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Africa: Nigerian President Bola Tinubu is the new head of ECOWAS

YoopyaJul 10, 2023July 10, 20230

ECOWAS, a regional organization in West Africa, has elected Nigerian President Bola Tinubu as its new head amid heightened uncertainties such as military coups and

Africa: Bola Tinubu sworn in as Nigerian president amid hopes and doubts.

YoopyaMay 29, 2023May 30, 20230

Bola Tinubu became President of Nigeria on Monday, at a time of unprecedented challenges for Africa’s most populous country, leaving some citizens hopeful for a

Nigeria’s Peter Obi wins in Lagos state in presidential election

YoopyaFeb 27, 2023February 27, 20230

Nigerian presidential candidate Peter Obi, whose campaign attracted young people and urban voters fed up with corrupt politics, won most votes in the commercial hub

Election results only announced for 1 of Nigeria’s 36 states

YoopyaFeb 26, 2023February 26, 20230

Nigeria’s election commission announced the first results late Sunday from the country’s closely watched presidential election, but it could days before a winner is declared.

Africa: Nigeria city celebrate its many twins with annual festival

YoopyaOct 19, 2022October 19, 20220

Twins appear to be unusually abundant in Nigeria’s southwestern city of Igbo-Ora. Nearly every family here has twins or other multiple births, says local chief

Gunmen kill eight, kidnap 38 in Nigeria church attacks -church officials

YoopyaJun 20, 2022April 7, 20230

Gunmen killed eight people and kidnapped 38 others in an attack on two churches in the northern state of Kaduna on Sunday, an official from

Survivors of Nigeria church attack that killed 22 scramble for medical supplies

YoopyaJun 7, 2022April 8, 20230

Sunday’s attack on a Catholic Church in the Nigerian town of Owo killed 22 people and injured 50, an official said on Tuesday, as the

Nigeria to prioritise taxes from digital non-resident firms in 2022

YoopyaJan 22, 2022February 27, 20230

Nigeria will prioritise tax collection from its digital economy in 2022 and focus on non-resident firms with significant economic presence that generate turnover in the

Mapping the contours of Jihadist groups in the Sahel

YoopyaSep 25, 2021June 13, 20230

The Sahel region, an area covering 3 million sq km, has been a hotbed of Islamic Jihadi groups in recent years. Today, the region has

The kidnapped woman who defied Boko Haram

YoopyaMar 12, 2021June 19, 20230

Mass kidnappings of children in Nigeria have been making global headlines recently and this has been hard to watch for a young woman who was