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3 months ago Politics

Lagos, NGO train health educators in improved maternal care

The Lagos State Primary Health Care Board, in partnership with the Maternal and Reproductive Health Collective, has organised a two-day capacity-building workshop for health educators across the state to strengthen community engagement, improve health literacy and increase the use of primary health…

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3 months ago Politics

Canal+ Tops Guidance on Profit and Cash, Strikes AI Deals With Google Cloud and OpenAI, Seals Sky Drama Pact as MultiChoice Turnaround Plan Takes Shape

Canal+ reported full-year 2025 results that topped its own guidance on profitability and cash flow, even as MultiChoice, the African pay-TV giant it acquired last September, posted a 6% revenue decline and continued to lose subscribers. The company also unveiled partnerships with Google Cloud, Open…

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3 months ago Politics

Meta Ramps Up Efforts to Disrupt Industrialized Scamming

With organized, industrial-scale scamming causing a multibillion-dollar crisis around the world, Meta announced new account protections on Wednesday aimed at flagging potentially suspicious activity to users as early in a scam interaction as possible. The company also shared details about a recent …

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3 months ago Politics

Tinubu's UK visit confirms Nigeria's growing global influence — Group

The Hope Alive Initiative has hailed the forthcoming state visit of Nigeria’s President, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, to the United Kingdom, describing the invitation as a validation of the President’s soft-power approach to diplomacy and Nigeria’s growing influence in global affairs. President Tinubu and hi…

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3 months ago Politics

Nigeria benefits from Dangote Refinery as global crude prices surge – PETROAN

The Petroleum Products Retail Outlets Owners Association of Nigeria has hailed the Dangote Refinery as “our salvation,” stressing that Nigeria stands to benefit if the facility supplies “100 per cent” of domestically consumed petrol. Speaking on Channels Television on Wednesday, the President of PE…

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3 months ago Politics

WATCH: Bill Maher tricks Adam Schiff into trashing Obama's justification for war

L: Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images & R: Courtesy of HBO © 2026 Blaze Media LLC. All rights reserved. The senator then argued that Congress must reassert its constitutional authority over decisions to go to war In the wake of the U.S. strikes on Iran, host Bill Maher welcomed Sen. Ad…

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3 months ago Politics

US warns of ‘terrorist threat’ in Nigeria

US warns of ‘terrorist threat’ in Nigeria The US embassy in Nigeria has warned that American facilities and US-affiliated schools in the country could be targets of a potential terrorist attack, the mission reported on Monday. The notice called on American citizens to stay alert and follow safety g…

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3 months ago Politics

South Africa Data Center Market Investment & Growth aNALYSIS Report 2026-2031 Featuring Key DC Investors - Africa Data Centres, Digital Parks, Equinix, Microsoft, NTT, Open Access, Teraco, Vantage

Dublin, March 11, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The "South Africa Data Center Market - Investment Analysis & Growth Opportunities 2026-2031" report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering. The South Africa Data Center Market was valued at USD 2.55 Billion in 2025, and is projected to reach U…

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3 months ago Politics

FG signs deal to host 2027 Intra-African trade fair in Lagos

The Federal Government has signed the hosting agreement for the fifth Intra-African Trade Fair 2027, with Lagos selected as the official host city for the continental event aimed at boosting trade and investment across Africa. The agreement was signed on Tuesday in Lagos in partnership with the Afr…

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3 months ago Politics

North Korea says respects Iran's choice of new supreme leader - KCNA

Mojtaba Khamenei North Korea respects Iran’s choice of a new supreme leader, state media said Wednesday, accusing the US and Israel of undermining regional peace. Pyongyang, a longstanding US adversary, has previously condemned the US-Israeli attack on Iran as an “illegal act of aggression”. Defyin…

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3 months ago Politics

Iran police chief says anti-govt protesters treated as 'enemies'

This grab taken on January 6, 2026, from UGC images posted on social media the same day shows Iranian security forces using tear gas to disperse protesters at the Tehran bazaar. Iranian security forces fired tear gas on January 6 to disperse protesters at the Tehran bazaar who were chanting slogans…

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3 months ago Politics

Gov. Yusuf sacks Kano Head of Service

Gov. Abba Yusuf By Bashir Bello KANO – Governor Abba Yusuf of Kano State, has sacked his Head of Service, Alhaji Abdullahi Musa. In a statement issued by the governor’s spokesperson, Sunusi Bature, the Governor said the Head of Service is relieved of his appointment with immediate effect. Governor …

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3 months ago Politics

Israel pounds Lebanon, targets residential building in central Beirut

Israel has continued its relentless bombardment of Lebanon, hitting a residential building in central Beirut, as well as targeting a town in the eastern Bekaa Valley, as this punishing front in the wider regional war, sparked by the United States and Israel attacking Iran, has displaced nearly 700,…

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3 months ago Politics

Iran fires missiles, drones at Gulf nations as ship hit in Strait of Hormuz

Iran has fired missiles and drones at targets across the Gulf, including a United States base in Kuwait, in what it called its 37th wave of attacks on day 12 of the US-Israel war on Iran. The attacks come as tensions rise over a global energy crisis, with a vessel ablaze in the Strait of Hormuz. Th…

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3 months ago Politics

Iran war: What is happening on day 12 of US-Israel attacks?

The United States-Israeli war on Iran has entered its 12th day, with Tehran saying nearly 10,000 civilian sites in the country have been bombed and more than 1,300 civilians killed. Iranian targets, including Tehran’s Mehrabad airport, were bombed on Tuesday overnight, while Tehran continued its re…

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3 months ago Politics

Bellarmine Mugabe case: Arrests, accusations and arguments - the Mugabe family after losing power

Arrests, accusations and arguments - the Mugabe family after losing power The arrest in South Africa of the youngest son of Zimbabwe's former President, Robert Mugabe, has brought renewed attention to the former first family and their controversies over the years. Bellarmine Mugabe, who is due in c…

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Al Jazeera Africa Pending

3 months ago Politics

‘The other side’ of IITs: Student suicides haunt India’s top tech schools

Nashik, India – As Sanjay Nerkar returns from his office in Nashik, a small town in India’s Maharashtra state, he waits almost instinctively for a phone call – one he knows will never come. For nearly a decade, while his son, Varad Nerker, lived away from home for studies, he called his father at d…

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3 months ago Politics

Wike announces upgrade of Abuja traditional rulers

The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has approved the upgrade of all second-class chiefs to first-class and third-class chiefs to second-class, in the FCT Council of Chiefs. Mr Wike announced the approval in Abaji on Tuesday, during his visit to the area to thank the pe…

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3 months ago Politics

Nigeria begins evacuation of citizens in Iran

The Nigerian government has begun evacuating Nigerians in Iran, with officials accompanying them across the Armenian border as the US and Israel’s war with Iran continues. The head of the Nigeria in Diaspora Commission (NiDCOM), Abike Dabiri-Erewa, in a post on Tuesday, said citizens willing to lea…

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3 months ago Politics

Lagos CP urges transparency in police constable screening

The Commissioner of Police, Lagos State Command, Olohundare Jimoh, has directed officials screening constable applicants to uphold transparency, fairness and integrity throughout the exercise. Jimoh made the call in a statement issued on Monday by the command’s spokesperson, SP Abimbola Adebisi. Th…

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