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Kenya
Business: Kenya makes beeline for Sh360 trillion global halal industry
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Kenya
Business: Kenya pegs faster Vision 2030 gains on oil and gas finds
Kenya is betting on the recent oil discoveries to achieve its vision of becoming a middle-income economy ahead of the 2030 deadline.
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ODM wants ballot papers tender award revoked
Party says award of deal to a Dubai firm is part of a wider scheme to rig polls next year.
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Etiopia
Atlas seeks new acquisitions in Africa after Ethiopia exit
Atlas African Industries is seeking new business acquisitions in the continent following its decision to exit Ethiopia by selling its bottle manufacturing plant.
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Nigeria
Police confirm kidnap of ex-foreign affairs minister in Kaduna
The Kaduna Police Command on Sunday confirmed the kidnapping of a former minister of foreign affairs Bagudu Hirse, by unidentified gunmen. The Command’s Public Relation officer, ASP Aliyu Usman, confirmed the incident in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in Kaduna. Usman said no arrest had been made ...
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Nigeria
Former minister abducted in Kaduna
A former minister of foreign affairs, Ambassador Bagudu Hirse has been abducted in Kaduna. According to Daily Trust, Hirse was whisked away by three unidentified gunmen in front of the residence of Alhaji Mamman Daura, President Muhammadu Buhari’s nephew, on Inuwa Wada road in Kaduna. The newspaper said, Hirse with a ...
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USA
Trump’s pledge to kill Obamacare faces reality check
With his shock victory in the race for the White House, President-elect Donald Trump at last is in position to deliver on one of his most strident campaign promises: to repeal Obamacare. With fellow Republicans in control of the US Congress, Trump has the means and ostensibly a mandate from his ...
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USA
We are guilty of our bad roads
Kunle Shonaike It is simply trite to say that our roads are bad. In fact, it is very bad. So bad that my friend and business partner, Gbola Oba, who entrepreneurially mentors the young technicians in training with us, often tells them that “a good auto technician need not bother ...
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Nigeria
How Masked Gunmen Kidnapped Ex-Minister, Hirse In Kaduna
Details of how former minister of foreign affairs, Ambassador Bagudu Hirse was kidnapped in front of Mamma Daura’s house by unknown gunmen emerged. Sources said, the former minister was abducted on Sunday afternoon by the gunmen after firing a gun shoot to scare onlookers. The spokesman of the Kaduna State ...
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Nigeria
Alleged N514.4m Fraud: Audio Evidence Played In Court
A Lagos State High Court in Ikeja listened to an Audio recording of a conversation purporting to reveal how an advertising firm, Afromedia Plc, was defrauded of N514.4 million by a former Director of the firm, Mohammed Gobir. Gobir, who was also the chairman of Business Development Committee of Afromedia ...