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Powering Africa: Summit Set To Advance Deals And Partnerships For Africa’s Power Industries
Dec 11, 2014Powering Africa: Summit To Be Held in Washington DC, January 28-30th 2015, With Commitments From 12 African Countries To Further Advance Private Sector Participation In Africa’s Power Sector Over the last 20 years EnergyNet has... -
Averda Widens Its Services In Angola, Its Second Operation In Africa
Dec 11, 2014averda, the largest, and one of the fastest growing, waste management companies in the Middle East and Africa, is delivering city cleaning services in Ingombota, a major urban district within Angola’s capital city of Luanda. The... -
Africa: US $35 Million Grant From King Abdallah Of Saudi Arabia To Fight Ebola In West Africa
Dec 11, 2014The Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, Saudi Arabia’s King Abdallah bin Abdulaziz al-Saud has extended a grant of US$35 million to help fight Ebola in West Africa. In a statement to the media on this... -
Ebola: Ask your questions LIVE to the Minister of Information and Communications of Sierra Leone
Dec 11, 2014The Minister of Information and Communications of Sierra Leone, Alpha Kanu, will host an online press conference Thursday, December 11, at 15 GMT It is now seven months since Sierra Leone recorded the first case of... -
U.S Government Terminates Military Training For Nigerian Army
Dec 1, 2014A press release issued by the United States Diplomatic Mission to Nigeria today has announced a premature termination of the Military training of Nigerian Army battalion. “At the request of the Nigerian government, the United States... -
“GOVERNMENT IS NOT INVESTING IN SEXUAL AND REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH”-Dr Kole Shettima
Dec 1, 2014At the 3rd Nigerian Family Planning Conference that held at the Ladi Kwali Hall in Sheraton Hotel, Abuja, Dr Kole Shetima, Co Chairman of the 3rd Nigerian Family Planning Conference and Chair of Annual Population Series,... -
The U.S Embassy Introduces New Visa Procedures In Nigeria
Nov 25, 2014For Nigerians and non-Nigerians considering applying for Visa to travel to the United States of America, there is something very important you need to know- the U.S Embassy has introduced new Visa procedures in Nigeria. In... -
U.S. Embassy Condemns Harmful Political Rhetoric
Nov 20, 2014: As Nigeria looks ahead to the February 2015 general elections, the United States strongly supports a free, transparent, credible, inclusive, and non-violent electoral process. We are deeply troubled by Governor Ibrahim Shehu Shema of... -
New Zeal Required To Realize The New Sustainable Development Goals
Nov 4, 2014Even as we prepare to lay the eight millennium development goals to rest and start deliberations on the sustainable development goals, it is important to reflect on where we are as a nation, what we have... -
WORLD FOOD DAY 2014: FAMILY FARMING, NOURISHING THE WORLD
Oct 16, 2014By Jose Graziano da Silva (FAO Director General) The fight against hunger forges ahead around the world, but with about 805 million people who still do not have enough to eat, a lot more still...