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The United Kingdom says it no longer advises against travel to the federal capital territory (FCT) in Nigeria. The UK Foreign, Commonwealth, and Development Office (FCDO) announced this in an updated travel advisory published on its website on Monday (November 7) On October 23, the UK warned of an increased …

The presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Bola Tinubu and his running mate, Kashim Shettima, arrived in Minna, Niger State, on Monday to attend a town hall meeting with agro-allied and commodity groups. In a video posted on Twitter by the Senior Special Assistant to the Governor of Lagos …

A journalist who runs a news website critical of the government in Senegal has been taken into police custody in Dakar, accusing him of disseminating “information likely to harm” security, his lawyer said. Pape Alé Niang, who runs the private news website Dakar Matin, is famous in Senegal for his …

…Investigations reveal chemical type, multinational company’s complicity, as farmers count losses In the second of this two-part report, ALFRED OLUFEMI tracked hapless farmers that lost crops worth millions to environmental pollution caused by the spillage of toxic soap-making chemicals that affected several Oyo communities. Those allegedly liable – a national and multinational company, …

Hundreds of Ghanaians took to the streets of the capital Accra on Saturday 5 November calling for the resignation of President Nana Akufo-Addo following record inflation and the government’s handling of the economic crisis After once promising a “Ghana without aid,” last week President Akufo-Addo urged Ghanaians to support his …

Elijah Akinyemi retired as a permanent secretary in the Ogun State Ministry of Education despite being visually impaired. The father of five from the Ifo Local Government Area of the state tells ALEXANDER OKERE how he reached the pinnacle of his career in the civil service against all odds Were …

Senegal’s main opposition leader, Ousmane Sonko, has appeared in a Dakar court over rape accusations with his lawyer calling the case a state “conspiracy” that should be dropped. He is accused of raping an employee of a beauty salon where he was getting a massage and his arrest in March …

The Federal High Court sitting in Lagos, on Friday, adjourned the alleged money laundering trial of former Governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose, until January 31 and February 1, 2023. The case was earlier scheduled for the continuation of trial on October 26, but could not proceed due to a …

The 2004 African champions have never made it out of the group stage in their last five World Cup finals appearances.  With the 2022 World Cup fast approaching, the Tunisian squad has ramped up efforts despite uncertainty. After the youth and sports minister threatened to dissolve federal offices, FIFA warned …

The Indigenous People of Biafra on Thursday confirmed that its leader Nnamdi Kanu had approached the Supreme Court to set aside the ruling of the Court of Appeal staying the execution of the court’s judgment discharging him. The lead lawyer to IPOB and human rights activist, Ifeanyi Ejiofor, said these …