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AFRICA/ZIMBABWE - "Training seminar" for judges and prosecutors canceled
Fides
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July 3, 2025
Harare (Agenzia Fides) - Under pressure from legal experts, lawyers, and members of civil society, an order requiring Zimbabwean judges to participate in a series of training courses at the Herbert Chitepo School of Ideology of the ruling Zimbabwe...
AMCON obligors damaged the Nigerian economy, says AMCON boss Gbenga Alade
New Mail
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July 3, 2025
Gbenga Alade, the managing director and chief executive officer of the Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON), has said that obligors of the Corporation damaged the Nigerian economy because they never intended to repay the loans they...
African Human Rights Inter-University Essay Competition: IHRAM Unveils Judges
National Network
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July 3, 2025
The International Human Rights Art Movement (IHRAM), renowned for its commitment to promoting human rights through artistic expression, has officially announced the panel of judges for the recently concluded African Human Rights Inter-University...
Kenya Hara sketches out his design career and creative impulses in Draw
STIRworld
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Internationally acclaimed Japanese designer Kenya Hara believes that the practice of sketching is pivotal to articulating what is intrinsically human. For Hara, art director at MUJI and president of the Nippon Design Center Inc., the...
Tanzanian PM to step down in surprise move
BBC
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Tanzania's Prime Minister Kassim Majaliwa has announced that he will not seek re-election in the forthcoming parliamentary elections, effectively preventing him from being re-appointed. Majaliwa had earlier said that he would defend his...
Nigeria’s inflated oil revenue projections linked to legislators’ bogus projects
Business Day
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July 3, 2025
The long-standing habit of exaggerating oil revenues in Nigeria is used by the National Assembly to cover the bogus constituency projects of members and is at the root of grave concerns by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) of fiscal risks...
African bishop slams ‘outdated, biased’ global finance system
Crux Now
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July 3, 2025
YAOUNDÉ, Cameroon – Nigerian Bishop Mathew Hassan Kukah of Sokoto says the global financial system is outdated and failing people,” particularly in Africa. The bishop’s comments to Crux came in the wake of the Jubilee Report published recently by...
Back to the Future: Oluwadele’s light-hearted commentary on Nigeria’s social, economic, political issues, by Michael Olatunbosun
Eagle Online
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July 3, 2025
“Back to the Future (Winepress, 2024)” is a collection of poems written in Pidgin English. The work, written by Dr. Bolutife Oluwadele, is described as a collection of dialogical poems in Pidgin. Dr Bolutife is a versatile chartered Accountant...
Obligors damaged Nigeria’s economy – AMCON CEO
Eagle Online
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July 3, 2025
The Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of the Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON), Gbenga Alade, has said that obligors of the corporation damaged the Nigerian economy because they never intended to repay the loans they...
New book on Chinese culture, language launched in Tanzania
Xinhua News Agency
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DAR ES SALAAM, July 3 (Xinhua) -- The Confucius Institute at the University of Dar es Salaam, in collaboration with China's Chang Jiang Printing Media Co., Ltd., on Thursday unveiled a new two-volume book titled "Overview of China." Tailored for...
The Deals: Sony Music France Acquires African Label & Publisher; Symphonic Teams With Certification Platform for Human-Made Music
Billboard
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July 3, 2025
Sony Music France and Sony Music Publishing France acquired Lusafrica and Africa Nostra, a label and publishing company, respectively. Together, the associated companies promote Lusophone (Portuguese-speaking) and African artists. Founded in 1988,...
Stanbic IBTC Bank Nigeria PMI: Output Growth Slows But Business Confidence Rises Sharply
Aproko 247
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July 3, 2025
The Nigerian private sector remained in growth territory as the first half of 2025 drew to a close, and business confidence improved markedly in June. That said, rates of expansion in output, new orders and purchasing eased from May. Although...
Masobe Books to publish Dakuku Peterside’d collection of essays
News Diary Online
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July 3, 2025
Masobe Books has announced the publication of BENEATH THE SURFACE: Essays on Nigeria’s Chequered Journey, a forthcoming collection of essays by renowned syndicated columnist, author, public policy and turnaround management expert, Dr. Dakuku...
Wike taunts ADC coalition leaders, says Mark failed Otukpo, Amaechi buried Nigeria in debts
New Mail
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July 3, 2025
Nyesom Wike, minister of the federal capital territory (FCT), has launched a scathing attack on leaders of the coalition that assumed control of the African Democratic Congress (ADC). On Wednesday, members of the coalition formally unveiled the...
Coalition will prioritize welfare of Nigerians – Obi
Point Blank News
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July 3, 2025
Presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in the 2023 election, Peter Obi, has said that the African Democratic Congress coalition will always consider the interest of Nigerians first in all its decisions and policies. Recall that the mega...
Blinken Ordered the Hit. Big Tech Carried It Out. African Stream Is Dead.
MintPress News
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July 3, 2025
On Tuesday, July 1, 2025, African Stream published its final video, a defiant farewell message. With that, the once-thriving pan-African media outlet confirmed it was shutting down for good. Not because it broke the law. Not because it spread...
WorldWide HealthStaff Solutions and Books For Africa deliver 40,000 medical books to Kenya
WFMZ - Pennsylvania
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CHARLOTTE, N.C., July 3, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- WorldWide HealthStaff Solutions (WWHS), a Medical Solutions company and leader in international direct hire recruitment, has partnered with Books For Africa, the largest shipper of donated books to the...
Udeme Ufot to Chair QEDNG Creative Powerhouse Summit
This Day
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July 4, 2025
Mighty Media Plus Network Limited, publishers of the online newspaper QEDNG, has announced Udeme Ufot as Chairman of the inaugural QEDNG Creative Powerhouse Summit. Ufot is the Group Managing Director of SO&U, one of Africa’s foremost marketing...
Ruth First and activist research: the legacy of a South African freedom fighter
The Conversation
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July 3, 2025
Ruth First, born 100 years ago, was a South African freedom fighter, journalist and scholar who worked against the racist system of apartheid during white minority rule. She was assassinated by apartheid forces in her office at the Eduardo...
‘Mark failed Otukpo, Amaechi buried Nigeria in debts’ — Wike taunts ADC coalition leaders
The Cable
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July 3, 2025
Nyesom Wike, minister of the federal capital territory (FCT), has launched a scathing attack on leaders of the coalition that assumed control of the African Democratic Congress (ADC). On Wednesday, members of the coalition formally unveiled the...