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Fri, 23 Jul 2021 07:36:33 GMT
Nigeria: Govt Fails to File Extradition Charges As Benin Court Remands Igboho
[Daily Trust] Self-styled Yoruba Nation agitator, Sunday Adeyemo, popularly known as Sunday Igboho, was arraigned before the Cour D'Appel De Cotonou on immigration-related offences by the government of the Benin Republic.

Fri, 23 Jul 2021 08:11:41 GMT
Cote d'Ivoire: Ouattara, Gbagbo Scheduled Talks Seen as Fight Sign of Reconciliation
[East African] Two of the biggest political leaders in Cote d'Ivoire are set to meet next week in what is seen as a crucial step to reconcile the country's political past that nearly split it.

Fri, 23 Jul 2021 07:19:43 GMT
Cote d'Ivoire: Ouattara, Gbagbo Scheduled Talks Seen As Fight Sign of Reconciliation
[East African] Two of the biggest political leaders in Cote d'Ivoire are set to meet next week in what is seen as a crucial step to reconcile the country's political past that nearly split it.

Fri, 23 Jul 2021 06:46:32 GMT
West Africa: Cameroon Police Intercept Pangolin Scales Trafficked From 3 Countries
[VOA] Yaounde, Cameroon -- Cameroonian police say they have for the first time during the pandemic seized parts of an estimated 2,000 pangolins poached in Cameroon and neighboring Equatorial Guinea and Gabon. Police say travel restrictions had slowed...

Fri, 23 Jul 2021 05:12:20 GMT
Nigeria: Govt Receives Six Planes to Fight Insurgency
[Premium Times] President Muhammadu Buhari placed order for 12 Super Tucano fighter jets after extensive discussions with the U.S. government in April 2018.

Fri, 23 Jul 2021 04:35:25 GMT
Nigeria: 60 Killed, 698 Infected As Cholera Ravages Abuja
[Vanguard] Abuja -- The death toll in communities hit by the severe faecal-oral gastro intestinal infection, Cholera, in the nation's capital Abuja, has now risen to 60, Vanguard has learned.

Fri, 23 Jul 2021 04:34:20 GMT
Nigeria: 4,000 Children Orphaned By Covid-19 in 16 Months - World Bank
[This Day] An estimated 4,000 Nigerian children were orphaned by the COVID-19 pandemic between March 2020 and July 2021, the World Bank has revealed in a new report.

Fri, 23 Jul 2021 03:22:51 GMT
Nigeria: Malnutrition Among Children Is Rife - What Must Be Done
[The Conversation Africa] Malnutrition is one of world's major public health and development concerns. In Nigeria, the situation is dire. Currently, UNICEF says 5 in 10 children under five years old suffer from the effects of being malnourished. This...

Thu, 22 Jul 2021 13:31:40 GMT
Namibia: Meatco Eyes DRC, Ghana for Northern Beef
[Namibian] IN a quest to secure a market for the northern livestock farmers, the national meat company, Meatco, is exploring new markets in Ghana and the DRC.

Thu, 22 Jul 2021 12:35:26 GMT
Cote d'Ivoire: Ivory Coast President Ouattara to Meet Ex-Rival Gbagbo
[Nation] Two of the biggest political leaders in Cote d'Ivoire are set to meet next week in what is seen as a crucial step to reconcile the country's political past that nearly split it.

Fri, 23 Jul 2021 08:16:47 GMT
Nigeria: Nigeria Going Through Its Worst Unemployment Crisis - World Bank
[This Day] Nigeria is currently going through one of its worst unemployment crises in recent times, a new report by the World Bank has stated.

Fri, 23 Jul 2021 06:19:25 GMT
Nigeria: Prices of Protein, Carbohydrate-Rich Foods in Nigeria Up 58%
[Premium Times] Market surveys in seven states show that the prices of the cost of protein-rich foods rose by an average of 60.5 per cent while carbohydrate quickened 59 per cent.

Fri, 23 Jul 2021 06:19:25 GMT
Nigeria: Buhari Has No Third Term Ambition, Succession Plan - Ruling Party
[Premium Times] "Our statement is simple and straight forward. President Buhari has no third term ambition, a position he has personally reiterated."

Fri, 23 Jul 2021 05:00:29 GMT
Nigeria: Govt Expresses Fear Over Possible Delta Variant-Induced Covid-19 Spike
[This Day] The federal government has cautioned against a possible upsurge in COVID-19 cases that may be propelled by the spread of the new Delta variant of the virus recently discovered in the country.

Fri, 23 Jul 2021 04:35:02 GMT
Nigeria: 1.7 Million Children Living With HIV Missed Treatment in 2020 - UNAIDS
[This Day] The Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) has said that almost half of the world's 1.7 million children living with HIV (46%) did not get treatment in 2020.

