Africa
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OPEN// Nigeria set to host ICC U19 Men’s World Cup Qualifier
Date: 2025-03-17 12:04:20 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:24 - ID:11105596
ABUJA, March 17 (MENA) - The Nigeria Cricket Federation (NCF) said it is ready to host five other nations for the International Cricket Council (ICC) Under 19 Men’s World Cup African Qualifier, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reported ....
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OPEN// Nigeria's Senate to ensure quick passage of forest security service bill - deputy speaker
Date: 2025-03-16 21:48:08 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:50 - ID:11105008
ABUJA, March 16 (MENA) - Nigeria's Deputy Senate Speaker Barau Jibrin says the upper chamber will take up the issue of the Nigeria Forest Security Service (NFSS) Bill to ensure its passage into law without further delay. Jibrin made the remarks ....
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OPEN// Petroleum, gas stakeholders collaborate to tackle tanker explosion in Nigeria’s Taraba
Date: 2025-03-15 19:18:38 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:46 - ID:11103703
ABUJA, March 15 (MENA) - The Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA) has hosted critical stakeholders in the petroleum and gas sector to address incessant incidences of tanker explosion in Taraba. According to ....
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OPEN// EU supports Nigeria’s social protection with €13m
Date: 2025-03-14 18:05:39 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:39 - ID:11102601
ABUJA, March 14 (MENA) - The European Union (EU) has provided 13 million Euros to Nigeria to expand its social protection system, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reported. Gautier Mignot, the EU Ambassador to Nigeria, made this announcement ....
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OPEN// Nigeria: NAHCON approves Max Air for 2025 Hajj
Date: 2025-03-14 08:09:18 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:7 - ID:11102093
ABUJA, March 14 (MENA) - The National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON) has approved Max Air to transport intending pilgrims from Jigawa for the 2025 Hajj pilgrimage to Saudi Arabia, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reported. The ....
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OPEN// Nigeria gets £250,000 worth of afforestation technology products from British bio-technology company
Date: 2025-03-13 20:02:57 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:49 - ID:11101912
ABUJA, March 13 (MENA) - Nigerian Vice-President Kashim Shettima said the country's Federal Government has partnered with the UK's Zander Corporation Ltd. to restore degraded lands in the African nation’s most vulnerable ecological ....
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OPEN// 74,452 schoolgirls benefit from financial assistance under AGILE project in Nigeria’s Kano State
Date: 2025-03-12 21:11:11 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:65 - ID:11100679
ABUJA, March 12 (MENA) - No fewer than 74,452 schoolgirls have benefited from financial assistance under the Adolescent Girls Initiative for Learning and Empowerment (AGILE) project in Kano State. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that ....
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Violence, displacements overwhelm healthcare system in Sudan's El-Fasher: UN
Date: 2025-03-12 07:05:28 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:4 - ID:11099494
NEW YORK, March 12 (MENA) - Violence and waves of displacements have overwhelmed the fragile healthcare system in El-Fasher, the capital of Sudan's North Darfur state, UN humanitarians said on Tuesday. "More than 200 health facilities in El ....
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OPEN// Nigerian VP says country on new growth trajectory
Date: 2025-03-11 23:17:41 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:72 - ID:11099425
ABUJA, March 11 (MENA) - Vice-President Kashim Shettima says Nigeria is on a new growth trajectory, welcoming investments across different sectors, the Nigerian News Agency reported. Shettima said this on Tuesday at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, ....
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OPEN// Nigeria: Federal gov't unveils economic plan for the country
Date: 2025-03-11 14:12:24 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:32 - ID:11098985
ABUJA, March 11 (MENA) - The Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Wale Edun, said the Federal Government has unveiled a comprehensive economic plan for sustainable development, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) ....