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The department of basic education appeared to backtrack on Wednesday from the announcement that schools would partially reopen for certain pupils next week. “We can’t say we are presenting a cast-in-stone plan. Yesterday, after presenting to the social cluster, they indicated that the date of May 6 is not realistic …

A Nigerian woman put up for sale on Facebook in Lebanon has been rescued – days after a man suspected of involvement in the advert was arrested. The advert caused an outcry in Nigeria. Chairperson of the Commission for Nigerians in the Diaspora, Abike Dabiri-Erewa told the BBC that the …

A Nigerian nurse was allegedly brutalized and abandoned by some Nigerian police officers of the Ondo State police force when she was on her way to attend to an emergency case at the hospital. The news was announced y a Facebook user named Fasasi Adelewa who wrote; “Nigerian Police With …

Chad on Tuesday abolished the death penalty for terrorist acts, quashing an exception that was on the books for four years, Justice Minister Djimet Arabi told AFP. The Sahel country passed legislation in 2016 to abolish capital punishment, but made an exception for perpetrators of terrorism. Arabi, who proposed the …

Mother of twins who were kidnapped in Ojoo area of Ibadan in Nigeria has sent a touching message to the abductors. In the emotionally laden video, the woman told the kidnappers to consider the number of years she has had to wait before she had the kids. As she spoke, she kept …

Nigerian Pastor TB Joshua has spent four days at an undisclosed “prayer mountain” to “present the nations” to God in prayer. The cleric was notably absent from the usual Sunday broadcast from Emmanuel TV’s studios on Sunday 26th April 2020 but clips of him ‘crying unto God’ amidst a large expanse of rocks …

Algeria on Monday extended until 14 May the containment measures to curb the spread of the new coronavirus, after authorising the reopening of some businesses during the Ramadan period. Prime Minister Abdelaziz Djerad has “renewed for an additional period of 15 days, namely from 30 April to 14 May, the …

An incredible video of a crocodile in a scuffle with a pride of lions has just been released by popular wildlife website Latest Sightings, which shares videos captured by visitors to South Africa’s game reserves. The crocodile was targeting the remains of a waterbuck that the lions had left behind. But …

President Muhammadu Buhari has imposed a two-week curfew in Nigeria. The curfew applies from 8 pm to 6 am. The move forms part of efforts to fight the novel coronavirus. He made the announcement Monday night, April 27, in his second televised address to Nigerians. Other highlights of the address …

Nigeria will begin a “gradual easing” of coronavirus-related lockdowns in the federal capital territory of Abuja, and Lagos and Ogun states from 4 May. The lockdowns had been due to end on Monday night, but President Muhammadu Buhari said they needed to continue. He also ordered new nationwide measures against …