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Ivory Coast President Ouattara Says Recently Acquitted Laurent Gbagbo Can Return
The Ivorian President, Alassane Ouattara says former leader Laurent Gbagbo and his right-hand man Charles Ble Goude are free to return to the country after they were definitively acquitted of
Nigeria: Our Best Has Not Been Good Enough, Acting Police IG Baba Says
Nigeria’s acting Inspector-general of Police (IGP) Usman Alkali Baba, says efforts of the police in tackling crime and criminality in the country has not been good enough, promising to work
Pyrates Want CCT Chairman Umar Removed Over Assault of Security Guard
The growing calls for the removal and prosecution of Mr Danladi Umar as the Chairman of the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT) continued unabated on Tuesday as the National Association
Nigeria VP Osinbajo Decorates Acting Police IG Baba With New Rank
Nigeria’s Vice President Professor Yemi Osinbajo has decorated the newly appointed police boss Usman Baba with the rank of Inspector General of Police. Mr Osinbajo performed the ceremony on Wednesday
Global Powers Urge Somali Leaders to Allow Elections Hold
Somalia’s international partners including the UN, the US, Canada, the African Union and several European nations have called on leaders to compromise to allow elections to take place in the
Kenya Ends Impasse Causing HIV Drugs Shortage
Authorities in Kenya have exempted tax on a donation of HIV drugs that had been in the middle of a stalemate for three months causing a shortage in the drugs. The finance ministry
Bandits Kill Eight People, Steal 180 Cows in Nigeria’s Northwest Kaduna
Authorities in the north-western Nigerian state of Kaduna say gunmen have shot dead at least eight people and injured a number of others in a series of attacks on villages.
Agents of Anarchy Weaponising Youths’ Frustration, Nigeria’s VP Osinbajo Says
Nigeria’s Vice President Yemi Osinbajo says agents of anarchy are weaponizing the frustration and discontent of the country’s young people for their own profit, calling on citizens to reject such people. According to the
Egypt, Sudan and Ethiopia Talks Over Nile Dam Fail
The latest round of talks between Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan over the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) have ended with no progress made. Delegations from the three countries met in
Nigeria: Terrorists, Kidnappers Demanding Ransom in Cryptocurrency, Moghalu Says
A former Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and former presidential candidate, Prof. Kingsley Moghalu, has said that cryptocurrency has become attractive to kidnappers and terrorists who
