Insecurity in Nigeria: 614,937 killed in 1 year; 2.2 million kidnapped, $1,438,040,707 paid in ransom
Nigeria recorded more than 600,000 deaths from insecurity between May 2023 and April 2024, according to data by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS). The report said no fewer than…
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UK to restrict visa applications from Nigeria, certain nationalities
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Nigeria: The making of a judicial selectorate. By Chidi Anselm Odinkalu
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Trump begin resettling White South Africans amid diplomatic backlash
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Trump officials propose shutting down dozens of U.S. Embassies, mostly in Africa
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Blogger convicted for libel against MFM founder
A blogger, Adewale Ajimisogbe, has been convicted by the Federal High Court in Lagos on charges of cyberbullying and libel…
Portable sentenced for assault, and resisting arrest
Habeeb Okikiola, the Nigerian street-hop singer widely known as Portable, has been handed a three-month prison sentence with an option…
APC South-South Zone gives VeryDarkMan one week to apologise to Akpabio
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Special to USAfrica magazine (Houston) and USAfricaonline.com, first Africa-owned, US-based newspaper published on the Internet. Okey Anueyiagu, Professor of Political…
Algeria, Egypt, and Morocco edge closer to World Cup Qualification; South Africa faces points deduction
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