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Drug seizures have soared in the West African Sahel region, according to a new United Nations report, indicating the conflict-ridden region is becoming an influential route for drug trafficking. In 2022, 1,466kg (3,232 pounds) of cocaine were seized in Mali, Chad, Burkina Faso and Niger compared to...
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Ghanian authorities have disclosed that a train that it recently acquired from Poland has collided with a lorry during a test run in the Eastern Region. It rammed into the abandoned vehicle that was on the tracks of the Tema-Mpakadan railway line yesterday, causing minor damage to the train’...
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The Nigeria Police Force (NPF) has detained a female police officer who was the aide-de-camp to embattled former Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello, Africa Today News, New York has gathered. The ADC was arrested alongside other police officers attached to 48-year-old Bello and is being detained at...
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The Governor of Rivers State, Siminalayi Fubara, has announced an exceptional achievement of over a 100% increase in the state’s monthly Internally Generated Revenue (IGR). Governor Fubara claimed that the IGR has surged from approximately ₦11 billion under the previous administration to between ₦...
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Tesla CEO, Elon Musk has come out to condemn the banning of TikTok in the United States, even if it would mean less competition for his social media platform X, formerly Twitter, as the initiative sees fresh bipartisan momentum in Congress. On Saturday (Today), the US House of Representatives will...
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A man whose name has been given as Maxwell Azzarello set himself ablaze yesterday outside the court where Donald Trump is standing trial, throwing pamphlets that police said contained conspiracy theories before he was taken to a hospital in critical condition. According to the Police, the man...
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Their arrests and incarceration came after the Inspector General of Police, Olukayode Egbetokun, issued an order on Thursday night requiring their immediate departure from the former governor.
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Political observers have attributed the large number of APC aspirants to the preponderance of the opinion that it is the turn of the southern part of the state to produce the next governor of the state although there was no written agreement or rotational arrangement in the party.
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The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has opened up on why it advised Nigeria to remove fuel subsidies, adding that the subsidy regime was robbing the poor for the rich. Mr. Abebe Selassie who is the Director of the African Department of the Fund, provided insights into the organization’s position...
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Nigerian-born chess master, Tunde Onakoya has set a new Guinness World Record for the longest marathon chess game, Africa Today News, New York reports. Onakoya confirmed this achievement in a post on his official X account, expressing his determination to push the record to 60 hours. In his post,...
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The status of a $110 million air base in the desert remains unclear as the West African country deepens its ties with Russia.
OPEC data based on direct communication show that Nigeria's average daily production dropped to 1.2 million barrels, from 1.3 in February. The Minister for Petroleum Resources has attributed the low crude oil production to issues with the Trans-Niger pipeline and maintenance activities.
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The United States agreed Friday to withdraw its more than 1,000 troops from Niger, officials said, upending its posture in West Africa where the country was home to a major drone base.
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US officials said more than 1,000 of their troops stationed in Niger will leave soon. Niger's military leaders have been growing closer to Russia since seizing power in a coup last year.
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Ethiopia’s Foreign Ministry hosted the third meeting of the technical committee of representatives of the country’s leadership to discuss the strategy of interaction with BRICS. This is reported by ENA. The committee members representing government agencies assessed ways for Ethiopia to...
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High-level opening up and policies to attract foreign direct investment (FDI) were hot topics during the annual sessions of the National People’s Congress (NPC) and the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) National Committee, China’s key annual political meetings commonly...
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NIAMEY, Niger — Drug seizures soared in the West African Sahel region according to figures released Friday in a new U.N. report, indicating the conflict-ridden region is becoming an influential route for drug trafficking.
In 2022, 1,466 kilograms of cocaine were seized in Mali, Chad, Burkina...
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As militias targeted the Masalit community in a wave of ethnic violence, one man offered shelter and an escape route across the border
Every night, for weeks at a time last year, Saad al-Mukhtar put a small group of people in the back of his Toyota Land Cruiser and drove them under the...
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