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African Daily Voice challenges Western projection of Africa

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The African Daily Voice Group has announced the launch of a new continental news agency, ADV (www.AfricanDailyVoice.com/en).

Arsenal, WorldRemit aim for African community coaches

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Arsenal Football Club (www.Arsenal.com), and digital money transfer experts, WorldRemit (www.WorldRemit.com), are offering local coaches the chance to attend an exclusive new training camp with Arsenal’s top youth coaches in London – and 25 shortlisted coaches will be rewarded with the Arsenal kit for their entire youth squad.

India launches global customs transit system

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India celebrated its Independence Day with the launch of the multimodal and digital TIR (www.UNECE.org/tir/welcome.html) customs transit system which can help revolutionise the country’s trade and transit potential.

Rotary deploys US$96.5 million against polio

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Rotary (https://www.Rotary.org) has announced nearly US$100 million in grants to support the global effort to end polio, a vaccine-preventable disease that once paralyzed hundreds of thousands of children each year. The announcement comes as Nigeria marks two years without any reported cases of wild poliovirus, following four reported cases in 2016.

Short Story Galore serialization begins again

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THE DREADING If Sarah would only think back, she would realize she had been anticipating it for a long time in her subconscious. The only reason it was bursting to the surface now was because the time had inevitably come.

CMC awards set to rock Lagos

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Udofia The 3rd annual CMC Africa Awards 2018 with the theme, Celebration of ICONS, is set to go down on Sunday, August 19 th , 2018 at Kings Celia Hotel & Events Centre, 8 Jibowu Street, near Finicky Eatery, Jibowu, Lagos, Nigeria.

Rwanda conference focuses on Africa youth agricultural jobs

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Paul Kagame, Rwanda President The Youth Employment in Agriculture Conference is set to hold in Kigali, Rwanda on August 20, 2018 and it will bring together more than 500 delegates, mostly young people, from across Africa to discuss ways to boost employment opportunities in agriculture on the continent through use of information and communication technologies (ICT) as well as entrepreneurship.

The Newell Murder serialization begins again

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The newsroom of the Los Angeles Horizon was neatly arrayed with leather-top desks and armchairs. The desks had electric typewriters, paperweights, pen holders and ceramic ashtrays on them. A shredding machine and a coffee percolator were in a corner, and a spectacular painting of a nude woman hung on the far wall from the door.

I’m a G-Wagon, Range Rover –IK Ogbonna

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Ogbonna A-list actor, model, celebrity and ladies’ man, IK Ogbonna, has described himself as a G-Wagon or Range Rover while speaking recently with Oseyiza Oogbodo Blog .

CNN, Andelman mock Trump on Africa 'loss'

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Trump By David A. Andelman Look out Donald Trump, while you're not watching, China is quietly stealing a continent from you. And India may not be far behind.

Temenos, AUC Venture Lab team up to accelerate Egypt fintech innovation

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The Venture lab at The American University in Cairo (AUC Venture Lab) (http://Schools.AUCEgypt.edu/business/aucvlab/), the leading university-based startup accelerator in Africa and the MENA region, and Temenos (SIX: TEMN) (www.Temenos.com), the banking software company, have announced their intention to collaborate and strengthen the fintech ecosystem in Cairo.

MRA shames Department of Petroleum Resources

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For its relentless dedication to secrecy and attendant disregard for the Freedom of Information (FOI) Act, the Media Rights Agenda (MRA) has inducted the Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR), Nigeria’s petroleum regulatory agency, into its FOI Hall of Shame.

The Good Life serialization begins again

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The alarm on the bedside bureau rang shrilly, persistently and woke Wilfred Uba up at exactly 6.30am. It was a Monday morning, and getting to the office punctually on the first day of the working week was the name of the game.

Helping female artists is so difficult -Azeezat

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Azeezat Azeezat is one female singer who’s been there done that. She started singing professionally when Nigerian music was yet to really become accepted and she made a success of it, despite the great odds.