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The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) has advised its members in the north to defend themselves against persistent attacks. This follows a Palm Sunday raid in Jos North, Plateau State, where gunmen killed over 20 people. Joseph Hayab, the chairman of CAN for the 19 northern states, warned that Christians must stop being “chased like…
A late-night earthquake has claimed the lives of eight family members in Kabul province. The 5.8-magnitude tremor struck on Friday evening, originating from an epicentre in the mountainous Badakhshan province. A two-year-old boy was the sole survivor of the household in the Gosfand Dara area. He sustained injuries when the family home collapsed during the…
A fresh wave of communal violence in Nasarawa State has left 11 people dead and more than 50 homes in ashes. Suspected hoodlums attacked the Akyawa and Udege Kasa communities on Friday morning. The raid appears to be a reprisal for the earlier killing of two individuals. Police reports indicate that the attackers moved swiftly,…
Rwanda’s President Paul Kagame has fired back at Washington with some of his sharpest language yet, describing United States sanctions against his country’s military as an affront to Rwandan sovereignty and accusing the Americans of applying pressure unevenly in a conflict that has destabilised the Great Lakes region for years. Speaking in an interview…
For the first time in living memory, thousands of Catholics in Dubai will observe Good Friday without physically setting foot in church, as two of the emirate’s major parishes shut their doors indefinitely amid escalating missile and drone strikes tied to the broader Middle East war. The closures took effect on Friday, April 3,…
Captain Ibrahim Traore, the military ruler of Burkina Faso, has told his citizens to abandon any expectation of democratic governance, delivering the most explicit rejection yet of civilian rule since he seized power nearly four years ago. Speaking during a lengthy interview broadcast on RTB, the state television network, on Thursday, Traore made no…
Flight restrictions at the Yakubu Gowon Airport and a schedule overrun caused by a bilateral security meeting with the President of Chad combined to prevent President Bola Tinubu from driving into Jos township during his condolence visit to Plateau State, the Presidency said on Friday, responding to mounting public criticism over the manner of…
The Labour Party has formally notified the Independent National Electoral Commission of a revised schedule of internal activities, fixing its presidential primary for April 28 and outlining a sequence of congresses across ward, local government, and state levels in the days leading up to it. The notification was contained in a letter signed by…
A disputed resignation letter and a deepening legal battle have pushed the African Democratic Congress into fresh turbulence, with factional chairman Nafiu Bala publicly rejecting claims that he voluntarily stepped down as deputy national chairman, insisting that the signature on the circulating document was forged and did not belong to him. Bala made his…
The Emirates FA Cup quarter-finals take centre stage this weekend, with Manchester City welcoming Liverpool to the Etihad Stadium in the marquee fixture on Saturday. Mohamed Salah will begin the final chapter of his Anfield career on Saturday as Liverpool travel to Manchester City in the FA Cup quarter-finals, with the Egyptian forward having…
