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Soft drinks maker, Coca-Cola, says it plans to invest up to 90 million dollars in Kenya over three years through 2018 to increase its product range in the region. In a statement on Tuesday in Nairobi, the company said the wider range of soft drinks in the country would begin in 2018 but did not give details of the range of products Read Also 264m children out of school globally – UNESCO Coca-Cola, which is the leader in the Kenyan soda market with brands like Coke and Fanta, said it had invested a total of 17 billion dollars in Africa…

No fewer than 264 million school-age children and young people worldwide were not in education in 2015, the United Nations culture and education agency UNESCO said on Tuesday. The agency, in a progress report on the UN’s development goals for education, said that after a decline in the early 2000s, out-of-school rates have started to stagnate. “Worldwide, there was a completion rate of 83 per cent for primary education, falling to 45 per cent for upper secondary schooling,” the agency said. The agency meanwhile quoted household survey data from 128 countries for the 2010 to 2015 period. READ: Osinbajo urges…

Nigeria’s vice president, Prof Yemi Osinbajo has urged the Indonesian government to invest in the Nigerian manufacturing sector as both countries look to strengthen economic ties. Prof. Osinbajo spoke earlier this morning at a bilateral meeting he held with his Indonesian counterpart, Vice President Jusuf Kalla, on the sidelines of the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) Beneficial Ownership Transparency Conference in Jakarta, Indonesia. Nigeria is open for business and more investment, the VP noted, while also recollecting his meeting with members of the Indonesian Chamber of Commerce on Monday. “We are looking forward to more Indonesian investments especially in the…

The report on the circumstances of Abdulrasheed Maina’s recall and posting to the Ministry of Interior has been submitted to the President’s Chief of Staff, Abba Kyari. Presidential Spokesman Femi Adesina confirmed on Monday night President Muhammadu Buhari, on Monday, in a memo to the Head of the Civil Service of the Federation, Mrs Winifred Oyo-Ita, directed the immediate disengagement from service of Maina, former chairman of the Presidential Task Force on Pension Reforms. The President equally demanded a full report of the circumstances of Maina’s recall and posting to the Ministry of Interior, saying the report must be submitted…

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has called for immediate arrest and prosecution of Abdulrasheed Maina, a former Chairman of the Presidential Task Force on Pension Reforms, wanted for alleged fraud. The party made the call in a statement by National Publicity Secretary of its National Caretaker Committee, Mr Dayo Adeyeye, on Monday in Abuja. The party called for the arrest and prosecution of those who aided the return of Maina to the country after his disappearance for several years, and his restoration to his duty post with added promotion. The party also called for immediate sack of the Minister of…

Manchester United and Wales legend Ryan Giggs says he is interested in the Leicester and Everton manager jobs. Both clubs are without bosses after Leicester sacked Craig Shakespeare last week and the Toffees fired Ronald Koeman on Monday. Giggs was Louis van Gaal’s number two at Old Trafford, and was interviewed for the job at Swansea in 2016. “For me these are clubs I would be interested in,” 43-year-old Giggs told Sky Sports. “I think you look at those two teams, Leicester being champions two seasons ago, Everton being a fantastic club with a fantastic history. READ: Cristiano Ronaldo named…

Some Lagos-based lawyers are claiming that all is not well between the Attorney-General of Lagos state and the Lagos Police Command following series of discontinuance of criminal cases with overwhelming evidence against the suspects. The protesting lawyers led by Mr. Olayinka Ola-Daniels have argued that the Attorney General has failed to give good reason(s) cases with frightening evidence should be discontinued. Olayinka told the court that the matter was of public interest and that the Attorney General ought not to discontinue such matter without giving any reason to the court. Also protesting are prosecutors from the State Criminal Investigation and…

The 2017 Best FIFA Football Awards have been unvieled on Monday in London. As widely anticipated cristiano Ronaldo won Lionel Messi and Neymar to win the Best FIFA Men Player award. A total of Nine awards were presented at the ceremony in various football categories. See below the full list of winners at the 2017 FIFA Best FIFA award. The Best FIFA Men’s Player Cristiano Ronaldo The Best FIFA Women’s Player Lieke Martens The Best FIFA Men’s Coach Zinedine Zidane The Best FIFA Women’s Coach Sarina Wiegman The Best FIFA Goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon The FIFA Puskás Award Olivier Giroud The…

Nigeria’s former president Goodluck Jonathan has been asked to testify at the corruption trial of his party’s former spokesman, a court was told on Monday. Olisa Metuh is being tried on charges of having fraudulently received some 400 million naira ($1.1 million, 945,000 euros) from the then-national security advisor Sambo Dasuki. The money was allegedly used to fund Jonathan’s failed re-election campaign for the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in 2015, which he lost to Muhammadu Buhari. Metuh’s lawyer, Onyechi Ikpeazu, has already successfully applied for Dasuki to appear as a defence witness and said he would do the same for…

Cristiano Ronaldo was named the world’s best player at the 2017 Best Fifa Football Awards at the London Palladium. Real Madrid and Portugal forward Ronaldo, 32, beat Barcelona’s Lionel Messi and Paris St-Germain’s Neymar to the honour. READ: Everton sack Ronald Koeman as manager Ronaldo helped Real to a Champions League-La Liga double in 2016-17. Lieke Martens of Barcelona and the Netherlands was named the world’s best female player. Real Madrid’s Zinedine Zidane was named best men’s coach, Netherlands boss Sarina Wiegman won the female coach award, while Arsenal’s Olivier Giroud received the Puskas award for the best goal of…