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One-Year Anniversary: AES Ministers of Foreign Affairs Meet To Consolidate Alliance
The Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the Alliance of Sahel States (AES) met on Monday in Bamako, Mali’s capital, to discuss ways to...
X Restricts User Accounts For Engaging With David Hundeyin’s Posts
Users on X (formerly Twitter) are reporting that their accounts have been placed under restrictions after engaging with posts by Nigerian journalist and...
Mali: Terror Attack On Bamako Military School Repelled
Terrorists reportedly attacked the Faladié gendarmerie school, a military school in Bamako, the capital of Mali, on Tuesday morning. According to a statement...
18 Passengers Die in Ijebu-Ode Accident Due To Explosion Caused By Stored Fuel In Jerrycan
An accident on the Ijebu-Ode/Ore expressway in Ogun State has led to the death of 18 passengers after a Toyota Hiace bus with...
Meta Suspends African Stream Accounts Following U.S. State Department’s Accusation
Social media company Meta has banned African Stream, a pan-African digital media organisation, days after US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken announced sanctions...
NiMET Forecasts More Severe Weather After Floods Ravage Nigeria
The Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) has predicted more severe weather in the coming days after various parts of Nigeria had been ravaged by...
JAMB Slashes UTME Fees by N1,500 for Candidates with Disabilities
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has reduced the registration fee for the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) from N5,000 to N3,500...
15 Children Die, 48 injured in Kaduna Road Accident
A road accident in Kaduna State’s Lere Local Government Area has claimed the lives of 15 children, leaving 48 others injured. The incident...
NMCN Reopens Verification Portal Exempting Nurses With Less Than 2 Years Work Experience
The Nursing and Midwifery Council of Nigeria (NMCN) has re-opened its verification portal with a new guideline mandating two years of post-qualification experience...
Kenya Begins National Debt Audit To Ascertain Country’s Debt
Kenya’s Finance Minister, John Mbadi, has announced the Auditor General has begun examining the country’s debt records to ascertain amounts owed to the...
Okonjo-Iweala Seeks Second Term As WTO DG
Nigeria’s Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, the Director-General of the World Trade Organisation, has announced her intention to seek a second four-year term in office. Okonjo-Iweala,...
NMA Warns Maiduguri Faces High Risk of Disease Outbreaks After Floods
The Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) has called for immediate action from the government and key stakeholders to address looming public health concerns following...