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Kenya’s Opposition Leader Discharged After Treating Covid
Kenyan opposition leader Raila Odinga has been discharged from hospital in the capital, Nairobi, where he was being treated for Covid-19. “I’m glad to be back at home,” Mr Odinga posted
Gunmen Invade Primary School in Kaduna Northwest Nigeria, Abduct Pupils, Teachers
Gunmen have invaded the Local Education Authority (LEA ) Primary School, Rama village, Birnin Gwari Local Government Area of Kaduna state, abducting the pupils and their teachers. The number of
618 Schools Shut in Northern Nigeria Over Abductions as Security Agents Foil Kidnap of 307 Students
No fewer than 618 schools have remained closed in six northern Nigeria states over the fear of attack and abduction of pupils and members of staff, according to a tally
Nigeria: In Heart-rending Video, Terrorists Torture Kidnapped Kaduna Students, Demand $1.2m
A group of terrorists that abducted some 39 students from the Federal College of Forestry Mechanisation in Afaka, Igabi Local Government Area of Kaduna State, on Saturday, released a new
Ruling Party Stalwart Tinubu Asks Nigeria’s President Buhari to Convene National Security Meeting
A former governor of Lagos State and national leader of the governing All Progressives Congress (APC) Bola Tinubu has urged the Nigerian government to as a matter of urgency convene
At Least Five Killed in Saturday Myanmar Protests as US and Allies Vow to Restore Democracy
At least five protesters were killed by security forces in Myanmar, witnesses and media reported, as activists marked the death anniversary on Saturday of a student whose killing in 1988
No Petrol Price Increase Until Government Meets with Labour, Nigeria’s Deputy Petroleum Minister Sylva Says
Nigeria’s federal government on Friday strongly pushed back on insinuations that it had increased the pump price of petrol from N162 to N212.61 per litre. In a statement personally signed
Nigeria: Security Agents Search for 39 Students Abducted from Kaduna College
A combined team of security agents are on the trail of bandits that abducted 39 students at the Federal College of Forestry Mechanisation, Afaka, Igabi Local Government Area of Kaduna
Nigeria’s NSA Monguno Recants on Arms Money ‘Missing’ Under Ex-service Chiefs, Says Orders Either Inadequate or Yet to Be Delivered
Claims early Friday by Nigeria’s National Security Adviser to the President, retired Major General Babagana Monguno, that funds meant for the purchase of arms to strengthen Nigeria’s anti-terror war got
Africa Expected to Recover From Worst Recession, to Axhieve 3.4% Growth in 2021, AfDB Says
Africa is expected to recover from its worst recession in half a century and reach 3.4 percent growth in 2021, the African Development Bank has said in its 2021 African
