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- 13 Nov 2008
Technology: Making of President Obama
Barack Obama was last week elected the 44th president of the United States. He entered the history book as the first black president of USA and a dramatic climax in the race for the White house for…
- 10 Jun 2013
Obama Defends Phone, Internet Surveillance Programmes
Barack Obama, US president has defended secret surveillance into U.S. phone records and foreigners' Internet use, arguing that the programs' value in "preventing terrorist attacks" is worth the…
- 22 Apr 2022
Obama Calls for Tighter Reins On Big Tech
Barack Obama, former US president has called out Silicon Valley, urging tech companies to stop dividing society and undermining democracy, and for political leaders to help guide the way with…
- 30 Jul 2014
Obama Tasks African Leaders on Making Economic Excuses
Barack Obama, United States President gave a preview of a summit he will hold with African leaders next week, saying African nations should look inward for solutions to economic woes and not make…
- 6 Feb 2026
Trump Says He Made no Mistake Sharing Video Depicting Obamas as Apes
United States President Donald Trump has said he made no mistake for a video briefly shared on his official Truth Social account that depicted former President Barack Obama and former First Lady…
- 23 Nov 2015
DStv, GOtv Plan Live Coverage of Pope’s First Visit to Africa
Following the success of the live coverage of United States President, Barack Obama’s historic visit to Kenya in July 2015, MultiChoice Africa is bringing DStv and GOtv subscribers yet another…
- 2 Jul 2013
AfDB says Reforms Key to Power Africa Success
The African Development Bank (AfDB) will, as part of its support for U.S. President Barack Obama's Power Africa initiative, deepen and expand its work in reforming the energy sector Already a major…
- 27 Aug 2013
Heirs Holdings Completes $300m Investment Ughelli Power Plant
President Barack Obama’s $7 billion US-backed Power Africa initiative has received a major shot in the arm with the announcement that full financing has been completed for the $300 million Ughelli…
- 26 Apr 2017
2015 Election: GEJ Blames Obama, Jega for Loss to Buhari
Former President Goodluck Jonathan has finally admitted that his electoral defeat in the 2015 elections was partly caused by former U.S. President Barack Obama and his officials who made it…
- 29 Jul 2015
GEN, Elumelu Foundation Others Join Forces to Spark Global Entrepreneurship
An impressive collection of organizations have come together to answer President Barack Obama's call at the Global Entrepreneurship Summit yesterday in Nairobi, Kenya, to advance entrepreneurship and…
- 18 Sept 2016
Plagarism: Buhari’s Speech Writer Earns N1.9m
The plagiarism scandal dogging President Muhammadu Buhari for copying parts of US President Barack Obama’s 2008 victory speech in his recent “Change Begins With Me” speech took another dimension…
- 24 Jul 2015
Mobile Survey Targets 1,000 Entrepreneurs Across 5 African Countries
As U.S. President Barack Obama’s visits Kenya for the Global Entrepreneurship Summit, GeoPoll, the Global Entrepreneurship Network and the U.S. State Department released a survey of 1,000 business…
- 21 Jul 2015
Nigerian Leaders Stole $150Bn in 10 Years- Buhari
President Muhammadu Buhari, on Monday, said he was in the United States (US) to seek President Barack Obama’s help to locate and return $150 billion stolen in the past decade and held in foreign bank…
- 15 Dec 2022
Blinken, Tony Elumelu, Convene U.S. & African Entrepreneurs, Others for U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit
About 300 entrepreneurs, investors, and celebrities took part in the opening reception for the US-Africa Leaders Summit, the investment-focused “Innovators Gathering”, honoring the influx of two-way…
- 19 Dec 2022
Blinken, Tony Elumelu, Rally U.S. and African entrepreneurs, investors & policymakers @U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit
