Monday, December 8, 2025 - 03:13
Newly inaugurated tax reform body begins nationwide consultations as Nigeria moves to simplify its tax system, expand revenue, and ease burdens on citizens. President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has inaugurated a new national committee charged with steering one of Nigeria’s most ambitious tax reform efforts...
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Monday, December 8, 2025 - 03:01
Microscopic robots could clear arterial plaque in minutes, offering a faster, safer alternative to stents, bypasses, and prolonged hospital care. Swedish researchers have unveiled a breakthrough in cardiovascular care that could dramatically change the treatment of heart disease: microscopic...
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Monday, December 8, 2025 - 02:42
Nigerian jets, acting with Benin’s approval under ECOWAS protocols, struck convoys of fleeing coup plotters seeking escape routes after a failed mutiny. Nigeria has carried out a series of coordinated airstrikes against fleeing members of a failed military coup in the Benin Republic,...
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Monday, December 8, 2025 - 02:21
Egyptian star voices frustration over benching, signaling possible January departure as tensions rise with Liverpool boss Arne Slot during poor team form. Mohamed Salah has sparked fresh uncertainty over his future at Liverpool after delivering a searing post-match interview in which he...
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Monday, December 8, 2025 - 00:47
The children were among 315 pupils and staff who were kidnapped from a Catholic boarding school in late November. The fate of another 165 students and staff thought to still be in captivity is unclear.
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Sunday, December 7, 2025 - 23:30
Nigerian authorities have secured the release of 100 schoolchildren abducted by gunmen from a Catholic school last month, a UN source and local media said on Sunday. The fate of about 165 remaining students and staff is unclear, with officials providing no updates on ongoing rescue efforts.
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Sunday, December 7, 2025 - 22:51
Gunmen abducted 315 pupils and staff last month from St Mary’s school in Niger state as part of spate of kidnappings
Nigerian authorities have secured the release of 100 kidnapped schoolchildren taken by gunmen from a Catholic school last month, a UN source and local media said on Sunday,...
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Sunday, December 7, 2025 - 22:18
The ECOWAS West Africa regional bloc on Sunday ordered the deployment of troops from four countries to Benin following an attempted coup. FRANCE 24's Nigeria correspondent Sam Olukoya gives his analysis on the signal that ECOWAS is sending to other countries across a part of Africa increasingly...
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Sunday, December 7, 2025 - 21:50
West African Ecowas forces sent to country after group of soldiers announced dissolution of government on state TV
West African troops were deployed to Benin on Sunday after what the country’s president described as an unsuccessful coup attempt.
Benin’s president, Patrice Talon, said...
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Sunday, December 7, 2025 - 21:48
Benin's government says it foiled a coup attempt by a group of soldiers who sought to "destabilize the state." ECOWAS has now deployed soldiers as President Patrice Talon says the situation is "totally under control."
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Sunday, December 7, 2025 - 20:20
By Sani Adamu Hassan
The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) has handed over a new consignment of family planning commodities to the Bauchi State, as part of efforts to improve access to reproductive health services across the state.
The items, which include 138,072 doses...
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Sunday, December 7, 2025 - 20:16
By Abdullahi Alhassan, Kaduna
The Governor of Kaduna State, Senator Uba Sani, CON, is in Beijing to advance final agreements with the Chinese Government on a pioneering Model Integrated Poultry Development Project in Kaduna State, a landmark initiative expected to create 350,000 direct...
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Sunday, December 7, 2025 - 19:42
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday that Israel is nearing agreement on the second phase of a U.S.-brokered plan to end the war in Gaza, but warned that several sensitive security questions still need to be settled — including whether a multinational force will be deployed in...
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Sunday, December 7, 2025 - 19:19
A U.S. push to end the war in Ukraine is approaching its most delicate stage, with Washington’s outgoing special envoy saying a negotiated settlement is “really close” — but Russia insisting that key American proposals must be fundamentally revised. Retired General Keith Kellogg, the U.S. Special...
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Sunday, December 7, 2025 - 19:06
The Federal Executive Council (FEC) initially approved N16.5 billion for the urgent rebuilding of the bridge, but sources indicate that the funds were allegedly diverted to a 43.5 km access road, without proper FEC approval.
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Sunday, December 7, 2025 - 19:02
Russia praised U.S. President Donald Trump’s newly released National Security Strategy on Sunday, describing the document as “largely consistent” with Moscow’s worldview, even as European officials warned the shift in Washington’s tone could undermine transatlantic unity and weaken pressure on the...
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Sunday, December 7, 2025 - 17:57
As French influence fades in Africa, President Emmanuel Macron says Nigerian counterpart Bola Tinubu wants security assistance. Nigeria has seen a surge in violence that led US President Trump to muse deploying troops.
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Sunday, December 7, 2025 - 17:27
A coup that was announced in Benin on Sunday has been "foiled", the interior minister said in a video on Facebook. Earlier, a group of soldiers had appeared on Benin ’s state TV to announce the dissolution of the government in an apparent coup, the latest of many in West Africa. Details and...
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Sunday, December 7, 2025 - 17:25
Fourteen people have been arrested in connection with an attempted coup in Benin, a government spokesperson told Reuters on Sunday. Earlier in the day, a group of soldiers in the West African nation claimed on national television that they had seized power. Analysis by Berverly Ochieng, senior...
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Sunday, December 7, 2025 - 17:23
The Africa’s Business Heroes (ABH) initiative is pleased to announce that Jerry Yang will join the judging panel at the 7th ABH Summit & Grand Finale on December 12-13, 2025, in Kigali, Rwanda.
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