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African Leaders Should Emulate TB Joshua – Timi Frank

David Folami — Tue, 28 Feb 2017 01:10:03 +0000

An All Progressives Congress (APC) chieftain, Timi Frank, has lauded Prophet T.B Joshua of the Synagogue of LM, for initiating the move to rally other African leaders on how to remedy various challenges confronting youths in the region. In a recent broadcast, the cleric accused African leaders of neglecting her youth. “Africa has neglected her [...]

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China Remains Strategic Partner In My Change Agenda – President Buhari

Wale Adebayo — Sat, 05 Dec 2015 21:49:18 +0000

Nigerian President, Muhammadu Buhari, says China remains a strategic and dependable ally in his administration’s determination to change the direction and content of governance including the management of national resources with priority on accountability, transparency and result-orientation in governance. The president was quoted as saying this on Saturday in South Africa in his address at [...]

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Wellbeing Foundation Africa Urges All Stakeholders to Take Active Role in Ending Forced, Early and Child Marriages

Ade Adewale — Mon, 30 Nov 2015 21:30:03 +0000

The Wellbeing Foundation Africa, a pan-African frontline NGO led by Wife of Nigeria Senate President, H.E. Mrs. Toyin Saraki, has called on all stakeholders to take an active role in ending the harmful practice of child marriage. Represented by its Nigeria Country Director, Dr. Luther-King Fasehun, the Wellbeing Foundation Africa participated in the first African [...]

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Jonathan, A Symbol Of Democracy On The African Continent – Ex-US President Jimmy Carter

Wale Adebayo — Sat, 21 Nov 2015 14:08:55 +0000

The 39th President of the United States of America, Mr. Jimmy Carter, has described Nigeria’s former President, Dr. Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, as a symbol of democracy on the African continent. Carter stated this when he received Jonathan yesterday at the Jimmy Carter Presidential Library and Museum located at the Carter Centre in Atlanta. In a statement, the two [...]

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African Leaders Need To ‘Leapfrog The Shackles Of Convention’ Say Experts

Adewale A. — Thu, 23 Apr 2015 16:00:25 +0000

International experts will call for African leaders to “leapfrog the shackles of convention” at a major education conference next month, in order to ensure that African economic growth is sustained by adequately trained young people. The programme for this year’s eLearning Africa, which is being co-organised by the African Union and co-hosted by the Government [...]

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ONE Joins D’banj and African Partners to Launch ‘Do Agric’ at AU Summit

apofeed — Thu, 30 Jan 2014 12:15:26 +0000

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia, January 29, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — The ONE Campaign (http://www.one.org) today released a new report and launched Do Agric, It Pays, a campaign calling for African governments to commit to spending at least 10% of national budgets on effective agriculture investments, through transparent and accountable budgets. At the heart of the [...]

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Regional leaders to pile pressure on Central African Republic president

Ade Adewale — Thu, 09 Jan 2014 14:02:49 +0000

African leaders began talks on Thursday to tackle the sectarian violence wracking the Central African Republic, with the pressure piling on the country's embattled president. Rebel-turned-president Michel Djotodia was summoned to Chad's capital NDjamena…

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France tells Africa to take charge of security

Adewale A. — Fri, 06 Dec 2013 22:59:10 +0000

French President Francois Hollande on Friday told African leaders it is time for their continent to take charge of its own security as a major summit went ahead against the sombre backdrop of mourning for Nelson Mandela. Hollande unveiled a major new…

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