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The suspension of twitter came two days after the social media giant deleted a tweet from President Buhari’s account for violating its rules. Telecoms operators in Nigeria have restricted access…
A Malian woman gave birth to nonuplets in Morocco on Tuesday and all nine babies are “doing well”, her government said, although Moroccan authorities had yet to confirm what would…
South Africa on Sunday revealed plans to ban the breeding of lions in captivity for trophy hunting or for tourists to pet, in a bid to promote a more “authentic”…
The action of the Nigerian authoritiesz has been condemned by the United Nations for not releasing a prominent humanist accused of blasphemy, who has been detained for a year without…
The rate of crime in Lagos, Nigeria has been on the increase and the US Consulate has issued a security alert to Americans living in the country. The report stated…
Dr. Mukhtar Muhammad, Head of Technical Secretariat of the Presidential Steering Committee (PSC) on COVID-19 announced that the federal government will be issuing a travel advisory within the next two days on…
Due to the clash between soldiers loyal to the government and others angry at the country’s leader, gunfire broke out as tensions spike over President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed’s extended stay…
In Kenya, persons living with HIV/AIDS fear dying because of a shortage of anti-retroviral drugs (ARVs) to save them from the disease. The patients have begun to put pressure on…
Three students, in Kaduna State, Nigeria who were among those abducted from a university on Tuesday, have been found shot dead, authorities say. On Friday in Kwanan Bature village, their…
The United States, in its latest travel advisories, told its citizens to avoid 14 States in Nigeria with cases of terrorism, banditry and kidnapping. Although it approved travel to other…