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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...
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...
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...
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...
‘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,...
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”...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Burundi eliminates trachoma and sets example for disease control in Africa
Medical News
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July 11, 2025
The World Health Organization (WHO) has validated Burundi as having eliminated trachoma as a public health problem, making it the eighth country in WHO's African Region to reach this important milestone. Trachoma is also the first neglected...
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...
I left Labour Party to APC because I need stability — Sen. Imasuen
New National Star
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July 10, 2025
POLITICS INTERVIEW …..Says Atiku, Amaechi, El-Rufai are spent forces In Nigerian politics, where shifting party loyalties often mirror the chaos of the times, few politicians can lay claim to the kind of backstage-to-spotlight transformation as...
Edo governorship election: Tinubu, governors, others hail Okpebholo’s victory
Alexa.ng
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July 11, 2025
President Bola Tinubu, the All Progressives Congress (APC), Southern Governors’ Forum, Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Mr. Nyesom Wike and others have hailed the Supreme Court judgment that affirmed the victory of Governor Monday...
Rita Dominic at 50: Celebrating a Nollywood legend and her unforgettable roles
Pulse
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July 14, 2025
She’s gone from inspiring characters in over 350 films to shaping the industry behind the scenes. Rita has emerged as a trailblazer. Let’s take a deep dive into her life, her craft, and the versatility that sets her apart. A Glimpse into Rita’s...
‘‘A Quieter and More Corrosive Democratic Threat in Africa’’
Business Ghana
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It is well-known that democracy in Africa faces increasing challenges from military coups, electoral violence, and unconstitutional power grabs. However, a recent DemCap Report, in collaboration with the Centre for Democratic Development (CDD) in...
Okowa confirms Dynamic meet test ahead of African Junior Champs
Punch
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July 9, 2025
President of the Athletics Federation of Nigeria, Tonobok Okowa, has confirmed that Nigeria’s junior relay teams will compete at the AFN/Dynamic Athletics Meet scheduled for today (Thursday) at the Yaba College of Technology Sports Complex in...
Ghana’s electricity demand to rise to 4.7% in 2025 — Energy Outlook report
Joy FM
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July 8, 2025
Ghana’s electricity consumption is on a steady rise, reflecting growing national energy needs driven by population growth, industrial activity, and expanding access to power. According to the Ghana Energy Outlook Report 2025, total electricity...