Tony Elumelu Appointed Chairman Of UBA Group
27/08/2014The Board of United Bank for Africa Plc (UBA) yesterday announced the appointment of Tony Elumelu, as Chairman, succeeding Ambassador Joe Keshi. Mr Elumelu is Chairman and CEO of Heirs.
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Mozambican Government And Rebels Sign Peace Deal
25/08/2014Mozambique’s government and rebel movement-turned political party Renamo have signed an agreement to immediately end their armed conflict. The deal comes ahead of presidential elections in October. Chief negotiators from.
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Business & Economy
JPMorgan Listing Will Lure More Investors To Nigeria’s $13bn Bond Market
24/08/2014World’s biggest underwriter of emerging-market debt, JPMorgan says it will list Nigeria’s 2024 bond on its Government Bond Index-Emerging Markets (GBI-EM) this month, making it the fourth listed bond after.
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Kenya’s Biggest Online Clothing Store Driven By Social Media
24/08/2014Online retailing is rapidly taking preeminence over traditional marketplaces owing largely to a fledging ICT space an explosive adoption rate of Smartphones in Africa. One of such is Closet 49..
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Hope as More Survive Ebola in West Africa
24/08/2014Ebola is known to Liberians as the end of life as those infested with the deadly virus see infection as the end of the journey on earth and for this.
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Politics & Policy
Ghana: Democracy Is Producing Prosperity – President Mahama
21/08/2014INTERVIEW Washington, DC —John Dramani Mahama, one of the leaders taking part in the U.S.-Africa Summit earlier this month, became president of Ghana in July 2012 following the sudden death of.
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Nigeria’s Falconets Shine at U-20 World Cup, Bets Korea 6-2, to Play Germany in Final
21/08/2014Four goals from Rivers Angels forward, Asisat Oshoala, with one each from Courtney Dike and Uchechi Sunday saw the Falconets make it to the final of the FIFA U20 Women.
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Drone Journalism Takes Off to Give Kenyans a New View
21/08/2014Flying drones are helping journalists in Kenya report on disaster stories by enabling them to film in dangerous or hard-to-access areas. The pilot African SkyCAM project funded by the.
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Business & Economy
TRANSCORP Gets New CEO And $1bn Profit Target
20/08/2014Seasoned banker, Emmanuel Nnorom has emerged the President and CEO of Transnational Corporation of Nigeria Plc (Transcorp), a leading Nigerian conglomerate and owner of Nigeria’s iconic Transcorp Hilton Hotel Abuja..
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Nigerian Movie Gets 10 Nominations in U.S.
20/08/2014A Nigerian movie, “30 Days in Atlanta” scored one of the highest nominations for the 3rd annual Golden Icons Academic Awards, GIAMA, scheduled for October 25, in Houston, Texas U.S.A..
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