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In early June, Boni Yayi had received a court summons but his lawyers had refused due to his health problems

Ethnic tensions in the centre of the country have surged since a jihadist group led by preacher Amadou Koufa emerged in 2015.

The upgrades will boost service to their 13 million subscribers and enhance Internet service delivery, with focus on their 4G coverage

The country’s youth corp members will be expected to attend the bank’s entrepreneurship training centres to acquire vocational skills

Seven other senior officials were also appointed to head NNPC’s subsidiaries.

The partners will develop a leather tannery aimed at improving the production capacity of indigenous entity, Sokoto Shoe

It is the closest attack to the city yet in a long-running insurgency by suspected jihadists.

Assailants, arriving on nine armoured trucks, stormed into the military base outside the town of Gajiram.

“This is another terribly sad day for civilians in northeast Nigeria and for the humanitarians who are working to help them”

The two paramilitary officers were killed on Sunday when an improvised explosive device blew up as they walked near the entrance of a military post