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Africa's COVID-19 cases surpass 4.82 mln
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Lagos [Nigeria], May 30 (ANI/Xinhua): The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Africa reached 4,823,795 as of Sunday noon, the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) said.
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Two police officers killed in attack in south Nigeria
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Lagos [Nigeria], May 17 (ANI/Xinhua): Two police officers were killed when some gunmen in the early hours of Monday attacked a police station in a southern state of Nigeria, an official said.
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Merck Foundation partner with Africa Reproductive Care Society (ARCS) to b
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India]/Lagos [Nigeria], May 5 (ANI/BusinessWire India): Merck Foundation, the philanthropic arm of Merck KgaA, announced their partnership with Africa Reproductive Care society (ARCS) based in Lagos, Nigeria to build fertility and reproductive tube care capacity, build
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European Parliament strips Greek Neo-Nazi lawmaker of immunity
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Brussels [Belgium], April 28 (ANI): The convicted Greek neo-Nazi lawmaker Ioannis Lagos was stripped of his immunity as a member of the European Parliament on Tuesday, clearing the way for his extradition to Greece months after he was sentenced in a landmark trial.
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Airtel Africa's mobile money business gets $100 million investment from Ma
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Lagos [Nigeria], April 2 (ANI): Airtel Africa has announced the signing of an agreement under which Mastercard will invest 100 million dollars in Airtel Mobile Commerce BV.
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The Rise Fund to invest USD 200 mn in Airtel Africa's mobile money busines
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Lagos [Nigeria], March 18 (ANI): Airtel Africa on Thursday announced the signing of an agreement under which The Rise Fund, a global impact investing platform of TPG, will invest 200 million dollars in Airtel Mobile Commerce BV (AMC BV) which is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Airtel Africa Plc
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10 killed in gunmen attack in northern Nigeria
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Lagos [Nigeria], March 2 (ANI/Xinhua): At least ten people were killed by unidentified gunmen in Nigeria's northern state of Kaduna, a government official said Monday.
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42 people including students abducted from school in Nigeria released
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Lagos [Nigeria], February 27 (ANI): At least 42 people, including students, who were kidnapped last week in an armed raid at a state-run school in Kagara in Niger state, northwest Nigeria, have been released, the vice-principal of the school, Mallam Saidu said on Saturday.
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Gunmen attack school, abduct students in north-central Nigeria: Source
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Lagos [Ukraine], Feburary 17 (ANI/Xinhua): Unidentified gunmen stormed a secondary school in north-central Nigeria early Wednesday and abducted some students, according to a security source.
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WHO assures support for Nigeria on COVID-19 vaccines
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Lagos [Nigeria], February 7 (ANI/Xinhua): The World Health Organization (WHO) has assured Nigeria that it will support the country to procure, distribute and administer COVID-19 vaccines.
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Nigeria prepares to get first 100,000 Pfizer vaccine doses
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Lagos [Nigeria], January 20 (ANI/Sputnik): Nigeria is getting ready to receive the first batch of 100,000 doses of the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine against COVID-19 in the coming weeks, Faisal Shuaib, CEO of National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA) said.
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Nigerian army kills several Boko Haram terrorists in airstrikes
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Lagos [Nigeria], January 3 (ANI/Xinhua): Airstrikes by Nigerian troops have destroyed a new Boko Haram settlement at Mana Waji in the restive northeastern state of Borno and killed several terrorists, an official said on Sunday.
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