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Tue, 06 Jul 2021 08:49:04 GMT
Mali: International Arrest Warrant Issued for Son of Former President of Mali
[RFI] An international arrest warrant has been issued for the son of Mali's former president over the disappearance of an investigative journalist in Bamako in 2016.

Tue, 06 Jul 2021 08:28:02 GMT
Nigeria: 400,000 Barrels of Oil Lost Daily to Theft - Govt
[This Day] Abuja -- About 400,000 barrels of crude oil is lost daily to theft, according to data from the federal government.

Tue, 06 Jul 2021 07:51:23 GMT
Nigeria: Abuja Hospital to Dispose 39 Unclaimed Corpses
[Daily Trust] The management of Asokoro District Hospital has announced that it would dispose 39 unclaimed corpses which have been in its custody between 2019 and 2021 if their relatives failed to show up within seven days.

Tue, 06 Jul 2021 04:47:49 GMT
Nigeria: Lagos Assembly Passes Bill Stopping Police From Parading Suspects
[Premium Times] Section 9(A) of the newly passed bill states: "As from the commencement of this law, the police shall refrain from parading any suspect before the media."

Tue, 06 Jul 2021 04:47:46 GMT
Nigeria: Southern Governors Reject Oil Reform Bill's 3% Share to Host Communities
[Premium Times] The governors, instead, supported five per cent share to the communities.

Tue, 06 Jul 2021 04:47:18 GMT
Nigeria: How Misinformation Impacts Covid-19 Vaccine Uptake
[Nigeria Health Watch] "Nobody can convince me to take the COVID-19 vaccine. I don't trust the government to give me anything that is free and good for me. Nothing is free in Nigeria. I know they want to insert a microchip in us so that they can cont...

Tue, 06 Jul 2021 04:41:48 GMT
Nigeria: Nigeria Is Not a Dumping Ground, Govt Warns Importers
[Daily Trust] There will be no hiding place for foreign nationals and their collaborators who want to turn the country into a dumping ground for substandard products, Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment, Otunba Niyi Adebayo, has said.

Tue, 06 Jul 2021 04:41:47 GMT
Nigeria: Kaduna Abduction - Over 100 Students Missing, '26 Rescued'
[Daily Trust] Some of the parents of Bethel Baptist High School, Kujama, Chikun Local Government Area of Kaduna State, said over 100 students were abducted by bandits.

Tue, 06 Jul 2021 04:41:31 GMT
Nigeria: Biafra Leader's Health Worsening in Custody - Lawyer Claims
[This Day] Barrister Ifeanyi Ejiofor, the lawyer representing the detained leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, has raised the alarm over his deteriorating health condition due to his solitary confinement and ment...

Tue, 06 Jul 2021 04:27:12 GMT
Mali: France Resumes Joint Military Operations in Mali
[RFI] France is to resume joint operations with the Malian Armed Forces, after suspending them early last month following Mali's second coup in less than a year. Lemine Ould Salem, a journalist specialising in the Sahel, says the French president's d...

Tue, 06 Jul 2021 04:23:49 GMT
Sierra Leone: Govt Imposes New Restrictions to Fight Third Wave of Covid-19
[RFI] Sierra Leone President Julius Maada Bio rolled out a number of new nationwide measures, including a curfew that begins on Monday at 11PM to stem the increasing number of cases of Covid-19 in the country.

Tue, 06 Jul 2021 08:21:16 GMT
Nigeria: Nigeria Records 4,919 Oil Spills in 6 Years, 4.5trn Barrels Stolen in 4 Years - Minister
[Premium Times] The minister says the effects of the destruction of oil and gas facilities had caused huge economic losses.

Tue, 06 Jul 2021 07:05:37 GMT
Nigeria: 'Nigeria Losing 200,000 Barrels of Oil Daily to Vandalism'
[Daily Trust] The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed has said an average of 200,000 barrels were lost per day due to pipeline damage.

Tue, 06 Jul 2021 06:35:42 GMT
Nigeria: Fire Breaks Out at Preacher TB Joshua's Memorial
[Premium Times] Mr Joshua's weeklong funeral ceremony began on July 5 with a candlelight procession at the church's prayer mountain in Ikotun, Lagos.

