Day: July 6, 2017

Jamaican rapper Sean Paul kicks off Lebanon’s Byblos Festival

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Hundreds of music fans gathered in Lebanon’s ancient coastal city of Byblos on Monday (July 3) evening for a concert by Grammy-award-winning artist Sean Paul. The event was part of the annual Byblos International Festival, and it was the Jamaican rapper’s first ever performance in Lebanon. Preceded by Lebanese DJ Rodge then Chi Ching Ching in the opening act, Sean Paul captivated the audience for more than an hour, as the crowd danced and sang along to his hit songs. “This is the 19th year of the festival, which means…

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Court orders Buhari, Osinbajo to publish names of suspected looters

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A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos on Wednesday ordered the Federal Government to “immediately release to Nigerians information about the names of high-ranking public officials from whom public funds were recovered and the circumstances under which funds were recovered, as well as the exact amount recovered from each public official.” The judgment was delivered yesterday by Hon Justice Hadiza Rabiu Shagari following a Freedom of Information suit number: FHC/CS/964/2016 brought by Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP). The suit followed disclosure last year by the Federal Government of funds recovered from…

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African countries get Internet domain name

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More than 50 African countries have created an internet domain fully owned by Africa, which they named DotAfrica, APA  report on Wednesday. This happened in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, at the 29th ordinary session of the African Union Assembly. “DotAfrica will bring the continent together as an internet community under one umbrella and create an opportunity to forge a unique online identity which will associate products, services and or information with the continent and the people of Africa,” read a communiqué. The domain is an African initiative created by Africans for Africans and…

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