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The richest man in Africa and the Chairman of Dangote Group – Aliko Dangote plans to invest up to $50 billion in the U.S. and Europe by 2025. The 60-year old Nigerian business tycoon said in a Bloomberg interview that he plans to focus on renewable energy and petrochemicals when he moves into these territories in 2020, after completing his $11 billion oil refinery and $5 billion agricultural projects in his home country, Nigeria. “Beginning in 2020, 60 percent of our future investments will be outside Africa, so we can have a balance,” said Dangote, worth $11.6 billion, according to Bloomberg’s Billionaires Index. Dangote Group’s major investment will be in the U.S. and Europe, he said. “I think renewables is the way to go forward, and the future. We are looking at petrochemicals but can also invest in other companies.” Dangote, who has diversified across broad industries in the last five years. Expanded his Dangote Cement Plc, which accounts for about 80 percent of his...

A 10-year-old r*pe victim who was denied permission for an abortion by the Indian Supreme Court last month has given birth to a baby girl. The girl is not aware that she has given birth. During her pregnancy she was told her bulge was because she had a big stone in her stomach. The baby weighing 2.5kg (5.5lb) was delivered by Caesarean section in Chandigarh at 09:22 (03:52 GMT). Both the mother and the newborn are doing fine, an official told the BBC. The girl alleges she was raped several times in the past seven months by her uncle, who has been arrested. Her pregnancy was discovered in mid-July when she complained of stomach ache and her parents took her to hospital. A local court in Chandigarh turned down the abortion plea on the grounds that she was too far into her pregnancy after a doctors’ panel said that termination of the pregnancy would be “too risky”. Later, the Supreme Court also refused to allow an abortion for her on similar grounds. Baby ‘to be put up for...

Controversial Journalist, Kemi Olunloyo took to IG to reveal that she is coming out for Governor in Oyo state! According to her, she will reopen Lautech, empower women, feed children and put all the area boys through education so they can get good jobs. #BREAKING I am waking up today as a #Politician. YES! I am running for Governor of #OyoState Nigeria in 2019 as an independent #MadamKOO2019 Invite your friends to my rebranded campaign pages Facebook.com/HNNAfrica and Twitter plus Instagram Lets start rebranding Oyo state. Our campaign hashtag is #OyosBiggerPicture and #MadamKOO2019 We will REOPEN #Lautech, empower women, feed children and put all the area boys thru education so they can get good jobs. Affordable EVERYTHING! We start on the streets!! Our Campaign donation portal is coming and phone number is posted. I am running a social media and grassroots campaign. Lets change Oyo state now. #MadamKOO #NotTooYoungToRun #OurMumuDonDo #hnnpolitics