March 2024

More than 130 students abducted by gunmen from a school in Nigeria earlier this month have been released “unharmed” days before a ransom deadline, say officials. Government spokesman Abdulaziz Abdulaziz told Al Jazeera on Sunday that it “took a lot of backchannel engagement” to release the students abducted on March 7 in Kuriga, a dusty…

Children who were kidnapped in two separate abductions in northern Nigeria have been freed. On Friday the army rescued one group taken from Sokoto, while more than 130 students from Kaduna were released early on Sunday.

Authorities in Chad have cleared 10 candidates for this year’s long-awaited presidential election, barring two fierce opponents of the military government from standing. Chad’s Constitutional Council announced on Sunday that outspoken opposition figures Nassour Ibrahim Neguy Koursami and Rakhis Ahmat Saleh would be barred. end of list It said their applications had been rejected because…

Early results from Sunday’s presidential elections in Senegal show opposition candidate Bassirou Diomaye Faye is in the lead, prompting his supporters to celebrate on the streets of the capital Dakar amid hope the new administration will address persistent poverty and corruption. The governing coalition’s candidate, former Prime Minister Amadou Ba, on Monday conceded defeat to Faye hours…

Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, have launched massive raids across Lagos, Edo and Ondo state leading to the seizure of over 44,948.1 kilograms (44.9 tonnes) of illicit drugs. Femi Babafemi, the Director, Media & Advocacy NDLEA Headquarters in a statement issued in Abuja Sunday 24th March 2024 also disclosed that the…

After the success recorded in rescuing the abducted pupils and teachers of the Government Primary School, Kuriga, