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[The Conversation Africa] Literary prizes do more than offer recognition and cash to writers and help readers decide what book to choose. They shape the literary canon, a country's body of highly regarded writing. They help shape what the future classics might be. via LATEST NEWS

[Deutsche Welle] As Nigeria trials superfast 5G networking, there's no shortage of hype over how the next generation of wireless technology could leapfrog Africa into the high-speed internet age. Here's what you need to know. via LATEST NEWS

[This Day] Nseobong Okon-Ekong and Bassey Inyang write that Governor Ben Ayade of Cross River State has reduced the candid fiscal procedure for improvement of the socioeconomic wellbeing of the people to an annual comedy via LATEST NEWS

[Daily Trust] The Senior Staff Association of Statutory Corporations and Government Owned Companies (SSASCGOC), has cautioned against what it called planned scheme by the Minister of Finance, Zainab Ahmed and the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), to take over the core mandate of Nigeria Postal Service (NIPOST). via LATEST NEWS

[Daily Trust] The International Labour Organisation (ILO) has said that potential and returning migrants in Nigeria and Ghana are protected through fair and effective labour migration governance. via LATEST NEWS

[Daily Trust] Lagos -In July 2019, the banking regulator, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) set at least 60 percent minimum loan-to-deposit ratio (LDR) to encourage lending to small businesses and consumers and more mortgages. Daily Trust in this analysis examines the success of the policy in boosting lending while maintaining a sound financial system. via LATEST NEWS

[Daily Trust] The Egyptian Television station TV Ten recently aired a report wherein the presenter of the programme played an audio of a purported conversation between Mustafa Varank, Turkey's Minister of Industry and Technology, and Mehmet Karatas, a manager with Turkish Airlines about supplies of arms to Boko Haram from Turkey. via LATEST NEWS

Nigerian actress and film maker, Genevieve Nnaji has left social media buzzing with admiration after she took to the platform to share a stunning photo of herself. from via EDUPEDIA24/7

The Enugu East senatorial candidate of the APC in the last election, Lawrence Ezeh, has defected to the Peoples Democratic Party Party along with about 20,000 supporters. The defectors were received by Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi. from via EDUPEDIA24/7

[MSF] Kigali/Brussels -Hundreds of thousands of people continue to die from advanced HIV, also known as AIDS, because countries are still ill-equipped to detect and treat people suffering through advanced stages of the disease, according to a new report released today by medical organisation Doctors Without Borders (MSF). Delays in responding quickly to treatment failures and interruptions jeopardise recent progress in reducing HIV deaths. via LATEST NEWS

[The Herald] Police yesterday said they used tear smoke to disperse an unsanctioned MDC-Alliance meeting at Dombotombo Clinic in Marondera after part of the crowd, who had arrived in kombis, refused to disperse and continued to block patients from using the clinic via LATEST NEWS

Atletico Madrid vs Barcelona ended 1-0 in favor the champions as they retain top spot on the La Liga standings. Messi scored the match-winner with a brilliant individual effort that left fans at the Wanda Metropolitano heartbroken from via EDUPEDIA24/7

[New Zimbabwe] POLICE have dismissed MDC claims gunshots were fired at party leader Nelson Chamisa and his entourage when the opposition chief was presiding over a party organised tree planting event in Marondera on Sunday. via LATEST NEWS

[New Zimbabwe] ARMED members of the military Sunday fired live bullets at MDC leader Nelson Chamisa in Marondera, the opposition chief's spokesperson has said. via LATEST NEWS

Atiku Abubakar has said poverty is the main reason why Nigeria is faced with the challenge of insecurity. Abubakar made the statement on Saturday, November 30, when he spoke at the the America University of Nigeria in Yola. from via EDUPEDIA24/7

  Deputy Chief Whip of the Senate and sponsor of the Hate Speech Bill, Aliyu Abdullahi, has said those, who oppose the bill, are merely pretending and ignoring the danger to come if the bill was not passed. On November 27, Nigerians staged peaceful protest nationwide against the bill, which they said violates their fundamental human rights to free speech. In a statement on Sunday, Abdullahi, who is the sponsor of the bill, said its opponents were only pretending to protect freedom of speech. He said, “Both Christians and Muslims have said that the media blatantly expresses bias against their religion and that journalists will deliberately not report their story or perspective. “Outside the immediate communities affected by a specific incident, the general public’s understanding of violent events is often incomplete. “In some cases, false news about attacks have incited the people to undertake revenge attacks in various parts of the country.” Free Speech Politics N

  Rights lawyer, Femi Falana (SAN), has accused President Muhammadu Buhari’s government of disobeying valid court orders in Nigeria but complying with orders from a United Kingdom court.  Nigeria, through the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami (SAN), paid a $200m bond deposit following the approval by President Buhari.  The move follows a stay of execution for a $9.6bn judgment awarded against Nigeria in favour of Process & Industrial Development Limited. In a letter to Malami on Sunday, Falana said the Nigerian Government did not give any precondition before obeying the court of its “former colonial master” as it does at home. Falana asked the government to comply with court orders and release Omoyele Sowore. He said, “It is however disturbing to note notwithstanding such deference to the courts of its former colonial master, the Nigerian Government has continued to disobey valid and subsisting orders of Nigerian courts a

