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Benin army vehicle strikes land mine as security fears in north grow
A Benin army vehicle struck an improvised explosive device in a national park near the border with Burkina Faso on Thursday, the ...Three protesters shot dead in Sudan anti-military rallies
Original article from (Reuters) – Security forces shot dead three protesters and fired tear gas in Sudan on Thursday as crowds thronged ...Nigeria: 2023 – I Will Keep My Successor a Secret – Buhari
By Jonathan NDA-Isaiah , Chibuzo Ukaibe, Tunde Oguntola and Tarkaa David President Muhammadu Buhari has said he would not name his favourite ...Air Traffic Controllers 2-day strike leaves Passengers stranded
Nigerian Air Traffic Controllers, ATCs, commenced two days disruption of early morning domestic flights across the country to press home their demands ...We Don’t Have Control Over Cooking Gas Price ― FG
The federal government on Tuesday said that it has no control over the price of cooking gas because the product is fully ...Binance challenges The Nigerian Stock trading apps by offering U.S stocks
Nigerian stock trading apps with exposure to foreign stock listing face a herculean task as Binance, the world’s biggest crypto exchange recently ...Nigeria: Govt Plans to Lift 35m Nigerians Out of Poverty in Five Years
The Minister of State for Budget and National Planning, Prince Clem Agba has stated that the federal government planned to take 35 ...Kenya begins Demarcating Boundary With Uganda
Kenya has begun inspecting and reaffirming her boundary with Uganda in a bid to redefine her frontiers with Uganda. Kenya neighbors Uganda ...Nigeria’s Rampant Banditry and Some Ideas On How to Rein It in
Gusau — ‘The problem is that the peace deals negotiated so far are badly flawed and amateurishly executed.’ They are known simply ...Sudan: Five Anti-Coup Protesters Reported Dead
Security forces have reportedly used live ammunition on pro-democracy protesters, killing four. Another person died after suffocating from tear gas. Sudanese security ...Angola: Construction of New Mbanza Congo Airport to Start Soon
Luanda — The new airport of Mbanza Congo, capital of Zaire province, will soon start to be built in the commune of ...Kenya: New High As Prof Phoebe Okowa Is Elected to UN Law Body
When she applied for the position of Deputy Chief Justice in 2013, few had heard of Prof Phoebe Okowa. Media reports at ...Nigeria: Poultry Farmers Call for Ban On Maize Export
Disturbed by high cost of maize, a major ingredients in the poultry feeds, the Poultry Association of Nigeria (PAN), has called on ...Buhari leaves Paris for Intra-African trade fair in S/Africa – Media Aide
President Muhammadu Buhari will, on Saturday, leave Paris for Durban, South Africa, at the special invitation of President Cyril Ramaphosa, to the ...Lagos Mourns Victims of Ikoyi Building Collapse
Lagos Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu has declared three days of mourning in Lagos State over the Ikoyi building collapse which occurred on November ...Cameroon Reports Cholera Outbreak Ahead of AFCON 2022
Health workers in Cameroon are fighting a cholera outbreak that claimed 13 lives in two major cities since November 1, 2021. The ...Niger: Dozens Killed In Gun Attack at ‘Tri Border’
At least 69 people, including a mayor, have been killed in an attack by gunmen in southwestern Niger, the government has confirmed. ...U.S. embassy orders U.S citizens out of Ethiopia as rebels close in on Addis Ababa
The U.S. embassy in Addis Ababa advised all U.S. citizens to leave Ethiopia as soon as possible, a statement on their website ...East Africa: Preventing another Desert Locust Upsurge
Rome — $11.2 million partnership with the Mastercard Foundation to aid control and recovery efforts While the Desert Locust upsurge that swept through ...Uganda: Health Ministry Stops Recruiting Men As Midwives. Is this right or wrong? Comment section ...
The Ministry of Health has stopped the recruitment of male comprehensive nurses as midwives at district level on grounds that it is ...