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Nigeria Sets Record With 4th Under 17 FIFA World Cup Title

Nigeria beat Mexico 3-0 in the Under-17 World Cup final on Friday in Abu Dhabi to win the tournament for a record fourth time. Nigeria went ahead in the ninth.

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Tanzania Snubs EAC Joint Tourist Visa Plan

Tanzania has categorically stated that it will not be joining other East African Community (EAC) member states – Kenya, Uganda and Rwanda – in plans to launch a “single tourist.

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Access Bank To Invest $18m In Nigeria’s Tourism Sector

 Access Bank Plc has earmarked N3 billion ($18.8 million) to support tourism and hospitality in Nigeria, said Obeahon Ohiwereian Executive Director with the bank, The lender joins the league of.

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Sweden unleashes ‘United Nations’ against Nigeria

Just like the multiracial French team that won the World Cup in 1998, the Swedish team facing the Golden Eaglets today is akin to the “United Nations.” The Swedish team.

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Nedbank Opens Africa’s First ‘Green’ Bank

In line with its commitment to environmental sustainability in South Africa, Nedbank has launched Africa’s first 100 percent “green” bank. The green bank, which uses an innovative hybrid power installation.

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UK scraps visa bond plan for ‘high-risk’ Asians, Africans

The British government has back pedaled on its visa bond plan for ‘high risk’ first time visitors from Nigeria and five other African and Asian countries. The proposal envisaged the.

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Horn of Africa piracy ‘netted $400m’ from 2005-2012

Pirates operating off the Horn of Africa netted more than $400m (£251m) in ransom money between 2005 and 2012, a new World Bank and UN report says. It says the.

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AFRICANS WITNESS SPECTACULAR SUNDAY

Africans were treated Sunday to a spectacular solar eclipse that swept across the continent, while in the United States and Europe sky-gazers also glimpsed the rare phenomenon. A total eclipse.

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AUTO REVERSE: UK DROP BOND POLICY

The British government has back pedaled on its visa bond plan for ‘high risk’ first time visitors from Nigeria and five other African and Asian countries. The proposal envisaged the.

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South Africa & DR Congo Sign Treaty For Grand Inga Hydro-electric Dam Project

South Africa and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) have signed a treaty for the construction of the Grand Inga Hydro-electric Power Project, which is expected to become the biggest.

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