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[Update] Nigeria’s police officers clash with Shia Muslim sect, 10 feared dead

Prominent Nigerians Sheikh Ibraheem Zakzaky has been in military custody since last year. Photo Credit: AFP Police in Nigeria have clashed with Shia Muslim sect...

Boko Haram says it is ready for ‘war’ under US President-Elect Trump

Abubakar Shekau, the leader of the Nigerian jihadist group Boko Haram has reacted to the election of Donald Trump as the United States presidency...

Nigerian Prophet TB Joshua speaks after his “failed prediction” on US elections

Popular Nigerian preacher, TB Joshua has for the first time reacted to criticisms over his prediction on the US elections. The preacher had predicted...

Nigerian senator seeks support to table bill against tribal marks

Photo Credit: Africanews This barbaric act must stop. National Identity card is enough to identify where individuals come from. Support my bill to stop this...

[Update] Bomb blast in Nigeria’s Maiduguri, 3 female suicide bombers shot

Nigeria's operational headquarters is in Maiduguri. Photo Credit: AFP   A bomb has exploded in Nigeria’s north-eastern city of Maiduguri at Ummarari. Witnesses say about three to four...

Nigeria’s population soars to 182 million

The Director-General of National Population Commission, NPC, Ghaji Bello, has revealed that Nigeria’s population was currently 182 million. He said half of its people is...

Demolitions leave 30,000 homeless in Nigeria’s megacity of Lagos

A man pushes a cart past an NGO focused on combating human trafficking in Benin-city, Edo State, midwest Nigeria, on October 21, 2016. (Photo...

Women in Abuja angry over discrimination for marrying younger men

Some women in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) on Thursday criticised discrimination by the society on their decision to marry younger men, why applauding...

Wole Soyinka to leave America following Mr. Trump’s election as 45th US President

Wole Soyinka is based in New York. Photo credit: AFP   Popular Nigerian and Nobel-Prize winning author Wole Soyinka has finally confirmed when he will exit...

Freed Chibok girls spared from abuse and rape by Nigeria’s Boko Haram

The 21 Chibok schoolgirls freed by Boko Haram militants last month say they were not abused or raped during two-and-a-half years' captivity in northeast...

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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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