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Aug
09
2024
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By Abia ThinkTank
Former CAF President, Issa Hayatou Dies At 77

Former CAF President, Issa Hayatou Dies At 77

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Former CAF President, Issa Hayatou Is Dead Former President of the Confederation of African Football (CAF), Issa Hayatou, has passed away at the age of 77. Hayatou died in Paris on Thursday, just one day before his 78th birthday. Hayatou, a Cameroonian football administrator, served as CAF’s president for an unprecedented 29 years, from 1988 to 2017. During his tenure, he played a crucial role in shaping African football, securing increased slots for African teams at the FIFA World Cup and overseeing the successful hosting of the 2010 World Cup in South Africa.
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Aug
06
2024
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Abia State Born Ezinne Kalu Helps Nigeria Make History In 2024 Olympics

Abia State Born Ezinne Kalu Helps Nigeria Make History In 2024 Olympics

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Ezinne Kalu is one of the many women competing for Nigeria in the 2024 Olympics. Following a strong performance against Canada, she has helped the women's basketball team make history. Despite representing Nigeria on the international stage, Kalu is actually American. She was born in New Jersey, and her mother is from South Carolina. However, Kalu's father is from Akanu Ohafia, ABIA STATE, Nigeria which is what allows her to compete for them. After a five-year college career at Savannah State, Ezinne Kalu entered her name in the 2015 WNBA draft. She ended up not getting selected, which forced her…
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Aug
03
2024
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US VP, Kamala Harris Secures Democratic Presidential Nomination

US VP, Kamala Harris Secures Democratic Presidential Nomination

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US VP, Kamala Harris Secures Democratic Presidential Nomination US Vice President Kamala Harris effectively secured the Democratic party’s presidential nomination Friday, confirming her remarkable rise to party standard bearer in November’s showdown against Republican Donald Trump. Harris, 59, was the sole candidate on the ballot for a five-day electronic vote of nearly 4,000 party convention delegates. The first Black and South Asian woman ever to secure a major party’s nomination, she will be officially crowned at a Chicago convention later this month. “I am honored to be the presumptive Democratic nominee for president of the United States,” Harris said on…
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Jul
24
2024
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President Of Gabon Invites Dangote To Invest In Cement, Fertilizer Production

President Of Gabon Invites Dangote To Invest In Cement, Fertilizer Production

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Gabon President Invites Dangote To Invest In Cement, Fertiliser Production The Chairman Dangote Industries Limited, Aliko Dangote has been invited by President Brice Oligui Nguema of Gabon to invest in cement and fertiliser production in the country, media office of Dangote Group said on Tuesday. The richest Africa man was invited to explore investment opportunities in cement and fertiliser (urea and phosphate). Parts of the statement read: “President Brice Oligui Nguema of Gabon has invited the President and Chief Executive Officer of Dangote Industries Limited (DIL), Aliko Dangote to invest in Cement and Fertiliser production in Gabon. “The President urged…
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Jul
17
2024
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By Abia ThinkTank
US Received Intel Of Iranian Plot To Assassinate Trump

US Received Intel Of Iranian Plot To Assassinate Trump

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US Received Intel Of Iranian Plot To Assassinate Trump The United States received intelligence from a human source in recent weeks about an Iranian plot to try to assassinate former President Donald Trump, CNN reported on Tuesday, citing people briefed on the matter. CNN reported that there was no indication that the 20-year-old suspect in the shooting of Trump on Saturday was connected to the plot. The U.S. Secret Service and the Trump campaign were made aware of the plot before Saturday’s rally, a CNN reporter posted on X, citing a U.S. national security official. Secret Service spokesperson Anthony Guglielmi…
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Jul
09
2024
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Sunday Was Davido’s Day In The City Of Houston, Texas

Sunday Was Davido’s Day In The City Of Houston, Texas

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Sunday was Davido’s day in the city of Houston, Texas.🇺🇸 This Man has been through countless disappointment. They trolled him, and bullied him for several years He rose from his ruins and prove them wrong, selling out arenas around the world, becoming the biggest artist in Africa. After delivering impressive stage performance in Houston Texas, Sunday July 7 was recorded in history as Davido day in America. Congratulations to 001❤️
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Jul
08
2024
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President Tinubu Re-Elected ECOWAS Chairman

President Tinubu Re-Elected ECOWAS Chairman

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President Tinubu Re-elected ECOWAS Chairman President Bola Tinubu has been re-elected for another one-year tenure as Chairman of the ECOWAS Authority of Heads of States and Government. Tinubu, whose first tenure is to elapse on July 9, 2024, was elected by a unanimous decision of fellow Heads of Government at the 65th Ordinary Session of the Authority held at the State House, Abuja, on Sunday. In his acceptance speech, the President said, “I have accepted to continue to deliver on this service with the great men and women on this democratic journey, to serve our interest and build democratic values…
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May
31
2024
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Trump Found Guilty Of Falsifying Business Records

Trump Found Guilty Of Falsifying Business Records

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Trump Found Guilty Of Falsifying Business Records A Manhattan Court has set the sentencing hearing for July 11 in former President Donald Trump’s ‘hush money’ trial case. Judge Juan Merchan, on Thursday, set the sentencing hearing for July 11 at 10 a.m. ET. Trump was found guilty by the jury on multiple counts in his ‘hush money’. The jury reached a verdict on Thursday and found the former president guilty on all 34 counts. The 34 counts stemmed from 11 invoices, 12 vouchers and 11 checks that make up Trump’s monthly reimbursement payments to Michael Cohen who fronted the $130,000…
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May
23
2024
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Nigerian Students Ordered To Leave UK Over Failure To Complete Payment Of Tuition Fees

Nigerian Students Ordered To Leave UK Over Failure To Complete Payment Of Tuition Fees

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Nigerian Students Ordered To Leave UK Over Failure To Complete Payment Of Tuition Fees Some Nigerian students at Teesside University in the United Kingdom (UK) have been ordered to leave the country as they struggled to pay their tuition fees. The BBC reports that the students, who protested on their campus on Tuesday, were asked to leave the European country after the naira plummeted and wiped their savings—the reason they were unable to meet their financial obligations Before they commenced their study at Teesside, the affected students were told they had to show proof of having enough funds to pay…
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May
22
2024
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Iranians Pay Last Respects To President Raisi Killed In Helicopter Crash

Iranians Pay Last Respects To President Raisi Killed In Helicopter Crash

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Iranians Pay Last Respects To President Raisi Killed In Helicopter Crash Tens of thousands of Iranians gathered Tuesday to mourn President Ebrahim Raisi and seven members of his entourage who were killed in a helicopter crash on a fog-shrouded mountainside in the northwest. Waving Iranian flags and portraits of the late president, mourners set off from a central square in the northwestern city of Tabriz, where Raisi was headed when his helicopter crashed on Sunday. They walked behind a lorry carrying the coffins of Raisi and his seven aides. Their helicopter lost communications while it was on its way back…
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