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AfricaNewsSoccerZambia’s Banda sets women soccer world cup record

By Uzoamaka Ikezue (Staff Reporter)July 31, 2023

The Copper Queens of Zambia, though is out of the ongoing Women World Cup in New Zealand and Australia, there is something going for the team as its captain, Barbra Banda, scored the competition’s 1000th goal in its second goal against Costa Rica. Again, Mweemba sends her name in the record books by becoming the first Zambian player to score at the senior World Cup, slotting Avell Chitundu’s corner. The second goal is even more remarkable,...

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AfricaNewsWest AfricaECOWAS gives 7-days ultimatum to Niger coup mastermind, Tchaini to reinstate Bazoom

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)July 31, 2023

Threatens military action after  expiration of deadline To close land, air borders between ECOWAS countries and Niger Orders no fly zone on all commercial flights to and from Niger Authority of heads of state and government of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has given General Abdourahamane Tchiani, the mastermind of the coup in Niger Republic, seven days within which to reinstate Mohammed Bazoom back to power, failure of which it might resort...

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AfricaNewsPoliticsWest African leaders elect Tinubu chairman of ECOWAS

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)July 11, 2023

President Bola Tinubu was elected the chairman of the Economic Community of West African States, ECOWAS, on Sunday. President Tinubu’s election was the unanimous decision of the leaders of member states of the regional group at the 63rd Ordinary Session of the Authority of Heads of State and Government in Bissau, Guinea-Bissau. President Tinubu enthusiastically accepted the honour, on behalf of Nigeria, with a solemn pledge to bear the responsibility of the office and run...

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AfricaNewsSoccerSportConfederation of African Football renames African Super League

By Uzoamaka Ikezue (Staff Reporter)July 11, 2023

Patrice Motsepe, President of the Confederation of African Football (CAF), has announced the change of the name of the African Super League before the competition begins. The tournament is slated to begin in October 2023, with a substantial prize fund. In an interview with beIN Sport monitored in Rabat, Morocco, Motsepe said, “We have decided to change the name of the Super League to the African Football League. “The African Football League kicks off next...

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AfricaNewsPoliticsSierra Leone’s President, Julius Bio re-elected for second term

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)June 28, 2023

Julius Maada Bio, the incumbent president of Sierra Leone, has been declared the winner of the June 24 general election. The declaration was made by the chief electoral commissioner of the Electoral Commission Sierra Leone, ECSL, Mohamed Kenewui Konneh on Tuesday. Konneh said Bio was re-elected with 56.17 per cent of Saturday’s vote. His top challenger, Samura Kamara of the All People’s Congress, APC, came second with 41.16 per cent. Thirteen candidates contested for the...

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AfricaHealthNewsOver 30,000 People Suffer From Brain, Spinal Cord Ailment In Africa- Prof. Nyandaiti

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)June 9, 2023

No fewer than 30,000 people suffer from Multiple Sclerosis (MS), a combined brain and spinal cord ailment across Africa, with approximately 2,800 new diagnoses yearly. The secretary Nigerian Society of Neurological Sciences (NSNS), Prof.Yakub Nyandaiti, who disclosed this in Abuja during the MS Awareness Campaign organized by Roche in conjunction with Nigerian Neurologists, said of the figure about 10,048 Nigerians are suffering from the disease. “Multiple Sclerosis is caused when the body’s immune system attacks...

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AfricaNewsPeopleAma Ata Aidoo, Ghana’s famous author, dies at 81

By Uzoamaka Ikezue (Staff Reporter)June 2, 2023

Ghanaian Ama Ata Aidoo, one of Africa’s most celebrated authors and playwrights has died. According to BBC reports, the famous author was aged 81. A statement by her family said, “Our beloved relative and writer” passed away after a short illness, requesting privacy to allow them to grieve. A renowned feminist, Aidoo honoured and illustrated the plight of African women in works like Changes, Our Sister Killjoy, and The Dilemma of a Ghost. She resisted...

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AfricaHealthNewsIMNHC2023: Over 50,000 Nigerian women die yearly for maternal issues – UN report

By Uzoamaka Ikezue (Staff Reporter)May 13, 2023

…makes urgent call for increased investment in health, social sectors At the ongoing International Maternal Newborn Health Conference’ (IMNHC2023) in Cape Town, South Africa, United Nations report indicate that Nigeria accounts for one in seven global maternal deaths, implying that over 50,000 Nigerian women die yearly, making the country rank as second among 10 others responsible for 60 percent of women and newborn deaths, worldwide. According to report, the latest estimate was contained in the...

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AfricaNewsPoliticsSouth Africa beats Nigeria to the top spot of countries with the highest unemployment rate

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)May 12, 2023

South Africa is currently sitting at the number one position in the list of countries with the highest unemployment rate globally. According to World of Statistics, 32.7 per cent of the South African population is unemployed – the highest in the world. World of Statistics is a global network of nearly 2,360 organisations worldwide committed to providing up-to-date information on statistically related events and activities worldwide. The report has Spain and Turkey in second and...

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AfricaNewsNigeriaWorld NewsSouth Africans sign petition for Britain to return the diamond in King Charles III’s scepter

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)May 4, 2023

Amid the global conversation on returning artworks and artefacts that were pillaged from Africa during the colonial era, South Africans are calling for Britain to return the world’s largest diamond, known as the Star of Africa. The diamond is set in the royal sceptre that King Charles III will hold at his coronation on Saturday. Officially known as Cullinan I, the diamond in the sceptre was cut from the Cullinan diamond, a 3,100-carat stone that...

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