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Governor Sanwo-Olu Opens Afro-brazilian Cultural Centre In Lagos.

Ayomide Oyewole 14/04/2021

… Says Initiative Will Boost Heritage Tourism Wife of Lagos State Governor, Dr. Ibijoke Sanwo-Olu, has opened the Afro Brazilian Descendants Centre in the State, just as she commended the Brazilian Descendants Association’s carnival held by the community. Speaking during the official opening of the Afro Brazilian Descendants Centre in Lagos, Dr. Sanwo-Olu also commended […]Read More

Covid-19 Foreign Health

Brazil has more than 4,000 deaths in 24 hours for

Ayomide Oyewole 07/04/2021

Hospitals are overcrowded, with people dying as they wait for treatment in some cities, and the health system is on the brink of collapse in many areas. The country’s total death toll is now almost 337,000, second only to the US. But President Jair Bolsonaro continues to oppose any lockdown measures to curb the outbreak. […]Read More

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FG, Brazil Seal $1.2 Billion Loan to Boost Agric Sector.

Ayomide Oyewole 19/02/2021

Nigeria and the Brazilian Government have signed a $1.2 billion Memorandum of Understanding to boost agricultural modernization in the country. The credit facility provided by the Development Bank of Brazil would help support the Federal government’s drive to provide agricultural mechanization and agro-processing centres across the country. The Senior Special Assistant to President Muhammdu Buhari […]Read More

Arsenal snap up Martinelli, make move for Zaha

Ayomide Oyewole 03/07/2019

Arsenal have signed 18-year-old Brazilian forward Gabriel Martinelli from Ituano Futebol Clube for an undisclosed fee, the Londoners announced on Tuesday. Martinelli scored 10 goals in 34 appearances for Sao Paulo-based club Ituano and was called up for a training camp with the senior Brazil squad ahead of the Copa America. “It is a dream […]Read More

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Venezuela Closes Key Maritime, Air Borders With Neighbors

Ayomide Oyewole 20/02/2019

Venezuela has shut a key maritime border and grounded flights as the opposition party seeks to import foreign aid to the crisis-hit South American country. A government representative confirmed Venezuela has closed its maritime border with Aruba, Curacao, and Bonaire and, in the Western state of Falcon, prevented flights leaving from or departing to those […]Read More

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Nigeria-Brazil Agriculture Project to Gulp $1.1bn Loan

Ayomide Oyewole 18/01/2019

MINISTER of Finance, Zainab Ahmed, said, yesterday, that $1.1 billion loans would be required for the implementation of Nigeria-Brazil Cooperation Project Agriculture, known as the “Green Imperative.” Naira There is no way Nigeria is returning to its past The loan, which will be majorly provided by the Brazilian government, is conceived to enhance the agricultural […]Read More

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Brazil’s 200-year-old national museum hit by huge fire

Mariam Harun 03/09/2018

A fire has gutted the National Museum of Brazil in Rio de Janeiro, the oldest scientific institution in the country. Most of the 20 million items it contained, including the oldest human remains ever found in the Americas, are believed to have been destroyed. The cause of the blaze is not known. No injuries have […]Read More

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Antonio Conte is No Longer Chelsea’s Head Coach

Tolani Giwa 13/07/2018

Conte now appears to have left Stamford Bridge after two years at the club, although Chelsea are refusing to comment on reports he is no longer in charge. The Italian led the west London club to Premier League title glory in a successful first season at the helm but his second campaign proved far less […]Read More

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Neymar Shines As Brazil Butts Out Mexico

Tolani Giwa 03/07/2018

Neymar Shines at yesterday’s match as he scored one goal and played a key role in the second as Brazil edged out Mexico in Samara to reach the World Cup quarter-finals for a seventh consecutive time. Brazil did not have it all their own way, especially in an opening period dominated by the Central Americans, […]Read More