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Month: July 2019

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Google map now has Nigerian local accent feature

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Technology giant, Google on Wednesday launched a local accent voice service on its map product. Nigerian commuters can now hear travel advice in a local voice on Google Maps under the new features. Unveiled in capital Lagos, the local accent voice feature will also be available on Google Assistant. Google says the aim is to attract more users in Africa.… Read More
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Alhaji Bola Ahmed Tinubu: New Shepherd Fulani Herdsmen And Heir Apparent To Buhari’s Presidency By Bayo Oluwasanmi

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The brutal killing of Mrs. Funke Olakunrin Pa Reuben Fasoranti’s daughter, by Fulani herdsmen terrorists, was yet another sad commentary on the unrestrained rampage of Fulani barbaric killers terrorizing Yoruba nation. Kehinde Fasoranti, son of Pa Fashoranti, said Olakunrin was shot and killed by Fulani herdsmen terrorists contrary to what Alhaji Bola Ahmed Tinubu said about the killers of Olakunrin.… Read More
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Ugandan MP Bobi Wine to run for president

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37 year old Ugandan opposition MP Bobi Wine has said that he intends running for president in the 2021 election. He told a gathering in Kampala that he wants to challenge President Yoweri Museveni to a free and fair election. President Museveni is expected to run for another term after Uganda’s parliament approved changes to the constitution to scrap the… Read More
Africa 

‘Deadly environment’ plus ‘political and social’ obstacles hinder Ebola fight in DR Congo, Security Council hears

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“Along with continuing high levels of community distrust around the response to the epidemic”, Leila Zerrougui – UN Special Representative and head of the UN’s Stabilization Mission (MONUSCO) – said that militants, including the ADF and Mai-Mai groups, have caused “a deadly environment” for the people working to counter the virus, “to the point of being specifically threatened and killed… Read More
Africa 

Ex-lawmaker is Kenya’s acting Finance Minister

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Kenya’s Labour Minister, Ukur Yatani was on Wednesday appointed as acting Finance Minister by the Presidency. Yatani’s appointment comes a day after the incumbent Henry Rotich was charged for corruption. Rotich, who’s led the finance ministry since 2013, pleaded not guilty on Tuesday to corruption charges in connection with tenders for the construction of two dams. Rotich, who was bailed… Read More
Africa 

New partnership agreement with Liberia, shows ‘clear positive impact of UN peacekeeping’

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Ambassador Dee-Maxwell Saah Kemayah, was speaking after signing a new Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the UN’s head of Operational Support, (DOS) Atul Khare, acknowledging Liberia’s contribution of a Force Protection Company to MINUSMA. The 105-strong contingent, consists of 105 peacekeepers who have been serving in the key base of Timbuktu, since October 2016. For decades, Liberia was a host… Read More
Africa 

Riot in Yaounde central prison ends

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Security forces in Cameroon took action on Monday night to prevent an escape of detainees from Yaoundé Central Prison. “There were shots fired all night. It was like a fireworks display,” said one local resident. Many detainees protested by vandalizing and setting fire to the prison facilities. A video shot during the night’s incidents shows them cheering after this riot,… Read More
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Mayor of Mogadishu, other officials hurt in Somalia suicide blast -relative

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MOGADISHU (Reuters) – A suicide bomb attack on local government headquarters injured the mayor of Mogadishu and several other officials on Wednesday, a relative of one of the victims told Reuters. “The blast injured many local officials including my cousin,” said Mohamed Abdullahi. “The Mogadishu mayor is also injured … A suicide bomber walked into the meeting hall and blew up himself.” Reporting by Abdi Sheikh;… Read More
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