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The management of the Jabi Lake Mall in the Utako area of Abuja has shut down its operations on Thursday amid the threats to security in the Federal Capital Territory. In a post on the mall’s Instagram page @jabilakemallnigeria, the management revealed that although it wasn’t its intention to disrupt …

Human Rights Watch (HRW) has called on Chadian authorities to conduct an “independent investigation” into the violent protests in Chad that left some 50 people dead last week. “Security forces fired on demonstrators in several towns in Chad, including the capital, N’Djamena,” HRW wrote in a statement on Wednesday referring …

A coalition of All Progressive Congress Supporters Groups in Sokoto State has denied the rumour of alleged defection of its members to the ruling Peoples Democratic Party in the state. In a press statement signed by the chairman of the group, Suleiman Mahmud, and delivered at the NUJ press centre …

The Duchess of Sussex, Meghan Markle, has disclosed that she is 43% Nigerian. The mother of two made this known during a conversation with Senegalese-American actress and comedian Issa Rae, and Nigerian-American comedian and writer Ziwe Fumudoh. According to her, a couple of years ago she took a genealogy test …

Some stakeholders have asked the Federal Executive Council to look into what they describe as “poor arrangements”  being made by the National Population Commission concerning procurement of important equipment needed for the national census holding in 2023. The concerned stakeholders, including partners of the commission, workers and civil society groups, …

The United Arab Emirates has reportedly banned nationals of some 20 African countries from entering its capital city, Dubai. “This is to inform you that we will not be posting 30 days visa applications for these nationalities effective today October 18, 2022,” the notice read in part. countries affected by …

An Anglican cleric, Ekenedilichukwu Nwafor, has called on women not to abandon their homes to get peanuts abroad in the search for greener pastures. Nwafor, Vicar in charge of the Church of The Pentecost, Awka, Anglican Communion, made the call during a sermon, titled “Walking the Walk” on Sunday in …

Volunteers cleaned up the sea floor and parts of the beach in the popular Egyptian tourist spot of Sharm el-Sheikh on Friday, collecting several bags of plastic waste. Dozens of volunteers came from all over the city to remove plastic waste that had been piling up. Diving trainer Marwa Wasim …

A truck has crushed three travellers to death and injured others in an accident that occurred in the Obada area of Abeokuta, Ogun State capital. Our correspondent gathered that the fatal incident happened at about 07:15 am, around the Obada police station on the Lagos-Abeokuta highway. Confirming the incident, the …

More than 300 people have been mobilised to tackle a blaze on the slopes of Tanzania’s famous Mount Kilimanjaro, local officials said Saturday, with police and local people helping firefighters. The fire was burning near the camp Karanga site used by climbers ascending the mountain, at about 4,000 metres altitude …