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FG Approves N658m For Deployment Of Dogs To Airports
N658 million has been approved by the Federal Executive Council (FEC) to procure sniffer dogs at the Lagos and Abuja International Airports. The council reached the agreement during a weekly meeting presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday, August 18. After the council meeting, the minister of aviation Hadi Sirika told reporters that four…
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Uganda To Temporarily Host 2,000 Afghan Refugees
According to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Uganda would temporarily host Afghan refugees whose country fell under the control of the Taliban on August 17, 2021. Ugandan media reports have put the number of refugees to be admitted at 2,000 although the ministry of Foreign Affairs has not confirmed the number of people involved. “Following…
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Bandits Abduct Zamfara College Students, Demand N350M Ransom
Infamous bandits in Northern Nigeria have abducted not less than 20 people in another violent attack in the College of Agriculture and Animal Science in Zamfara State. A police officer and three security officials were killed during the incident The bandits responsible for the attack have now demanded N350 million as a ransom for their…
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Ethnic Violence In Cameroon Forces Thousands To Flee
According to the UN, over 10,000 people, mostly women and children, have fled into Chad from northern Cameroon after deadly clashes between herding and fishing communities. The violence erupted on Tuesday in the Far North region, a part of the country that is wedged between Nigeria to the west and Chad to the east. At…
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Can Ghanaians Now Travel Visa-Free To UAE? (Fact Check)
Contrary to the news making the rounds, only certain passport holders in Ghana can now travel to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) visa-free. The agreement which has not yet been implemented is designed to waive visa requirements for certain passport holders in Ghana and the UAE, allowing entry for a period not exceeding 90 days.…
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Fresh Attack in CAR Leaves 6 Civilians Dead
UN peacekeeping in the Central African Republic (CAR) has reported the death of at least 6 persons in a rebel attack in the country’s northeast. The attack is said to be perpetuated by elements for an armed group operating in the CAR known as the 3R. According to a spokesperson for the UN’s 12,000-strong MINUSCA…
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Hundreds ‘Massacred’ in Ethiopia’s Somali Region
Somali region in Ethiopia has reported a militia attack from the neighbouring region of Afar, the latest flare-up in a local boundary dispute that adds to broader tensions in the country. According to Reuters, a spokesperson for the government of the Somali region, which stretches north to south along Ethiopia’s eastern border, said the Afar…
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US Lawmakers Hold Off Defence Arms Sale To Nigeria
America’s lawmakers have blocked the proposed sale of attack helicopters to Nigeria over concerns about the Nigerian government’s human rights record as its military grapples with multiple security crises at once. Recall that an undisclosed number of persons were killed at the Lekki tollgate back in October 2020, after the Nigerian army opened fire on…
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Buhari Signs 2021 Supplementary Budget For Covid-19 and Security
President Muhammadu Buhari has signed the 2021 supplementary budget of N982.7 billion into law on Monday, July 26, 2021. Mr Umar El-Yakub, the Senior Special Assistant to the President on National Assembly Matters, disclosed this to State House correspondents after he met with the President on Monday in Abuja, Nigeria The 2021 Supplementary Appropriation Act…
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Sierra Leone Parliament Approve Bill To Ban Death Penalty
Sierra Leone has become the 23rd country in Africa to abolish the death penalty in all parts of the country. Lawmakers in Sierra Leone unanimously voted on Friday to abolish the death penalty, a decision regarded as a victory for civil society organizations and legal practitioners who see the death penalty as a vestige of…