Tue, 06 Jul 2021 04:48:01 GMT
Nigeria: Borno Shares Seeds, Chemicals to Resettled Damasak Farmers
[Daily Trust] Authorities in Borno State on Monday shared inputs to resettled farmers in Damasak, Mobbar Local Government Area in the fringes of Lake Chad.

Tue, 06 Jul 2021 04:41:35 GMT
Nigeria: Atuche Joins List of Jailed Top Bankers
[Premium Times] Mr Atuche is only the latest in what is becoming a growing list of convicted billionaire bankers.

Mon, 05 Jul 2021 12:46:54 GMT
Congo-Kinshasa: Gbagbo Meets Jean-Pierre Bemba in Private Visit to DR Congo
[Nation] Kinshasa -- Two weeks after his return to Côte d'Ivoire, former president Laurent Gbagbo has chosen Democratic Republic of Congo for his first trip abroad.

Tue, 06 Jul 2021 08:28:09 GMT
Nigeria: Soyinka - IPOB Leader Was Kidnapped
[This Day] Nobel laureate, Profesor Wole Soyinka, has declared the the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Mr. Nnamdi Kanu was kidnapped by the federal government.

Tue, 06 Jul 2021 08:28:09 GMT
Nigeria: Anambra Primary - We Await Appeal Committee's Report, Says APC
[This Day] Adedayo Akinwale

Tue, 06 Jul 2021 08:28:09 GMT
Nigeria: Clark Rejects PIB, Insists On 10% Fund for Host Communities
[This Day] Abuja -- The National Leader of the Pan-Niger Delta Forum (PANDEF), Chief Edwin Clark, has rejected some provisions of the recently passed Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB), particularly the three and five per cent operating expenditure grante...

Tue, 06 Jul 2021 08:28:09 GMT
Nigeria: CBN - Our Interventions Will Boost Nigeria's Participation in AfCFTA
[This Day] Dike Onwuamaeze

Tue, 06 Jul 2021 08:28:08 GMT
Nigeria: ADP Chieftain, Former SSG Defect to APC in Niger
[This Day] The ranks of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Niger State were at last weekend blossomed when two prominent political figures-one of them, the governorship candidate of the Action Democratic Party (ADP), Alhaji Isah Kawu, defected to...

Tue, 06 Jul 2021 08:28:08 GMT
Nigeria: Tinubu's Loyalists Lament Absence in Ekiti APC Stakeholders' Meeting
[This Day] Victor Ogunje

Tue, 06 Jul 2021 08:28:08 GMT
Nigeria: Stop Pursuing Igboho, Apologise to Him, Soyinka Tells Govt
[This Day] Olawale Ajimotokan in Abuja

Tue, 06 Jul 2021 08:28:08 GMT
Nigeria: Govt to Empower Over 100,000 Rice Farmers in Adamawa
[This Day] Daji Sani

Tue, 06 Jul 2021 08:28:06 GMT
Nigeria: Ibom Air Commences Flights to Port Harcourt
[This Day] Okon Bassey

Tue, 06 Jul 2021 08:28:06 GMT
Nigeria: Electricity Workers Issue Strike Notice to Govt Over Planned Sale of TCN
[This Day] Electricity workers under the aegis of the National Union of Electricity Employees (NUEE) have served the federal government a notice of industrial action over planned sale of the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN).

Tue, 06 Jul 2021 08:28:06 GMT
Nigeria: Gombe Approves Salary Increment for District, Village Heads
[This Day] Segun Awofadeji

Tue, 06 Jul 2021 08:28:05 GMT
Nigeria: Finance Minister Meets National Assembly Leadership Over 2022-2024 MTEF/FSP
[This Day] The leadership of the National Assembly yesterday met with the Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Mrs. Zainab Ahmed, over the 2022-2024 Medium Term Expenditure Framework and Fiscal Strategy Paper (MTEF/FSP).

Tue, 06 Jul 2021 08:21:20 GMT
Nigeria: Covid-19 - Nigeria Records One Death, 50 New Cases Monday
[Premium Times] The disease centre said the 50 new cases were reported in four states and the FCT.



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