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Prices of commodities shoot up as Nigeria’s general elections draw near
On Wednesday, January 16, 2019, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) released…
Tanzanian lender Bank M’s assets, liabilities transferred to Azania Bank
All assets and liabilities of Tanzania’s Bank M have been transferred to…
Economic crisis unfolds in Zimbabwe as petrol price become costliest in the world
Zimbabwe has been hit by its worst economic crisis in a decade….
First China-Africa trade expo set for June
The first joint Sino-African trade expo aimed at promoting investments is to…
Merger to birth Nigeria’s largest lender gets central bank approval
Nigeria’s Access Bank, which announced the acquisition of fellow Nigerian lender Diamond…
Culture Currents
Egypt stops sale of its stolen artefacts in London
One of Egypt’s ancient artefact that was illegally smuggled out of the…
Opinion: The commercialisation of Christmas by Nigerian churches
As it is customary with the Igbo tribe of the Nigerian descent,…
Four Books To Expect From The African Winners Of The 2018 Morland Writing Scholarships
Four African writers have been selected out of a shortlist of twenty…
The NBA’s search for new talent inspires a new kind of hope in Senegal
The National Basketball Assocation’s (NBA) league has opened its first ever “elite…
South Africa’s Banyana Banyana Makes History As They Head to the Women’s World Cup for the First Time
South Africa’s national women’s soccer team has just made history by earning…
Egypt reveals more of its secrets as more tombs are opened
Several burial objects and a previously unopened sarcophagus have been unveiled for…
