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The New Scramble for Africa: Will Rare Earth Enslave or Empower Us?
By Oluwasheun Olayanju Introduction Rare earth metals have recently become a popular discussion and even a common headline in recent times. Rare earth metals are an indispensable part of modern technology, serving as critical components in a vast range of industries, including consumer electronics, renewable energy, medical devices, and national defense. These elements are key…
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2022 World Cup: Eight Groups in Qatar
The 2022 World Cup will feature 32 teams in eight groups of four. Four matches will be played each day during the group stage, which will run over a 12-day period and see winners and runners-up progress to the round of 16. Matches will only be assigned to particular venues after the finals draw, so…
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World Cancer Day 2021: Reducing Deaths From Cancer
Cancer, a chronic disease characterized by uncontrollable growth and spread abnormal cells in the body is fast becoming a big health epidemic in Nigeria. Statistics from the World Health Organisation, W.H.O., revealed that eighty thousand Nigerians die from cancer yearly while two hundred and forty people die from the disease every day. Data from the…
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New Year’s Revelries Muted by Virus as Curtain Draws On 2020
This New Year’s Eve is being celebrated like no other in most of the world, with many bidding farewell to a year they’d prefer to forget. From the South Pacific to New York City, pandemic restrictions on open air gatherings saw people turning to made-for-TV fireworks displays or packing it in early since they could…
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Rawlings was a committed, patriotic and courageous leader – Obasanjo
Former President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo says the late former Ghana president, Mr Jerry Rawlings was a quintessential patriot and courageous leader that will be remembered for his critical role in the evolution of modern democratic Ghana. Chief Obasanjo in a condolence letter to the people of Ghana on the death of her former leader and President,…
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The Implication Of Sit Tight Syndrome Of Africa Leaders.
Wilful, deliberate or suspension of constitution or laid down set of rules and regulations by an individual to stay long in power outside a specific tenure of office either as president or head of state of a country is referred to as sit-tight syndrome. The trend is illegal and unconstitutional, but ironically, it is attractive,…
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Africa Regional Certification Commission Declares Africa Polio-Free
Africa has been declared free from wild polio by the independent body, the Africa Regional Certification Commission. Polio which usually affects children under age five , sometimes lead to irreversible paralysis and death . Twenty-five years ago,thousands of children in Africa were paralysed by the virus. The disease is now only found in Afghanistan and…
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The Need To Re-Integrate Evacuated Nigerians Into The Society
The world eco-system and its geo-physical structure creates space for movement of people, goods and services from one place to another. According to a globally rated travel magazine, it is estimated that Nigerians are the leading travelers among all countries in Africa. As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, the tide has changed and Nigeria…
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Protecting Children from Labour amidst Covid-19 Pandemic
Children around the world are routinely engaged in paid and unpaid forms of work that may be harmful to them. However, child labour is when children under the legal age of adulthood work or are involved in hazardous activities that may compromise their physical, mental, social or educational development. According to World Bank records, Africa…
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Chinese Billionaire to Donate Coronavirus Test Kits to Africa
Chinese billionaire and co-founder of Alibaba, Jack Ma, has pledged to donate 20,000 testing kits, 100,000 masks and 1,000 protective suits to each African country to help the fight against Coronavirus. Mr Ma, Asia’s richest person, earlier this month sent consignments of medical supplies to the US and pledged to distribute two million protective masks…
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Senegal Confirms Second Coronavirus Case
A second person in Senegal has tested positive for Coronavirus, the country’s health ministry confirms. It says the patient is an 80-year-old French national who arrived in the West African country on 29 February. He is being treated at the same hospital for infectious diseases in the capital city, Dakar, where another Frenchman was hospitalised…
