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With elections scheduled to be held in various African countries this year, Facebook has devised mechanisms to reduce the spread of fake news, the social media giant said on Wednesday.

Nigeria has retained her fourth position in Africa but dropped two places from her previous 44th position in FIFA Coca Cola World Rankings released on Thursday.

Former Nigeria coach, Clemens Westerhof, has said his age is no barrier to his desire to keep working in Africa as he considers new opportunities in Zimbabwe.

Following reports of attempted military takeover in Gabon, President Muhammadu Buhari has called for respect for constitutional provisions in the oil-rich west-central African nation.

Solomon Dalung, the Minister of Youths and Sports Development, on Friday said Nigeria would dominate the wrestling sport with proper investment and training.

re:publica, Europe’s largest conference on digital and social topics, is set to be hosted in Accra, Ghana and for the first time in Africa.

The 2018 edition of the All Africa Music Awards will be broadcast live on DStv and GOtv from Wednesday, 21 November to Saturday, 24 November.

Okorocha made the call when contestants and organisers of a non-bikini beauty pageant scheduled to hold in Owerri on November 29 paid him a courtesy visit.

In sharp contrast, major African airlines such as Ethiopian Airlines, South African Airways, Africa’s oldest Rwandair, Royal Air Maroc and Kenya Airways have fleets with average age of between 11.4 years and 5.8 years. 

Saraki made this assertion in his speech at the opening session of the 73rd Executive Committee Session and the 41st Conference of the African Parliamentary Union in Abuja, according to a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Sanni Onogu.

At least 17 migrants have died in the past 24 hours while trying to cross the sea from North Africa to Spain.

The Nigeria Labour Congress says Nigerian workers are the least paid in Africa, citing an analysis of the wages of most African countries.

Dr Emmanuel Kachikwu, Minister of State for Petroleum, has declared that Nigeria has the strongest economy in Africa and the most profitable investment destination in the world.

Guterres, while addressing the inaugural Africa Dialogue Series at the UN Headquarters, in New York, urged collaboration among African countries for better future.

A total of 17 athletes and 18 officials on Tuesday departed Abuja for Argentina ahead of the 2018 Youth Olympics slated for October 6 to October 18, the News Agency of Nigeria reports.

US first lady, Melania Trump, arrived in Ghana on Tuesday for her first extended international trip alone to Africa.

Jing made this declaration on Thursday in Abuja at a roundtable on the Review Dialogue on the just concluded 2018 Beijing Summit of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation.

Rob Shuter told Reuters at a telecoms conference in Durban that his position was due to the fact that most phones in Africa worked fine on just 3G.

Female lawmakers with artificial nails and false eyelashes have been banned from Tanzania’s parliament, local media reported on Monday.

New York-based broker-dealer, Marco Polo Securities, has announced that Coronation Securities Limited, a major Nigerian financial institution, is expanding its access to US investors via the Marco Polo regulatory platform.