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Nigerian soldiers have been accused of arresting men with dreadlocks and those with tinted hair in Aba, a city in the south-eastern state of Abia. “The masked soldiers flogged many of their victims and used scissors to cut off the hair and then threw the victims into their vehicles and …

Thousands of Togolese from several West African countries stormed Lagos last Thursday to protest against Faure Gnassingbe’s attempts to run for a fourth term in office as president. The protesters who sang and danced to revolutionary songs in native Togolese dialects. Some of the placards carried by the protesters read: …

Information started flying around from the first hour of Monday, July 29th, that former President Olusegun Obasanjo’s arrest has been ordered by President Muhammadu Buhari. The yet-to-be-confirmed arrest is said to be in connection with the recent open letter written Obasanjo to the incumbent president, touching on very sensitive state …

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A Lance Corporal identified as Moses Oguche attached to the 4 Brigade Nigeria Army has been arrested by men of the Edo State Police Command for allegedly stabbing a driver to death. The deceased driver simply known as Mr. Ogbimi works with the Big Joe Motors, Benin and had gone …

At least 20 members of a Nigerian Shi’ite organisation have died after protests in the capital Abuja this week led to clashes with police, spokesmen for the group said on Friday. The death toll may be as high as 25, one spokesman said. Nigerian police met the protests, calling for …

The West African Leadership Centre for Development, a regional institute committed to capacity advancement of Africa leaders has name Alhaji Salamu Amadu, Group Chairman Of Afro Arab Group Of Companies and nine other Africans as the top ten emerging leaders in west Africa.  The list was released in a special …

Lawmakers in the south-western Nigerian state of Ondo abandoned their session on Thursday as a snake dropped from the roof, local media are reporting. Members were about to begin the business of the day when the snake dropped from a hole in the ceiling, bringing the day’s work to an …

The President of the Court of Appeal, and Chairman of the five-member panel of the Presidential Election Tribunal, Justice Zainab Bulkachuwa, has recused herself from the tribunal. Naija News reports that Justice Bulkachuwa recused herself from the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal today, Wednesday, May 22. On seeing Justice Bulkachuwa as the chairman of the five-man …

President Muhammadu Buhari has signed into law a bill to increase Nigeria’s minimum wage with immediate effect, an aide said on Thursday. The change means the minimum monthly wage will rise to 30,000 naira ($98) from 18,000 now, said aide Ita Enang, a senior special assistant to the president on …