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On Tuesday, the Federal Government began the tolling of the 227.2km Abuja-Keffi-Akwanga-Lafia-Makurdi Highway with the inauguration of the Garaku Toll Plaza axis of the road. It said certain categories of vehicles, including security, diplomatic, ambulances and tricycles, are exempted from the tolling. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), reports that the road is a Public…

The Anambra Police Command has detained one Obinna Anene, the alleged principal suspect in the murder of a 74-year-old woman in Abagana Community in the state. The Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) in the state, SP Tochukwu Ikenga, disclosed this in a statement issued in Awka and made available to newsmen on Tuesday. Ikenga stated…

Rwandan-backed armed group M23 announced a humanitarian "ceasefire" from Tuesday in the Democratic Republic of Congo's perennially explosive east, days before a planned crisis meeting between the Congolese and Rwandan leaders. The M23 and Rwandan troops last week seized Goma -- the provincial capital of the mineral-rich North Kivu region that has been blighted by…

Shelling by Sudanese paramilitaries killed five people outside one of the last functioning hospitals in Khartoum's twin city Omdurman Tuesday, with medical sources reporting escalating violence across the war-torn country. A medical source in Al-Nao Hospital in Omdurman, requesting anonymity for safety reasons, said volunteers were among the dead. "The shells landed in the garden…

Gov. Caleb Mutfwang of Plateau has rejigged his cabinet and created a new Ministry for Livestock Development, Veterinary Services and Fisheries in the state. This is contained in a statement by Mr Samuel Jatau, the Secretary to the State Government (SSG), issued on Tuesday in Jos. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the…