No fewer than 36 persons have been killed by unknown gunmen while several others were injured in a fresh attack which occurred in Ahwol Ward, Naraguta…
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A 62-year-old Red Cross employee has been reported killed in Cameroon, according to the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC). Diomède Nzobambona, a Canadian, died…
Hissene Habre, former Chadian President and ally of the West in the Cold War era, who was jailed for war crimes and crimes against humanity, has…
Mozambican and Rwandan troops have rescued more than 100 people who had been taken hostage by Islamic State-linked militants in Mocimboa da Praia district, North Mozambique.…
Bandits have released 15 more students of the Bethel Baptist High School in Kaduna. This brings the total number of released students to 43 after 28…
Chad has announced it will reduce the number of its troops deployed to the G5 Sahel anti-terrorist force in the “three border zone,” which includes Mali,…
The 21st Olu of Warri, Ogiame Atuwatse III, has reversed an ancestral curse placed on Nigeria by his grandfather, Olu Erejuwa II, as a result of…
Thousands of people in traditional red and white attire thronged to the riverine community ofOde-Itsekiri in southern Nigeria’s oil hub Warri on Saturday to witness the…
The Nigerian Association of Residents Doctors is expected to sign a new agreement with the Nigerian Federal Government today in a bid to end the three-week-old…
Nasiru Ado Bayero (born 2 February 1964) is the 2nd emir of Bichi. He ascended the throne from his brother Aminu Ado Bayero who was named…