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Nigeria to host African Diaspora global conference

Dr Abike Dabiri-Erewa, Chairman/CEO of the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NiDCOM), says Africa must take its pride of place on the global map, as it cannot be relegated to the background anymore given its huge human and natural endowments. Dabiri-Erewa stated this in Abuja at a press conference on Wednesday to announce that the Global African Diaspora Symposium (GADS) will …

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Nigerian buys majority stake in Danish football club

Shola Akinlade, co-founder and CEO of financial technology company Paystack, has bought a 55 percent stake in a second division Danish club, Aarhus Fremad. This was made public Tuesday in a statement on the website of local football club Sporting Lagos also founded by the 37-year-old tech entrepreneur. Sporting Lagos FC is a professional football club in Lagos founded in …

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Nigeria’s new leader says he’s received “greatest gift”

President-elect of Nigeria, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, has described his victory at the 25 February presidential election as the greatest gift he could receive as he celebrates his birthday today. “With such a privilege already granted to me, I will not go so far as to suggest I am due any birthday presents this year,” Tinubu, who turned 71 on Wednesday …

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