Avellon Williams DOMINICAN – San Rafael’s Dominican University has been recognized as a federally recognized “minority-serving institution” as part of its efforts to promote diversity among the students it enrolls, educates, and graduates. With the qualification and designation, the campus can waive its match – 25% – in federal funding for equal-opportunity grants and work-study programs. […]
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Ekeomah Atuonwu According to Bloomberg’s billionaires’ index, Aliko Dangote, the president of Dangote Group, has risen to the 73rd richest person in the world, with an estimated net worth of $20 billion, up from 83rd last month. For the 11th year in a row, Aliko Dangote, Africa’s richest man, is the only African to make it […]
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Faith Nyasuguta Moderna, a pharmaceutical giant has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Kenya for its inaugural mRNA vaccine manufacturing facility in the African continent. Via a statement this week, the firm said it aims at producing up to 500 million doses of vaccines annually for the continent, with a focus on drug substance […]
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Wayne Lumbasi Real Madrid bagged three second-half goals to seal an unbelievable comeback and dump Paris Saint-Germain out of the Champions League last 16 on Wednesday night. Karim Benzema scored a hat trick in less than 20 minutes in the second half as Real Madrid came from behind to defeat Paris Saint-Germain 3-1 and advance to […]
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Wayne Lumbasi Former Nigerian World Cup star Justice Christopher has died suddenly at the age of 40. The midfielder appeared for the Super Eagles against England in the 2002 tournament. He passed away on Wednesday morning at a hotel he owned in his hometown of Jos, central Nigeria. No official cause of death has been disclosed. An autopsy […]
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Lisa Mugo Jeanette Uwimana has made history and become the very first hearing impaired contestant to take part in Rwanda’s national beauty pageants. This has come after 12 editions of the national beauty pageant which is a crowd favourite with many social media users following in closely. The 26-year-old took a leap of faith on […]
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• McDonald’s, Starbucks, Coca-Cola, PepsiCo, and the parent KFC and Pizza Hut are temporarily ceasing operations in Russia Avellon Williams RUSSIA- As a result of the war in Ukraine, KFC and Plano-based Pizza Hut’s parent company announced Tuesday that it would suspend all investments and development in Russia. This is the first time a U.S. food chain […]
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Wayne Lumbasi The first person to receive a heart transplant from a genetically altered pig has died two months after the groundbreaking experiment. The patient died on Tuesday, March 8 at the University of Maryland Medical Center. The surgery, performed by a team at the hospital, was among the first to demonstrate the feasibility of a […]
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Avellon Williams GEORGETOWN, GUYANA – Guyana is exploring ways to tap into the lucrative hemp industry, President Dr. Mohamed Irfaan Ali, disclosed at a press conference at State House on Sunday. “There is a great opportunity that lies ahead in terms of the hemp industry and what it can do in terms of the technological push and construction material, […]
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Avellon Williams PORT-AU-PRINCE, HAITI – As part of the Global Partnership for Education, the World Bank’s board of executive directors has approved an additional grant funding of US$90 million to the Republic of Haiti for the Promoting a More Equitable, Sustainable and Safer Education Project (PROMESSE). The project will benefit around 150,000 students, of whom about […]
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