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Nigeria Embassy requests buses to evacuate students from Sudan
The Embassy of Nigeria in Khartoum, Sudan has requested the services of 200-seater buses to convey 3,500 Nigerian students from Khartoum to Cairo, Egypt. The request was made in response to the crisis in Sudan, which has made it necessary to evacuate Nigerian citizens from the country. The Nigerian Charge d’ Affaires, Haruna Yusuf Garko, directed the request for the…
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Nigeria boost non-oil exports to China with new trade house
Nigeria has launched the Nigerian Export Trade House in China, a facility aimed at boosting the country’s range of non-oil exports to the Asian country. The facility, located in Changsha, Hunan Province, was unveiled by Nigerian agro-processing company Zeenab Foods Limited in collaboration with the Nigerian Export Promotion Council (NEPC). The launch of the facility is part of NEPC’s Export…
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ANALYSIS: Why northern Nigerians prefer to study in Sudan
By Gimba Kakanda Sudan isn’t the collapsible banana republic you assumed it is. It’s not just what you see on CNN. It’s had over a century of health professions education, long before Nigeria had its first medical school, and they have an evolved medical education system that attracts undergraduate and postgraduate medical students from across the world. They had had…
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Special Forces evacuate US embassy staff from Sudan
U.S. special operations forces carried out a precarious evacuation of the U.S. Embassy in Sudan on Sunday, sweeping in and out of the capital with helicopters on the ground for less than an hour. No shots were fired and no major casualties were reported. With the final embassy employee out of Khartoum, the United States shuttered its diplomatic mission indefinitely.…
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Onyeama confirms safe evacuation plans for Nigerians in Sudan
Nigeria’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama, has confirmed that the Federal Government is working tirelessly to ensure the safe evacuation of Nigerian citizens in Sudan. On Sunday, during an interview on Channels Television, Onyeama revealed that there are approximately 5,500 Nigerians currently in Sudan, with over 80% of them being students. Unlike other countries that are prioritizing the evacuation…
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REPORT: Mark Angel, Taooma top chart of Most Viewed Skit maker in Nigeria
Mark Angel and Maryam Apaokagi popularly known as Taooma have emerged as the number one in both male and female categories of skit-making on Instagram in the first quarter of 2023 with 43.7 million views and 22.2 million views respectively. A quarterly report on the skit-making segment of the entertainment industry released by a digital analytics firm, Dataleum last week…
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Why I support relocation of election tribunal to Abuja – Abe
Governorship candidate of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) in Rivers State, Senator Magnus Ngei Abe, had said he supported the relocation of the Rivers State Election Petition Tribunal from Port Harcourt to Abuja, because it was in the best interest of the people of the state. This is as he alleged that members of the Rivers State Council of Traditional…
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Netflix in Africa: A Booster for Local Filmmakers and Audiences
How Netflix is Changing Africa’s Film Industry Netflix, the popular streaming platform, has made a significant impact on Africa’s film industry since its launch on the continent in 2016. A recent report by the company shows that it has invested over $175 million in content and local creative ecosystems in South Africa, Kenya, and Nigeria, generating millions of dollars towards…
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Tinubu hails Olupona, Pate over election into American Academy of Arts & Sciences
The President-elect, Asíwájú Bola Tinubu, has congratulated two distinguished Nigerian academics in the United States, Professors Jacob K. Olupona and Dr. Mohammed Pate, over their election into the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Professor Olupona and Dr. Pate were among the 269 outstanding individuals recently announced as new Fellows of the prestigious Academy. In a statement released by his…
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Memo to the President-elect, By Olawale Olaleye
With the 2023 elections wrapped up two weekends ago, following the concluding supplementary polls across 24 states, in addition to the governorship exercises in Kebbi and Adamawa States, all is now set for the formal handover of power on May 29, from the outgoing President Muhammadu Buhari to the incoming President-elect Bola Tinubu. Although the elections have generally raised some…
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