Blinken to visit Africa to counter Russian charm offensive
by US Secretary of State Antony Blinken will travel next month to South Africa, the Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda, the Department of State announced …
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Gunmen re-launch attack on Owo community, seven weeks after
by Barely seven weeks after suspected terrorists killed 41 worshippers in Owo, the headquarters of Owo Local Council of Ondo State, a gang of bandits have …
Court Sentences Hanifa’s Killer, Tanko, To Death By Hanging
A Kano State High Court has sentenced Abdulmalik Tanko, the kidnapper and killer of five-year-old Hanifa Abubakar to death by hanging. The Presiding Judge, Justice …
African Development Bank and African Guarantee Fund sign $110 million agreement with Tanzania’s CRDB Bank to boost access to finance by women’s SMEs
The African Development Bank today signed a $60 million financial package comprising $50 million subordinated debt to support CRDB Bank’s regional expansion efforts and a …
Nigeria’s Chibok girls: Two victims found eight years on
The Nigerian army says it has found two more of the female students abducted by Boko Haram militants from a secondary school more than eight …
What Nigeria must do to eradicate Tuberculosis by 2030 – Health experts
For Nigeria to eradicate Tuberculosis (TB) and achieve the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by 2030, it must declare a state of emergency on …
Gov Yahaya Bello confirms attack on presidential guard, mourns victims
Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello, has confirmed the ambush on troops of the 7 Guards Battalion of the Nigerian Army Presidential Guards Brigade The troops …
Buhari must go, terrorism has taken over Nigeria – Falana
Human rights lawyer, Femi Falana, has said President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration has brought depression and hardship. Falana stated this while speaking at the Nigeria Labour …
At least five dead as anti-United Nations protests rock Democratic Republic of Congo
Congolese policemen disperse protesters along the road near the compound of a United Nations peacekeeping force’s warehouse in Goma in the North Kivu province of …
Donkeys are South Africa’s latest hot export to China
Chinese demand for traditional medicines has sent poachers hunting for African animals from rhinos to pangolins, now donkeys. But as in countries from Burkina Faso …