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Boko Haram launches three assaults in Cameroon within 24 hours

Suspected Boko Haram militants launched three attacks in northern Cameroon within 24 hours, including a thwarted suicide strike on a camp for people who...

Nigerian Supreme Court Judge appears in Court over money laundering charges

Photo Credit: The Punch   A Justice of the Nigeria’s Supreme Court, Justice Sylvester Ngwuta has appeared in court on Monday on charges of money laundering...

Former Nigerian foreign affairs minister abducted

  A former minister of foreign affairs of Nigeria, Bagudu Hirse is reported to have been abducted by gunmen. The Daily Trust reports that the...

Moody’s: Nigeria GDP could expand next year if oil output rises

Photo Credit: Pixabay   Nigeria's economy can expand by 2.5 percent next year, rebounding from a recession entered in the second quarter, as long it can keep...

Nigeria’s government stops salaries for ex-leaders

Former President Goodluck Jonathan (L) gracefully accepted defeat at the hands of Mr Buhari (R). Photo Credit: AFP   Nigeria's government has failed to pay the...

Six dead in suicide bombings in Nigeria’s Maiduguri

Photo File Credit: punchng   Police officials in Nigeria have confirmed the death of six people from suicide bombings in Maiduguri on Friday. The Commissioner of Police Damian...

Nigerian hanged in Singapore for cannabis offence

Photo Credit: BBC   A 38-year-old Nigerian man has been hanged for drug trafficking after being caught with 2.6kg of cannabis. "A 38-year-old male Nigerian national, Chijioke...

U.N. expert questions legality of ‘brutal’ mass evictions in Nigeria

File Photo Credit: Amnesty International   A U.N. expert asked Nigeria on Thursday for urgent information about a forced eviction of thousands of people from makeshift...

Niger Delta Avengers “bomb” oil pipes in Nigeria

The insurgency has badly affected oil production. Photo Credit: AFP A militant group in Nigeria called the Niger Delta Avengers (NDA) has claimed to have...

Nigerian University shutdown, as students protest school fees’ increase

Photo Credit: Punchng   Hundreds of students of the Ambrose Ali University, Ekpoma, Edo State, on Monday staged a protest over the alleged increase in school...

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Nigerian High Commission apartments in Ghana demolished

Some new apartments built at the residence of the Nigerian High Commissioner in Ghana’s capital city Accra, have been demolished by bulldozers. The apartments have been constructed to...

Covid-19: Ghana records significant recovery numbers

Ghanaian health officials on Saturday said over 10,000 persons infected with the coronavirus have now recovered. The significant number of recoveries means the country now...

DR Congo: President’s ex-chief of staff jailed 20 years for corruption

The ex-chief of staff of the president of the Democratic Republic of Congo has been jailed 20 years by a high court. Vital Kamerhe was...

Covid-19: Zimbabwe’s health minister arrested, charged for graft

Zimbabwe's Health Minister Obadiah Moyo has been arrested over corruption allegations related to procurement of medical equipment worth $60 million. Moyo is accused of illegally...

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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