Ranking List Of Top 100 Universities In Africa (Check If Your School Made It)

Acquiring knowledge is pertinent, but what preeminently prevails is the source and quality of the information you obtain which in-turn defines your learnedness. The world university ranking (4icu.org) is a renowned authorized site that rates most of the major higher institutions across the globe. African Universities just like others aren’t an exception. Below is the list of top 100 universities in Africa (2015). 1 University of Cape: Town South...

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Government debunks claims of new cases of Ebola in Lagos, Nigeria

The government of Lagos State has described as untrue reports that there are new cases of Ebola virus disease in the state. It is urging Nigerians to discountenance the rumour claiming that three people, who just returned from Liberia, died of the disease and infected 12 other persons. PUNCH reported the government confirmed that two Nigerian volunteers, returning from Liberia, were taken to the Mainland Hospital in Yaba and had remained...

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Photo: Woman (or witch) caught defecating in a pastor's home

Weird story I just received. This woman is supposed to a witch or something. I don't understand the story so I'll just let you read from the horse's handwriting. Find below... A woman who can only be identified by her surname, Mahlalela, from Ebatsakatsini near Komatipoort in South Africa was caught red handed by a child in the wee hours of this morning, in the kitchen, defecating in a bucket inside the house of the Word of God Church Pastor,...

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Why My Cabinet Will Be Small - President Elect, Buhari Speaks To The Press

PRESIDENT BUHARI MUHAMMADU If statements from the president-elect, Major-General Muhammadu Buhari, are to be believed, the incoming administration, to be inaugurated on May 29, will hit the ground running. Buhari says he intends to put together a small cabinet that may go into action even before the swearing-in. In a nutshell, he speaks on the shape of things to come in this interview.  There has been an influx of defectors from the ruling...

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Nigeria receives US$200m from World Bank to end polio

The World Bank Group through its Board of Executive Directors has approved US$200 million of additional funding of the International Development Association (IDA). The fund will be used for a final push to eradicate polio and also help continue routine immunization for children under five years and women of reproductive age in Nigeria. The approval was made on Friday. Available statistics reveal that Nigeria is making steady progress towards the...

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U.S. CDC announces plans to Partner African Union to Launch African CDC

Below is a press release by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, USA announcing their partnership with the African Union to launch Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Africa. The African CDC will be a public health institute supporting the whole continent of Africa. A Memorandum of Cooperation (MOC) signed today by U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma, M.B. Ch.B., chairperson of the African...

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