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15 Nov
The Nigerian military presented Alice Loksha, who had been a health worker for the UN children's agency UNICEF in the northeast of the country, to reporters at a military base in the northeastern city of Maiduguri Loksha was taken on March 1, 2018 when fighters from the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) group…
16 Aug
An attack blamed on Al-Qaeda-linked jihadists in central Mali has killed at least 15 soldiers, three local officials told AFP on Friday, in the latest violence to hit the troubled region. Mali has for more than a decade been ravaged by jihadists and other armed groups, with the centre of the West African country becoming…
26 Dec 2023
Militants from the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) jihadist group burned a grandmother and two children to death on Christmas Day in western Uganda, local officials said Tuesday. The attack in a remote village of Kamwenge district comes a week after 10 people were killed in the same area by the ADF, a deadly militia affiliated…
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The World Health Organization on Thursday urged countries to step up surveillance for bird flu after the first case was detected in a child
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A power cut plunged Zimbabwe's parliament into darkness as Finance Minister Mthuli Ncube was finishing his budget speech.
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Civil Society Coalition on the Leadership of the Federal University of Oye-Ekiti (FUOYE) has distanced the Vice Chancellor of the institution
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The Minister of Labour and Employment, Muhammadu Dingyadi, stated on Thursday that the ministry was not established to provide jobs for Nigerians. This is as the Special Adviser to the President on Communication and Orientation, Sunday Dare, revealed that 13 to 14 key reforms are underway with the ultimate goal of economic growth. The minister…
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The Chairman, National Population Commission (NPC), Mr. Nasir Kwarra, says considerable progress has been achieved in addressing Gender-Based Violence (GBV) in Nigeria. Kwarra said this while speaking on Thursday in Abuja at the fifth anniversary of the Nairobi Summit on International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD). The 2024 commemoration of the summit has “The…
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Inspector-General of Police (IGP) Kayode Adeolu Egbetokun has ordered the immediate restructuring and sanitisation of the Kebbi State Criminal Investigation Department (CID), a move which aims to enhance the effectiveness and professionalism of police officers attached to the section in the state. The IGP has directed that all officers currently occupying positions within the Kebbi…
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The Kogi State Government has flagged off the 2024 measles supplementary immunization campaign against the spread of measles infection. Kogi governor’s wife, Hajia Sefinat Ododo, who flagged off the campaign on Thursday in Lokoja, said that the effort was to mitigate the escalation of measles during the harmattan season. Ododo urged parents to avail their…
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The Rivers Elders Forum has called on the National Assembly to support calls to end the lingering political crisis in the state. The elders, under the aegis of the Simplified Rivers Elders Forum, therefore urged the lawmakers to support the lawmaker representing Ideato North-South Federal Constituency of Imo State, Ikenga Ugochinyere, in his efforts to…
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The House of Representatives Committee on the Review of the 1999 Constitution (as amended) Thursday said it will hold a national dialogue