Headlines Friday, July 18th, 2025 (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The news that President Tinubu has renamed the University of Maiduguri after former president Muhammadu Buhari has sparked reactions on social...