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PT’s Former Presidential Candidate, Olawepo-hashim Defects To APC

Ifeanyi Nwagboso — Thu, 05 Aug 2021 07:00:43 +0000

Gbenga Olawepo-Hashim, the presidential candidate of the Peoples’ Trust in the 2019 election, on Wednesday, defected to the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC. He made his position known in a statement titled, ‘Prominent politician, Olawepo-Hashim, pitches tent with APC,’ in Abuja. The statement quoted Olawepo-Hashim as saying that he opted for the APC to actualise [...]

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Ogun LG Polls: PDP Conducts Primary Elections

Ifeanyi Nwagboso — Tue, 25 May 2021 20:30:10 +0000

Ahead of the July 24 local government election in Ogun State, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has conducted primary elections to selectcouncillorship candidates. The PDP’s Publicity Secretary, Akinloye Bankole, told InfoStride News that the primary elections were conducted on Tuesday, across the 236 political wards in the state. Bankole said the exercise was in strict [...]

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Total and Worldline set to Support the Deployment of the Guichet Unique solution in eight African Countries

Ade Adewale — Tue, 25 Jul 2017 13:35:41 +0000

Total and Worldline Partner with African Fintech InTouch to Support Deployment of Guichet Unique, an Innovative Digital Solution for Retail Networks Total and Worldline signed binding technological, commercial and financing agreements with African fintech InTouch on July 13, 2017. Under the agreements, Total and Worldline will support the deployment of the Guichet Unique solution in [...]

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Senegalese Government considers Full-Body Veil Ban as Boko Haram Fears escalate

AMA — Sat, 21 Nov 2015 12:02:39 +0000

Senegal is considering banning the full-body veil worn by some females in the Muslim-majority country. The proposal by the government in the West African nation comes as Senegalese security services questioned at least six religious leaders over alleged links to armed groups. “The full veil is not a religious affair and it does not represent [...]

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Senegal Art Village hope to attract World Designers – Al Jazeera

AMA — Sat, 29 Aug 2015 18:51:51 +0000

Deep in the remote countryside of Senegal, a unique arts centre is aiming to bring inspiration to local villagers. It is called “The Thread” – and its ambition is to widen the appeal of modern art, away from its usual hubs of London, New York and Berlin. http://bc05.ajnm.me/665003303001/201508/435/665003303001_4450815211001_20150829-SENEGALART-NHA-nostraps.mp4 Al Jazeera’s Nicolas Haque reports from Sinthian. [...]

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Wildlife poachers caught before a kill in Senegal

AMA — Mon, 17 Aug 2015 11:26:32 +0000

By Al Jazeera Niokolo Koba Park in Senegal is an important world heritage site, which started out as a hunting reserve during the colonial era in 1926. However, over time, attitudes towards hunting wild animals has changed. As the home of the West African lion and other protected species, local tribes were forced out of [...]

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The Dakar Rally

Adewale Ade — Thu, 25 Jun 2015 17:08:51 +0000

The Dakar Rally is one of the most famous motor races in the world. Since its inception in 1978, the rally has attracted participants and fans from all over the world. Despite the inclusion of “rally” in the name, the Dakar Rally is actually an off-road endurance race. It is something that is actually known [...]

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Senegal’s exiled ex-president Abdoulaye Wade returns home

Adewale Ade — Fri, 25 Apr 2014 22:28:22 +0000

Senegal's former president Abdoulaye Wade returned home on Friday after two years abroad following his election defeat, his party told AFP, with his son facing jail for corruption. Wade's airplane touched down in Dakar after being grounded in Morocco…

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African tycoon draws Nigeria, France into ‘cement war’ in Senegal

Ade Adewale — Sun, 23 Mar 2014 12:27:15 +0000

Its shimmering azure chimney stacks towering into the sky, the latest cement works launched by Africa's richest man lies idle in a Senegalese meadow -- stopped in its tracks by legal action and cut-throat competition in a rapidly growing industry. Nigerian…

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Senegal seizes Russian ship fishing ‘illegally’

Ade Adewale — Sat, 04 Jan 2014 21:11:28 +0000

Senegal's navy has boarded a Russian ship that was allegedly illegally fishing in its waters and is towing it toward Dakar, the military said on Saturday. The ship was boarded after it was observed illegally fishing in Senegalese waters near the border…

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Investment in agriculture necessary to feed the two billion who will go hungry by 2050

Adewale Ade — Wed, 20 Nov 2013 11:51:00 +0000

DAKAR, Sénégal, November 20, 2013/African Press Organization (APO)/ — “Nearly 240 million Africans are malnourished and although only one-third of those who face hunger are based in Africa, the percentage of people who suffer from hunger here is higher than in any other region of the world,” stated Mr. Charles Abugre Akelyira, Africa Regional Director [...]

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