[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -In what could potentially be a major blow to Abiy Ahmed's philosophy of "Medemer" and his subsequent move to dismantle the ruling EPRDF in favor of the newly forming Prosperity Party, Lemma Megerssa, Minister of Defense and Deputy Chairman of the Oromo Democratic Party (ODP), said he does not subscribe to both "Medemer" as a philosophy and the merger of EPRDF to form Prosperity Party. via LATEST NEWS

  Deputy Chief Whip of the Senate and sponsor of the Hate Speech Bill, Aliyu Abdullahi, has said those, who oppose the bill, are merely pretending and ignoring the danger to come if the bill was not passed. On November 27, Nigerians staged peaceful protest nationwide against the bill, which they said violates their fundamental human rights to free speech. In a statement on Sunday, Abdullahi, who is the sponsor of the bill, said its opponents were only pretending to protect freedom of speech. He said, “Both Christians and Muslims have said that the media blatantly expresses bias against their religion and that journalists will deliberately not report their story or perspective. “Outside the immediate communities affected by a specific incident, the general public’s understanding of violent events is often incomplete. “In some cases, false news about attacks have incited the people to undertake revenge attacks in various parts of the country.” Free Speech Politics N

  Rights lawyer, Femi Falana (SAN), has accused President Muhammadu Buhari’s government of disobeying valid court orders in Nigeria but complying with orders from a United Kingdom court.  Nigeria, through the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami (SAN), paid a $200m bond deposit following the approval by President Buhari.  The move follows a stay of execution for a $9.6bn judgment awarded against Nigeria in favour of Process & Industrial Development Limited. In a letter to Malami on Sunday, Falana said the Nigerian Government did not give any precondition before obeying the court of its “former colonial master” as it does at home. Falana asked the government to comply with court orders and release Omoyele Sowore. He said, “It is however disturbing to note notwithstanding such deference to the courts of its former colonial master, the Nigerian Government has continued to disobey valid and subsisting orders of Nigerian courts a

Tajudeen Ibrahim Tajudeen Ibrahim SaharaReporters Media   Tajudeen Ibrahim, father of the slain bank employee, Nofisat, who was killed by gunmen in Akure, Ondo State, on August 28, 2019, has again cried out for justice over the incident.  The deceased was in charge of Point of Sale ordering in the financial institution when she was gruesomely killed.  Recall that the police said it begun an investigation into the murder case which led to the arrest of three suspects.  But according to father of the victim, suspects fingered in the killing of his daughter have been moving around freely without being investigated.  The bereaved father, who spoke with SaharaReporters, said the homicide section of the Ondo State Police Command handling the murder case has been playing 'games' with the suspects.  He stated that despite attempts to unravel those, who killed his daughter, the police had been perverting all means of getting justice on the case. He said, "All the sta

USS Chesapeake (1799) . Chesapeake was a 38-gun wooden-hulled, three-masted heavy frigate of the United States Navy. She was one of the original six frigates authorized by the Naval Act of 1794 and designed by Joshua Humphreys as the young navy's capital ships. Launched at the Gosport Navy Yard on 2 December 1799, Chesapeake began her career during the Quasi-War with France and saw service in the First Barbary War. On 22 June 1807 she was fired upon by HMS Leopard of the Royal Navy for refusing to allow a search for deserters. Chesapeake's commanding officer, James Barron, was court-martialed, and the United States instituted the Embargo Act of 1807 against Great Britain. The Chesapeake–Leopard affair and the Embargo Act were two of the precipitating factors that led to the War of 1812. Chesapeake captured five British merchant ships early in the war before being taken by HMS Shannon. Her timbers, sold in 1819, are now part of the Chesapeake Mill in Wickham, England.

USS Chesapeake (1799) . Chesapeake was a 38-gun wooden-hulled, three-masted heavy frigate of the United States Navy. She was one of the original six frigates authorized by the Naval Act of 1794 and designed by Joshua Humphreys as the young navy's capital ships. Launched at the Gosport Navy Yard on 2 December 1799, Chesapeake began her career during the Quasi-War with France and saw service in the First Barbary War. On 22 June 1807 she was fired upon by HMS Leopard of the Royal Navy for refusing to allow a search for deserters. Chesapeake's commanding officer, James Barron, was court-martialed, and the United States instituted the Embargo Act of 1807 against Great Britain. The Chesapeake–Leopard affair and the Embargo Act were two of the precipitating factors that led to the War of 1812. Chesapeake captured five British merchant ships early in the war before being taken by HMS Shannon. Her timbers, sold in 1819, are now part of the Chesapeake Mill in Wickham, England.