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London arts centre to amplify global majority voices and ‘urgent questions’
The Guardian
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July 15, 2025
A new London art institution aimed at promoting global majority voices wants to be a space for “difficult, urgent questions” alongside civil debate, according to its founder, who claims freedom of expression is under threat. Ibraaz will open this...
NBA superstar Kawhi Leonard to grace the 2025 Giants of Africa Festival
Citizen TV Kenya
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July 16, 2025
Two-time NBA champion and multi-time all-star Kawhi Leonard has been added to this year's star-studded lineup for the Giants of Africa Festival 2025, which is scheduled for July 26th - August 2nd, 2025. The LA Clippers forward will mentor youth...
2027: Presidency in Panic Mode, ADC Coalition Alleges
This Day
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July 7, 2025
*Insists president not governing Nigeria *Obi declares he won’t buy N150bn jet when people are dying *Zulum dismisses defection rumour, affirms loyalty to APC *Ex-police minister, other PDP members move to ADC in large number, LP collapses...
Top Nigerian Newspaper Headlines For Today, Wednesday, 16th July, 2025
Naija News
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July 16, 2025
Good morning Nigeria. Welcome to the Naija News roundup of top newspaper headlines in Nigeria for today, Wednesday, 16th July, 2025. Former Nigerian President, Muhammadu Buhari, has finally been buried at his hometown in Daura, Katsina State....
DisCos post highest revenue since privatisation amid poor supply
Business Day
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July 7, 2025
Nigeria’s electricity distribution companies (DisCos) recorded their highest quarterly revenue since privatisation in the first quarter (Q1) of 2025, despite persistent complaints over poor power supply across the country. Data released by the...
Top Nigerian Newspaper Headlines For Today, Tuesday, 15th July, 2025
Naija News
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July 15, 2025
Good morning Nigeria. Welcome to the Naija News roundup of top newspaper headlines in Nigeria for today, Tuesday, 15th July, 2025 The Federal Government has announced that the remains of former President Muhammadu Buhari will arrive Katsina on...
Senegal joins growing list of countries that have eliminated trachoma
Media Monitors Network
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July 14, 2025
The World Health Organization (WHO) has validated Senegal as having eliminated trachoma as a public health problem. Senegal becomes the ninth country in WHO’s African Region to have achieved this feat. “I commend Senegal for freeing its population...
Liberia Risks ITTF Sanctions Over Uncertainty in Table Tennis Qualifiers
Front Page Africa
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July 15, 2025
The regional tournament serves as the qualifying pathway to the 2025 African Table Tennis Championships in Rwanda. MONROVIA – Liberia faces possible sanctions and fines from the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) as uncertainty looms...
How Tinubu’s foreign policy benefits the common man
The Guardian (Nigeria)
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July 3, 2025
Since assuming office in May 2023, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has redefined Nigeria’s foreign policy, not as an elite game of handshakes and photo-ops, but as a strategic extension of his domestic agenda to stabilise the economy, protect national...
US Amb. Bridgewater to launch memoir, ‘Bridging Troubled Waters’
Business Ghana
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Three-time United States Ambassador, Pamela E. Bridgewater has announced the launch of her anticipated memoir, Bridging Troubled Waters, written to include anecdotes from her success stories against all odds, and the key figures in her life...
Coalition: Former APC Chair, Oyegun Joins ADC
Point Blank News
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July 15, 2025
Former national chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and former Governor of Edo State, Chief John Oyegun, has officially joined the African Democratic Congress (ADC) in Edo State. Oyegun, a former governor of Edo State recently joined...
Buhari was an exceptional soldier, Onoja says
The Guardian (Nigeria)
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July 16, 2025
• He degraded Boko Haram terrorists, Buratai affirms • Northern youth hail Tinubu for honouring Buhari Former Principal General Staff Officer (Chief of Staff), State House, Maj-Gen Lawrence Onoja (rtd), has said he found former President Muhammadu...
Nigeria places 3rd in Africa for highest air ticket charges in 2024 – New Report
Nairametrics
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July 6, 2025
Passengers departing from Nigeria, Sierra Leone, and Benin paid some of the highest air ticket taxes and charges in Africa in 2024, placing West Africa at the top of the continent’s air travel cost rankings. Sierra Leone ranked first for regional...
Global campaign to repatriate looted cultural relics gains momentum as voices demand justice, heritage restitution
Global Times
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Artifacts on display during a bronze repatriation ceremony in Abuja, the capital of Nigeria on December 20, 2022. Photo: VCG Cultural artifacts are more than historical remnants; they embody the spirit of a nation and a civilization. In recent...
Day Buhari Wept at Aso Villa
This Day
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July 14, 2025
FEMI ADESINA All that some people knew about former President, Muhammadu Buhari, was his stern nature, which they mistook for wickedness. But the man had his soft side, which you never got to know except when you got close to him. Let me tell the...
AfCFTA: NPA berths first wholly Nigerian-owned container vessel
Tribune Online
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July 6, 2025
In a development that signposts readiness to maximize the gains derivable from the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA), the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) has deployed its state-of-the-art marine crafts to berth the first wholly...
Yakubu Gowon University land must remain intact
New National Star
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July 15, 2025
Of Nigeria’s federal universities, seven are classified as having the largest land mass. The University of Ilorin in Ilorin, the capital of Kwara State, tops the list with 15,000 hectares of land, and thus ranks as Nigeria’s largest university....
Ayra Starr, Kawhi Leonard for Masai Ujiri’s Giant of Africa Festival 2025
This Day
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July 15, 2025
Giants of Africa, a non-profit organization dedicated to empowering African youth through basketball, alongside its founder Masai Ujiri, have announced additional talent for Giants of Africa Festival 2025. Nigerian pop sensation, Ayra Starr, has...
Ghana’s gold exports surge
Zawya
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Ghana is capitalising on its gold exports to drive economic growth, with revenues increasing to $11.6bn in 2024 - a 52.6% increase from the $7.6bn recorded in 2023. Gold exports accounted for 57% of the country’s total export revenue, solidifying...
“Our Plan Is To Remove Tinubu From Aso Rock” – Edo PDP
Information Nigeria
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July 15, 2025
Edo State chapter of Peoples Democratic Party, has said that its agenda for next political dispensation is to stop President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s re-election in 2027. Edo State Caretaker Committee Chairman of the party, Tony Aziegbemi, made this...