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Nigeria’s Buhari ‘recuperating Very Quickly’
Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari is recovering fast from an undisclosed illness and should be back in Nigeria soon, his deputy said on Wednesday, after a whistlestop trip to meet the ailing head...
Nigerian VP Back In Abuja After Buhari Meeting
Nigeria's vice-president has returned from a whistlestop trip to meet ailing President Muhammadu Buhari in London and will chair Wednesday's weekly cabinet meeting, his spokesman said. Acting...
Nigeria’s Acting President Meets Ailing Buhari In London
Nigeria's Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, the acting head of government, was in London on Tuesday to meet with President Muhammadu Buhari, who has been receiving unspecified medical treatment in...
Nigeria First Lady Aisha Buhari Warns Off ‘hyenas’ On Facebook
Nigeria’s first lady has warned the “hyenas and jackals” will be banished in a cryptic Facebook post apparently aimed at her husband’s officials. Aisha Buhari’s comments seem to be directed...
Nigeria Court Rejects Shiite Cleric’s Rights Suit
A Nigerian court has thrown out a suit brought by a prominent pro-Iranian Shiite cleric against the military for human rights violations, lawyers in the case told AFP Friday. Ibrahim Zakzaky was...
Nigerian Lawmakers Want Ex-President Quizzed About Oil Deal
Nigerian lawmakers on Wednesday said former president Goodluck Jonathan should give evidence at an inquiry into an oil block deal that has become a shorthand for endemic graft. The probe centres on...
Calls For Clarity Over Nigeria’s Absent President
The president of Africa's most populous nation was last seen in public two months ago and since the start of 2017, he's been outside the country more than in it. Nigeria's Muhammadu Buhari left for...
Nigeria Probes Claims of Teenage Plane Stowaway Survivor
Nigerian authorities have launched an investigation into claims that a teenager survived 12 hours hidden in the wheel compartment of a plane between Lagos and London, an aviation official said...
Nigeria’s Igbo Leaders Reject Call For Biafra State
Powerful Igbo leaders in Nigeria have rejected calls for the breakaway state of Biafra to be created for their ethnic group in the south-east. Their intervention is seen as an attempt to defuse...
Heart Defect Survivor Kanu Nwankwo Advises Football Stakeholders
Retired Nigerian footballer, Kanu Nwankwo who battled with heart defects has weighed in on Late Ivorian footballer Cheick Tiote’s death, which was also caused by a heart failure… Legendary...
Tiote’s Death A Wake Up Call
Former Nigeria captain Nwankwo Kanu says the recent death of Ivory Coast’s Cheick Tiote should be a wake up call to act over heart problems in Africa. Tiote, who was 30, died earlier this month...
Tiote’s Death A Wake Up Call
Former Nigeria captain Nwankwo Kanu says the recent death of Ivory Coast’s Cheick Tiote should be a wake up call to act over heart problems in Africa. Tiote, who was 30, died earlier this month...
Governor Tells Ill Nigerian President To Quit
Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday faced a fresh call to quit, nearly two months after he left the country on indefinite sick leave. "I want to say that it's time that the president...
Ghana’s Aviation Set To Permit Nigeria Airlines In Ghana Commercial Travel Space
Intense competition is looming for Ghanaian airlines as the Ministry of Aviation has indicated its readiness to allow competition into Ghana’s domestic air travel space. This move according to the...
Three-Day ECOWAS Gender and Energy Workshop Opens In Accra
A three-day validation workshop for Economic Community and West African States directive on gender and energy assessment opened in Accra on Monday. The objective of the workshop is to ensure that...
Ghana Woos Nigerian Airlines Into Its Domestic Market
The Ministry of Aviation has indicated its readiness to allow competition into Ghana’s domestic air travel space in the short to medium term. The Ministry believes the move should contribute to...
Federal Prosecutors Petition Appeal Court Over Saraki Acquittal
Federal Government prosecutors at the Court of Appeal, Abuja, has filed an appeal against the verdict acquitting the Senate President Bukola Saraki, of charges of corruption and false declaration of...
‘Get Involved In Mining Finance’
Chief Executive of Ghana’s Minerals Commission, Dr. Tony Aubynn, has advised African banks and financial institutions to get involved in the provision of capital to local gold and diamond mining...
Nigeria’s Economy Picks Up Positively
The economy of Nigeria, Africa’s most populous nation is technically coming out of recession with positive signs, a top official said Sunday. “If all prices do not collapse including Niger Delta...