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Microsoft to shut Africa Development Centre in Nigeria
Add a CommentMicrosoft (MSFT.O) is closing down its Africa Development Centre in the continent’s most populous nation Nigeria, which will lead to job losses, a spokesperson said on Wednesday. The centre, based in the commercial capital Lagos was opened in 2022 as … Read more →
Ivory Coast stun Nigeria to win AFCON 2023 final
Add a CommentIvory Coast won the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations final against Nigeria, thanks to a thrilling come-from-behind victory on home turf. The team’s star player, Sebastien Haller, scored the winning goal with just nine minutes left on the clock, securing … Read more →
Ivory Coast beat DR Congo to set up final showdown with Nigeria in AFCON 2023
Add a CommentSebastien Haller scored the winner as 2023 Africa Cup of Nations hosts Ivory Coast beat DR Congo to set up a final meeting with Nigeria. The only goal of a cagey contest in Abidjan came in the 65th minute when … Read more →
Ghanaian arrested with truckload of live ammunitions in Nigeria
Add a CommentIn a significant breakthrough, soldiers from the 192 Battalion of the Nigerian Army have intercepted a Ghanaian national attempting to smuggle a truckload of ammunitions to Anambra State, in the Eastern part of Nigeria. Acting on credible intelligence, the soldiers … Read more →
Nigeria to clampdown on illegal sale of laughing gas
Add a CommentNigeria’s drug law enforcement agency has ordered an immediate crackdown on the illegal sale and use of nitrous oxide – also known as laughing gas. In a statement on their website, the head of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, … Read more →
Ekweremadu: ‘I’m scared, can’t return to Nigeria’, Victim begs for stay in UK
Add a CommentDavid Nwamini, the would-be kidney donor in the organ trafficking case that sent Nigerian Senator Ike Ekweremadu, 60, to jail, has said he wants to remain and work in the UK, as “they could arrest me or kill me in … Read more →
UK red list Ghana, Nigeria for health workers’ recruitment
Add a CommentGhana is now among the list of 54 countries that should not be actively targeted for recruitment by health and social care employers in the United Kingdom. The announcement was made by the UK government in its revised code of … Read more →
20 Ghanaian fishermen jailed in Nigeria for trafficking marijuana
Add a CommentOn Thursday a Federal High Court in Lagos State sentenced 20 Ghanaian fishermen to one-year imprisonment for transporting marijuana from Ghana to Nigeria. They were found guilty of the charges of conspiracy and unlawful transportation of the substance. The fishermen … Read more →
Gunmen kill 50 Catholic worshippers in Nigeria
Add a CommentGunmen have killed worshippers in a church in Ondo, south-west Nigeria, President Muhammadu Buhari has said. He added that “only fiends from the nether region” could have done this. The armed men entered St Francis Catholic church in the town … Read more →
Nigeria arrests four people over alleged cannibalism
Add a CommentPolice in the north-western Nigerian state of Zamfara say they have arrested four people allegedly involved in cannibalism and selling human organs – a rare phenomenon in the region. The suspects were arrested after detectives found a corpse in an … Read more →
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