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Benin’s media regulatory body calls for ECOWAS support

By Edwin Nwachukwu The Benin media regulatory body, la Haute Autorité de l’Audiovisuel et de la Communication (HAAC) or the High Authority for Audiovisual and Communication (HAAC), has called for...

FG declares April 3 and April 6 public holidays

The Federal Government has declared Friday, April 3, and Monday, April 6, 2026, as public holidays to mark...

ECOWAS LTOS meet Benin political stakeholders over pre-election activities

By Edwin Nwachukwu Ahead of Benin’s 12th April presidential election, the ECOWAS Long-Term Observation Mission has continued to...

Pressure mounts on INEC to destabilise ADC

The African Democratic Congress (ADC) has accused the APC-led Federal Government of attempting to destabilise the party following...

How the senate approved Tinubu’s $6 billion loan request

The Senate on Tuesday approved the fresh $6 billion loan request forwarded to the lawmakers by President Bola...
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Rights Chief Condemns Killing Of Eswatini Human Rights Lawyer

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Mr Volker Türk on Monday, called on authorities in Eswatini to launch a probe into the killing of a prominent human rights lawyer gunned down this past weekend.

UN raises alarm at deteriorating security situation in eastern DRC

The United Nations Assistant Secretary-General for Human Rights, Ilze Brands Kehris, expressed alarm at the deteriorating security situation in the east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

11 killed in Enugu petrol tanker explosion

No fewer than 11 persons were killed when a petrol-laden tanker exploded along the Enugu-Onitsha Expressway on Saturday. Eyewitnesses said the tanker had suffered brake...

President Tinubu hosts Senegalese President Faye

President Bola Tinubu on Thursday received in audience his Senegalese counterpart, Diomaye Faye, at the State House, Abuja. The President alongside top government officials welcomed...

Trump confronts South Africa’s Ramaphosa with false claims of white genocide

WASHINGTON, May 21 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump confronted South African President Cyril Ramaphosa on Wednesday with explosive false claims of white "genocide" and unfair land...

Kenya’s Ruto Declared President-elect In Chaotic Scenes

Kenya's elections chief declared Deputy President William Ruto the winner of a tight presidential race on Monday but some senior election officials disowned the result, fuelling fears of violence like that seen after previous disputed polls.
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