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Julius Malema demanded a single African president, currency and parliament Sunday, warning that foreign loans trap the continent in colonial dependency as he addressed thousands of lawyers at Nigeria’s annual legal conference. The Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) president told the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) Annual General Conference that Africa must reject borrowing from what he […]

Kemi Badenoch, the leader of the UK Conservative Party, has sparked significant backlash by stating she no longer identifies with Nigeria, her country of ancestral origin. In an interview on the Rosebud podcast with Gyles Brandreth on Friday, Badenoch spoke candidly about her evolving sense of identity, prompting criticism from some Nigerians who feel her […]

US President Donald Trump has defended his latest tariff hikes during a Washington summit on Wednesday. He said the five African countries at the table with him were unlikely to feel the tariff pinch. “I haven’t thought of it, but I like him, him, him, him and him. No, I don’t think so, not too […]

 JOHANNESBURG, South Africa – Nigerian televangelist Timothy Omotoso departed South Africa on Sunday after being declared a “prohibited person” by the Department of Home Affairs, effectively banning his return for five years. The self-proclaimed pastor boarded a flight to Nigeria from OR Tambo International Airport under police escort, ending a lengthy saga that included both […]

CAPE TOWN – South Africa will a grant five-year multiple entry visa to qualifying Nigerian business travelers and allow tourists to apply without submitting passports, President Cyril Ramaphosa announced on Tuesday during a bilateral summit with Nigerian President Bola Ahmed Tinubu. “We want to see Nigerian products on the shelves of South African shops,” Ramaphosa […]

A Nigerian businessman has been arrested after allegedly swallowing 90 wraps of cocaine at an international airport in the country’s southeast, anti-drug authorities say. The 50-year-old suspect was intercepted at Enugu’s Akanu Ibiam International Airport after arriving on an Ethiopian Airlines flight from Addis Ababa. Officials say he had taken an elaborate route – travelling […]

Severe flooding in northeastern Nigeria has led to a mass prison break in Maiduguri, with 281 inmates escaping after floodwaters collapsed the walls of a correctional facility, authorities say. The Nigeria Correctional Services spokesperson, Umar Abubakar, confirmed the incident in a statement on Sunday, saying it occurred early last week at the Medium Security Custodial […]

LAGOS, Nigeria – At least 64 people were feared dead following a boat accident on a river in Zamfara State in northwest Nigeria, local officials said on Saturday. A wooden boat carrying 70 farmers capsized as it was transporting them across the river to reach their farmlands close to Gummi town on Saturday morning. Local […]

Nigeria – Gunmen who kidnapped 286 students and staff from a school in northern Nigeria last week have demanded a total of 1 billion naira ($620,432) for their release, a spokesman for the families of the hostages and a local councillor told Reuters. The school children, some older students and members of the school staff […]

At least 300 pupils seized from school in biggest kidnapping incident since the 2014 abduction of schoolgirls by Boko Haram