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When you think of what Africans were doing in the 1700s, one might picture the continent as a patchwork of huts, and uncivilized people living in caves. After all, this was a period when European nations have almost complete control over the continent, but even before this period, several universities have existed on the continent. Here are some of the oldest universities in Africa with some of them dating back centuries before the middle ages…
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Nigeria’s male soccer team, The Super Eagles are threatening to embark on an indefinite strike by boycotting forthcoming national team engagements as they lament over 18 months of unpaid salaries and allowances. Reports have it that the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) is making frantic efforts at getting funds from government and sponsors to clear the backlog of bonuses and allowances. It was gathered that members of the squad had planned to protest the poor treatment…
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If there is anything Nigeria is popular for in the West, it has to be internet love scam. But this 46-year-old mother of two, her story might be about to change that perception. Back in January, Janine Sanchez visited Africa for the first time to meet her online lover, 23-year-old Suleiman Isah in the city of Kano, Nigeria. Sanchez and Isah became friends on Instagram about 10 months earlier and fell in love with each…
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Nigerian youths protesting against police brutality, extortion, and extrajudicial killings on Monday returned to the streets again in different cities across the country. The second wave of the End SARS protest took place in Lagos, Oyo, Osun, and Abuja, the nation’s capital. Demonstrators, early Monday morning, also returned to Lekki toll gate in Lagos, the scene of the deadly shooting of protesters on October 20, 2020. What happened at Lekki Tollgate is still a topic…
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Babagana Zulum, the governor of Borno State has said despite the continued troubles of Boko Haram terrorists in his state, the security situation in the state has improved under the regime of the President, Muhammadu Buhari. The governor made this known on Sunday in Maiduguri, the state capital when he received northern stakeholders from the Arewa Consultative Forum led by the Chairman of the forum’s Board of Trustees, Ambassador Shehu Malami, and the forum’s Executive…