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The 3rd edition of the popular reality TV series Big Brother Africa (BBA) is scheduled to begin later today at 17:00 hours. 12 house mates chosen from 12 African countries will enter the Big Brother house for 91 days.
The show which is exclusive to DSTV is available 24 hours everyday on channel 198.
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I am so infuriated this dawn, after going through a few headlines on Google News Nigeria. When I blogged about Nigeria for Obama (ObamaNigeria.org): A Misplaced Priority in March 2008, putting a spotlight on an effort by some Lagos State legislators, I suspected idleness and over-zealousness but this new move by yet another group of [...]

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MultiChoice has finally removed SABC Africa from its bouquets:
SABC Africa Terminates on Dstv – 31st July 2008
MultiChoice and the SABC regret to announce that from 1 August 2008, the SABC Africa channel will no longer be carried on the DStv service.
Operation of the SABC Africa channel is no longer viable and MultiChoice and the SABC [...]

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I had the honour and pleasure of meeting some fellow bloggers here in Ghana, last Thursday. 6:30pm was the time and Honeysuckle Restaurant & Pub, Osu here in Accra was the venue. The meeting was so nice and exciting we stayed for some 15 more minutes than scheduled.
It was quite revealing as we had the [...]

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I thought I should highlight the fact that Norum Yobo, brother of Nigerian football star Joseph Yobo has been released by his kidnappers who had hitherto demanded for a $10,000 ransom to be paid via e-gold. According to Goal.com:
Yobo’s Brother Set Free By Kidnappers
Joseph Yobo’s brother Norum has been released, Everton have confirmed on their [...]

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Are you you a fellow blogger in Ghana? If yes, you might want to meet like-minded people in Accra and Tema. Some bloggers are arranging for a meet-up sometime this week here in Accra, Ghana and I hope to be there too.
Why?
Just some social networking, discussion about blogging and some excitement.
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Long after several people have been defrauded of their money through social engineering scams, Interswitch Nigeria the leading issuer of local ATM/Debit cards appears to be acting now. According to a recent report by Daily Trust:

Interswitch Nigeria Limited in collaboration with banks last week inaugurated an awareness campaign to protect ATM card holders against fraudsters [...]

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