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Over 300 Schoolboys Abducted in Nigeria Remain Missing
More than 300 schoolboys abducted by gunmen suspected to be terrorists remain missing days after they were abducted from their secondary school in Kankara, Katsina state, Nigeria.
Gunmen on motorcycles stormed the all-boys Government Science School late on Friday … Continue Reading
Nigeria loses Justice Sylvester Nsofor, Ambassador to the United States
Justice Sylvester Adiewere Nsofor, 85, Nigerian ambassador to the United States is dead following a brief illness at Maryland hospital in the United States according to a source at the Nigerian Mission and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Nsofor … Continue Reading
National Assembly assures Nigerians on electoral reforms by 2021
Abuja, Nigeria – The National Assembly has kick-started the process of amending the country’s electoral laws in a public hearing organized by the Senate and House of Representatives Joint Committee on INEC & Electoral Matters, promising electoral reforms by the … Continue Reading
Ghana Polls: Over 17 million Ghanaians vote to elect new president
Polling stations have opened in Ghana’s presidential and parliamentary elections as voters elect a new president and 275 members of Parliament.
The polls, which started at 7am local time and expected to close at 5pm with more than 17 million … Continue Reading
United Nations condemn attack on farmers, Northern governors pledge support
The United Nations Resident Humanitarian Coordinator, Mr. Edward Kallon, has condemned the killing of 43 Farmers in Borno State, the North-eastern part of Nigeria while noting that the death toll may be higher.
REPORT AFRIQUE in a report had … Continue Reading
Boko Haram Beheads 43 Farmers in Borno, Nigeria
Notorious Islamist terror group, Boko Haram, has killed 43 famers and wounded about six persons in a rice field in Zabarmari, a small town in Borno state, Northeast of Nigeria.
The victims’ hands were tied with ropes and … Continue Reading
COVID-19 should be an opportunity to end gender-based violence- UN
The United Nations Deputy Secretary General, Mrs. Amina J. Mohammed, believes that the Covid-19 pandemic can be used to accentuate issues of gender-based violence in Nigeria.
Mohammed made this position while speaking at the launch of the National Data Situation … Continue Reading
How Bushiri, wife connived with authorities to get Smuggled out of South Africa to Malawi in president Chakwera’s hired Plane – Report
Bushiri’s escape was allegedly hatched in connivance with the South African and Malawian authorities.
Flamboyant Malawian preacher, Prophet Shepherd Bushiri and wife, Mary, were allegedly smuggled out of South Africa to Malawi in president Lazurus Chakwera’s hired jet, with state … Continue Reading
South Africa Issues Warrant for Shepherd Bushiri’s Arrest
South African authorities have issued a warrant of arrest for Prophet Shepherd Bushiri – controversial Malawian preacher who jumped bail and fled to his home country last week.
Shepherd Bushiri and his wife, Mary, were granted bail in South Africa … Continue Reading
How Senator Ifeanyi Ubah is Melting Hearts With Infrastructural Developments in Anambra state
The name Patrick Ifeanyi Ubah is synonymous with one thing in Anambra state and that is “infrastructural development”.
When he set out to renovate federal roads within his constituency of Anambra South earlier in 2020, his constituents were unsure if … Continue Reading