About 300 entrepreneurs, investors, and celebrities took part in the opening reception for the US-Africa Leaders Summit, the investment-focused “Innovators Gathering”, honoring the influx of two-way…
- 15 Aug 2014
US-Africa Trade Agreement Still Benefitng Businesses- DHL
The trade relationship between the United States and Africa, as well as the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) - which provides exporters duty-free access to the lucrative US market, was…
- 4 Feb 2016
Elumelu Applauds US Congress for Passage of 'Electrify Africa Act'
Tony O. Elumelu, leading investor and chairman, Heirs Holdings, UBA Plc and founder of the Tony Elumelu Foundation, has applauded the U.S. House of Representatives for the passage of the “Electrify…
- 14 Sept 2015
From Teary Nights to Rubbing Shoulders with President Obam
This is the story of successful entrepreneur Dr. Chioma Agha, CEO of Swish Ideas. Chioma shared her journey as an entrepreneur at the maiden edition of the Kaymu’s quarterly event tagged…
- 21 Mar 2016
IBM, Peace Corps Boost Women Empowerment In West Africa
Historic public-private partnership with the Peace Corps supports Lets Girls Learn initiative via high impact, pro bono consulting assignment in Ghana Breaking through the proverbial glass ceiling…
- 3 Nov 2008
DStv Covers the U.S Presidential Elections
Now, after more than 18 months of debates, speeches, primaries and political rallies, the U.S. presidential campaign trail culminates on November 4. CNN and BBC World will be right there to bring…
- 10 Sept 2015
DSS Screens Buhari’s Ministerial Nominees
Department of State Services (DSS) has reportedly commenced the screening of ministerial nominees sent to it by President Muhammadu Buhari, according to Punch Newspapers. It was gathered that no…
- 21 Aug 2014
Umunna, Nigerian Tipped as First Black British PM
Chuka Umunna of Nigerian descent on May 7, 2015, could make history by becoming the first black Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. Born in London in 1978, Chuka was bred in the UK. His…
- 18 Sept 2016
Top 10 Tools Offering Free Plagiarism Detection
Plagiarism considered as academic dishonesty is the "wrongful appropriation" and "stealing and publication" of another author's "language, thoughts, ideas, or expressions" and the representation of…
- 14 Oct 2015
US Sends Troops, Drones to Fight Boko Haram
The United States is sending 300 U.S. troops, along with surveillance drones, to Cameroon to bolster a West African regional effort to counter the Nigerian militant Islamist group Boko Haram, U.S.…
- 4 Aug 2014
Rumours of Test of Jonathan’s Aides for Ebola in US Stirs Controversy
Controversy has been trailing the screening of the high profile participants including the alleged test of Nigerian delegation to the Africa summit taking place in Washington, United States for the…
- 24 Nov 2013
Nigerian Companies Win in GE-USADF Off-Grid Energy Challenge
Three Nigerian companies have emerged winners in the GE/USADF Off Grid Energy Challenge. The winners are Trans Africa Gas and Electric PLC, GVE Projects Limited and Afe Babalola University. They will…
- 25 Mar 2015
OBJ Warns against Coup, Interim Govt
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo yesterday warned against military takeover of government in the country. Obasanjo, who gave the warning while receiving a delegation of South-West women of the All…
- 12 Dec 2014
Nigerians Celebrities Accomplish Landmark on Twitter
Dapo Oyebanji, award winning and multi talented singer, popularly known as “Koko Master”, or D’Banj @iamdbanj recently joined the league of Twitteratis with Highest numbers of followers in Nigeria.…
- 5 Nov 2013
GE Set to Announce Winners in Off-Grid Energy Challenge
General Electric and the United States Africa Development Agency (USADF) are set to announce winners in their Off-Grid Energy Challenge which was recently kicked-off in Kenya and Nigeria. Entries…
- 20 Dec 2012
Golden Tweets of 2012
Here are the top Tweets that generated the most Retweets for the year, plus honorable mentions for a few other Tweets that caught attention around the world. Before he took the stage to affirm his…