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Nigeria: Police detain ‘Chibok girls’ activists

Nigerian police on Tuesday briefly detained activists calling for the release of the Chibok schoolgirls kidnapped by Boko Haram jihadists nearly four years ago, campaigners said.

Jammeh’s allies arrested by the Gambian Army

Officials in The Gambia have confirmed the arrest of two former generals considered allies of former leader of the country, Yahya Jammeh.

Buhari to consider his health before seeking re-election

The President of Nigeria, Muhammadu Buhari will not seek re-election without considering his state of health as pressure mounts on him to declare his stance on the issue.

Liberia: George Weah sworn in as President

The former football star, George Weah has been sworn in as the new president of Liberia taking over from the continent’s first democratically elected female president, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf.

Ghana: Gunmen attack police post, free suspects

Officials in Ghana have confirmed that a police post in the country’s capital Accra was attacked on Sunday by armed men who killed a police officer at the station and freed seven suspects.

Nigerian teachers suspended for caning students

Officials in Nigeria have suspended a head teacher of a school and three other staff for meting out corporal punishment to their students.

Ghana gets its version of Silicon Valley

Ghanaian inventors have announced the launch of the country’s own version of the “Silicon Valley” to promote innovation in technology.

Ghana struggles to deal with nomadic herdsmen

Officials in Ghana are now struggling to calm tension in parts of the country where the activities of Fulanis herdsmen has led to clashes and deaths.

Nigeria: Americans and Canadians abducted; 2 police killed

Kidnappers have abducted two Americans and two Canadians in the northern Nigerian state of Kaduna, killing two police officers, a police spokesman said on Wednesday.

The Nigerian doctor who operates on babies with tumor in wombs

The story of a Nigerian Physician, Dr. Oluyinka Olutoye who joined a team of doctors from Texas to perform a special surgery on a baby in a woman’s womb has gone viral on social media.

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Ghana’s new law that jails citizens not wearing facemask 10 years

Ghanaians who fail to wear the face masks in compliance with a presidential directive risk going to jail for ten years. They also face a...
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