Fri, 23 Jul 2021 03:22:47 GMT
Ghana: Ghana Upgraded Its Census to Make It More Inclusive - but Old Tensions Still Surfaced
[The Conversation Africa] Ghana has just carried out its latest population and housing census. This is an exercise organised every ten years.

Thu, 22 Jul 2021 12:11:02 GMT
Africa: 1 in 3 Child Victims of Global Grave Violations Are in West, Central Africa - UNICEF
[Vanguard] The United Nations Children's Fund, UNICEF Executive Director, Henrietta Fore has raised alarm over the worsening degree of attacks against children and abduction of students in Nigeria and parts of Africa.

Thu, 22 Jul 2021 11:28:57 GMT
Africa: Islamic Group ISWAP Takes Aim At the State in Cameroon
[ISS] Since the Boko Haram crisis went regional in 2013, communities in Cameroon, Chad and Niger have suffered the consequences of violent extremism. Just like in Nigeria where the insurgency started, countries surrounding Lake Chad have served as sa...

Fri, 23 Jul 2021 08:45:42 GMT
Nigeria: Should Government Build Rail Lines?
[This Day] I have spent the past weeks thinking of the problems of Nigeria. I have made copious iterations of solutions as regards the infrastructural deficit in Nigeria which needs a colossal amount of money to reduce. In fact Nigerian infrastructur...

Fri, 23 Jul 2021 08:45:42 GMT
Nigeria: The Voice Nigeria Coaches Relive the Season As Grand Finale Holds Tomorrow
[This Day] Vanessa Obioha chats with the coaches --Darey, Waje, Yemi and Falz -- as the third season of the music reality TV show wraps up

Fri, 23 Jul 2021 08:45:41 GMT
Nigeria: Still On the Cholera Epidemic
[This Day] The authorities could do more to stop the recurring menace.

Fri, 23 Jul 2021 08:45:38 GMT
Nigeria: Olympic Games Team Nigeria Athletes Aim to Rewrite History As Tokyo 2020 Begins
[This Day] The much-anticipated Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games officially begin today despite some sports like football and softball already recording some mind-blowing results. For Team Nigeria, the journey will start with medal hopefuls, Odunayo Adekuoro...

Fri, 23 Jul 2021 08:45:33 GMT
Nigeria: Police Confirms Killing of Five Villagers By Gunmen in Nasarawa
[This Day] The Nasarawa State Police Command has confirmed the killing of five villagers in a particular compound at Gidan Sule village in Keana Local Goverment Area of the state in the early hours of yesterday.

Fri, 23 Jul 2021 08:45:32 GMT
Nigeria: Policy Somersaults and Growth of Nigeria's Aviation Industry
[This Day] Aviation industry stakeholders attribute stunted growth of the sector to policy summersaults and have called on government to review some policies that are antithetical to the development of the sector and its subsequent impact on the prof...

Fri, 23 Jul 2021 08:45:27 GMT
Nigeria: The Arrest of Sunday Igboho
[This Day] Twenty days after his Ibadan home was raided by operatives of the Department of State Services (DSS), Mr Sunday Adeyemo, better known as Sunday Igboho, was arrested in Cotonou, Benin Republic last Sunday, as he was about fleeing to Germany...

Fri, 23 Jul 2021 08:16:49 GMT
Nigeria: Security Situation in North East, South South Much Better Now Than Before 2015 - Buhari
[This Day] President Muhammadu Buhari Thursday did an overview of the security situation in some parts of the country since his assumption of office six years ago saying security has improved considerably in both the North East and South South geo-po...

Fri, 23 Jul 2021 08:16:46 GMT
Nigeria: 1.7 Million Children Living With HIV Missed Treatment in 2020, Says UNAIDS
[This Day] The Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) has said almost half of the world's 1.7 million children living with HIV (46%) did not get treatment in 2020.

Fri, 23 Jul 2021 08:15:15 GMT
Nigeria: Nigeria Records 184 New Covid-19 Cases in Seven States, FCT
[Premium Times] Lagos reported 124 new cases and followed by Rivers State with 27.

Fri, 23 Jul 2021 08:07:13 GMT
Nigeria: Some More - Nigerian U.S.-Based Singer MC Wallywa's Song Debuts On New Jersey Billboard
[Vanguard] Multi-talented Nigerian-born, American singer, emcee, rapper, engineer and songwriter, Mc Wallywa has got his highly anticipated afrobeat single "Some more", featured on a popular Bilboard in New Jersey, USA.

Fri, 23 Jul 2021 08:07:01 GMT
Nigeria: Jos Residents Fume As Okada Riders Return to Streets
[Vanguard] In 2012, the Plateau Government banned commercial motorcyclists, popularly known as Okada riders, and regulated the operations of commercial tricycles within Jos and Bukuru metropolise.



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