Peter Obi meets with traditional rulers of Southern Kaduna, promises to...

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Presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Mr Peter Obi, on Saturday in Kafanchan, Kaduna State, promised to stamp out corruption if elected as...

Tanzania opposition holds first rally since ban lifted

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Tanzania’s main opposition party held Saturday its first mass rally since the lifting of a ban imposed in 2016, raising hopes the government is...

Burkina Faso: 66 women, children freed from extremists – Army

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Burkina Faso's army has freed 66 women and children who were abducted earlier this month by Islamic extremists while gathering food in the country's...

Nigeria confirms diphtheria outbreak, monitors situation in 4 states

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Nigeria's health authorities confirmed a deadly outbreak of diftheria on Friday (Jan.20). In Kano state, one of the worst-hit states in the country's north, Dr. Aminu...

NDLEA destroys 317 tons of cannabis in Edo forest, arrests 4

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The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), says it has destroyed and set ablaze over 317,417 kgs (317.4 metric tons) of cannabis sativa in...

Gunmen kill “Ebubeagu” commander, 2 others in Ebonyi

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Gunmen shot two persons dead in Mkpuma Akataka Community, Izzi Local Government Area of Ebonyi on Friday. A native of the community, Mrs Grace Nwite,...

Mali gets more warplanes, helicopters from Russia

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Mali's military rulers received more warplanes and helicopters from Russia Thursday, the latest in a series of deliveries from its new top military and...
Foreign Minister of Gabo Moussa dies of cardiac arrest

Gabon foreign minister Michael Moussa Adamo dies of heart attack in...

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The Foreign Minister of Gabon, Michael Moussa Adamo suffered heart attack while in a meeting and died. A longtime ally of President Bongo, even before...

Jihadist attack in Burkina Faso kills 18

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Not fewer than 18 civilians including 16 army volunteers have died in an attack by Jihadists in Burkina Faso on Thursday, January 20. The attacks that claimed the lives...

Nigeria: a bitter campaign before the presidential election

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"Parkinson's disease", "stingy", "corrupt": the two main presidential candidates in Nigeria deliver a bitter end to the campaign, each calling for the arrest of...