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Wike urges Okpebholo to prioritise Edo’s devt over Obaseki’s probe
The Sun Nigeria
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July 15, 2025
From Juliana Taiwo-Obalonye, Abuja Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has called on Edo State Governor, Monday Okpebholo, to focus on advancing the state’s development rather than launching a probe into his predecessor,...
How schools are being built for extreme heat - without aircon
Context
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What’s the context? As climate change brings record heatwaves, architects are innovating to keep temperatures down in the classroom. Heat threatens children's education Aircon fuels global warming Architects turn to passive cooling LONDON - When...
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: ‘Remove Tinubu From Power’ – PDP Tasks Edo Citizens
Naija News
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July 15, 2025
Naija News reports that the State Caretaker Committee Chairman of the party, Tony Aziegbemi, made this known during a stakeholders’ meeting of party members, leaders, stakeholders, and critical supporters held in Benin City. Aziegbemi stated that...
‘Edo People Know Asue Ighodalo Is The Elected Governor, APC Stole From Us’ – PDP
Naija News
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July 14, 2025
Naija News reports that the chairman of the State Caretaker Committee, Tony Aziegbemi, stated this during a stakeholders’ meeting of the party on Monday in Benin City. In attendance at the meeting were the party’s September 21, 2024, governorship...
Don’t probe Obaseki, Wike advises Okpebholo
Punch
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July 15, 2025
The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, has warned Governor Monday Okpebholo of Edo State against embarking on a probe of his predecessor, Godwin Obaseki, urging him instead to focus on the development of the state. The caution...
A Giant Leap for African Unity: Kenya’s historic Visa-Free policy and the Trans African tourism and unity campaign
Joy FM
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July 15, 2025
Today, July 13, 2025, marks a historic milestone in Africa’s journey toward unity and free movement. Kenya has taken a bold and transformative step by eliminating all visa requirements and the Electronic Travel Authorisation (ETA) for citizens of...
Wike To Okpebholo: Concentrate On Edo’s Devt, Not Obaseki’s Probe
New Telegraph
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July 14, 2025
The Federal Capital Territory ( FCT) Minister, Nyesom Wike has urged the Governor of Edo State, Senator Monday Okpebholo not to be distracted with the probe of ex-governor, Obaseki, but pay more attention to the development needed by the people of...
Ighodalo Thanks Edo PDP, Donates N36m to LG Chapters After Supreme Court Judgement
This Day
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July 15, 2025
Adibe Emenyonu in Benin City The candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the September 21, 2024 governorship election, Dr. Asue Ighodalo, yesterday, thanked members of the party for their support in the election despite the judgement of...
On Chopped, Durham Chef Adé Carrena’s West African Flavors Prevail
INDY Week - North Carolina
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July 16, 2025
Adé Carrena is not a competitive person. The Durham-based chef and owner of suya spice company, iLéWA Foods, works hard on “staying within myself.” She plays by her own rules, she says, cooking intuitively rather than following a rigid “classical”...
OBITUARY: From khaki to kaftan — Buhari, the change patron who said he belonged to everybody and nobody
The Cable
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July 14, 2025
He walked like a whisper through a marketplace of noise, unshaken by applause, unbent by insult. The Buhari in us rises early, eats humbly, and acts when both heart and head agree. He wore power like plain clothes, no embroidery, no excess, only...
‘Don’t do it,’ Wike cautions Okpebholo against Obaseki’s probe
Punch
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July 14, 2025
The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, has warned Governor Monday Okpebholo of Edo State against embarking on a probe of his predecessor, Godwin Obaseki, urging him instead to focus on the development of the state. Okpebholo,...
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...
The Canadian Government Just Slapped The World's Hottest Country With A Travel Advisory
The Travel
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July 15, 2025
The Canadian government's travel advisory comes in four levels: Level 1 (exercise normal security precautions), Level 2 (exercise a high degree of caution), Level 3 (avoid all non-essential travel), and Level 4 (avoid all travel). The U.S. is...
MoneyBadger secures R7m to bolster crypto adoption
ITWeb
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July 15, 2025
Carel van Wyk, CEO, MoneyBadger. South African Bitcoin and crypto payments solution provider MoneyBadger has closed a $400 000 (roughly R7 million) pre-seed funding round. The funds will be used to drive up adoption of Bitcoin and crypto among...
THE REVIEW OF THE BOOK TITLED ‘THE RISE AND FALL OF INDIGENOUS CHIEFTAINCY INSTITUTION IN THE NIGER DELTA,’ AUTHORED BY...
Newswriter
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July 15, 2025
Samuel Marshall The review, authored by Samuel Marshall, a renowned cartoonist, book illustrator, and editor, was composed in June 2025. INTRODUCTION The book provides an insightful, non-fictional historiographical analysis of the rise and...
America’s Plan To Send Deportees To Africa Needs A Rethink
Front Page Africa
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July 14, 2025
THINGS ARE STILL a bit murky amid chatters and uncertainty surrounding a purported plan by the United States of America to offload scores of deportees, many of who are victims of the country’s aggressive crackdown on immigrants and a ragedy policy...
Looted art: the battle for looted treasures
The Guardian (Nigeria)
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July 13, 2025
Centuries after Europe’s colonial scramble, the fight to reclaim looted masterpieces, from West African “talking drums” to Greece’s Parthenon Marbles, has become a diplomatic flash-point. Here’s where the biggest restitution battles stand today....
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...
3 projects exemplifying the uptake of digital solutions in Africa
ESI Africa
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July 14, 2025
Beninese, Nigerian and Kenyan projects have been selected among The Elites nominees into how digitalisation forms the backbone of smart solutions, changing the way that people in Africa interact with power, energy and water. Planning and...