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Also on the list of accused is Jessica Edosomwan, Europe's most wanted woman. She’s accused of recruiting women in Nigeria for the sex trade in Lyon, Nimes and Montpellier.
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November, 2019
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6 November
Appeal Court sacks APC senator from Ekiti, declares PDP winner
The Kaduna Division of the Court of Appeal has nullified the election of the spokesman of the Senate, Senator Dayo Adeyeye. The Appellate Court subsequently upheld the tribunal judgment which declared Biodun Olujimi, the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, as winner of the Ekiti South Senatorial election held on February 23. The Independent National Electoral Commission had …
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6 November
Dayan Kodua’s new book on how a doll changes a kid’s thinking
German-Ghanaian actress and author Dayan Kodua has written a children’s book. Odo tells the story, in German, of Odo, a 6-year-old girl in Ghana. The day Odo saw a black doll at her girlfriend’s birthday party changed her. She was so fascinated that she could no longer think of anything else other than of how to own her own …
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6 November
Berlin film festival presents Lusophone Africa, opens with Ghanaian comedy
‘AFRIKAMERA – Latest Cinema from Africa’ presents, from 7 – 11 November in Berlin, a selection of current feature and documentary films from Angola, Guinea-Bissau and Mozambique. The festival presents the latest productions by filmmakers from Lusophone Africa dealing not only with history but also issues such as gender, religion or urbanity and reflect cultural, social and political developments. In …
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5 November
Nigeria’s Oscar entry ‘Lionheart’ disqualified
The movie was scheduled to be screened to voters for the International Feature Film category, formerly known as best foreign language film, on Wednesday.
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5 November
Why Nigerians should set their sight on Dublin
A big and bold investment initiative will be launched at the annual general meeting of the Nigerians in Diaspora Organisation Europe (NIDOE), taking place in Dublin on 7-9 November.
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5 November
Why agribusiness is Africa’s new investment frontier
Africa’s agribusiness sector is expected to reach $1 trillion by 2030, so there is certainly cause for optimism. Consumer demand for food in Africa is growing at an unprecedented rate. But what is fuelling this growth? Mariam Yinusa and Edward Mabaya, Principal Economist and Manager, respectively, in the Agribusiness Development Division of the African Development Bank (AfDB), explain. In the …
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5 November
Ghana gets new Honorary Consul in Germany
Honorary consuls are designated by a foreign government to look after the affairs of its citizens.
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4 November
Nigeria’s borders closed to trade until January 2020, Ghana makes appeal
The action has affected trade in the West African region, causing diplomatic irritations among member states of the trading bloc ECOWAS.
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4 November
Time to Invest in Africa is Now, Tony Elumelu tells global investors in Paris
Tony O. Elumelu, Founder of the Tony Elumelu Foundation (TEF) and Chairman, United Bank for Africa (UBA) and Heirs Holdings opened the “Ambition Africa” conference organised by the France Invest Africa Club in Paris, France, on 30 October. In his opening address, Elumelu urged French investors to look to Africa for long term investment opportunities. The French Minister of Economy …
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