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Gender equality faces a setback in Nigeria as top Muslim cleric rejects equality bill

The Sultan of Sokoto says Muslims should be allowed to uphold their religious beliefs. Photo Credit: AFP.   Getting the needed support for gender equality bill...

Ghanaians warned over a controversial Russian Ponzi scheme after it was suspended in Nigeria

Marvodi Mondial Movement (MMM), a 27-year old Russian Ponzi scheme that’s caused distress in a few African countries is adding a new country to...

Boko Haram fighters surrender to Nigerian officials

31 Boko Haram fighters have surrendered to Nigerien authorities in the southeastern Diffa region. This was disclosed by Niger’s interior minister Bazoum Mohamed on Tuesday...

3,000 people who fled Boko Haram return to hometown

More than 3,000 people in northeast Nigeria who were forced to flee the seven-year insurgency waged by Islamist militants have returned to their hometown...

Boko Haram strong camps in Nigeria to be used for military training grounds

Nigeria’s army chief has disclosed that from next year they will begin training exercises in the fallen stronghold of Boko Haram terrorists, the Sambisa...

Suicide bomber attacks market in Nigeria’s Maiduguri

People walk past bags of animal food at the cattle market in Maiduguri. Photo File Credit: Reuters Officials in Nigeria have confirmed on Monday that...

Nigeria’s Buhari says army has captured key Boko Haram camp

Nigeria's army has captured a key Boko Haram camp, the Islamist militant group's last enclave in the vast Sambisa forest that was its stronghold,...

Two die in police building collapse in Lagos

An excavator is seen at the site of the collapse of of a two-storey building in a police training college in Ikeja district, Lagos,...

ECOWAS to use force to get rid of Gambia’s Jammeh if he refuses to exit “honorably”

There are indications the Economic Community of West Africa (ECOWAS) will apply force in getting embattled president of Gambia, Yahya Jammeh out of power...

Nigeria in talks to secure release of more Chibok girls

Members of the #BringBackOurGirls (#BBOG) campaign in Abuja, Nigeria. Photo Credit: Reuters   Nigerian authorities are involved in negotiations aimed at securing the release of some of...

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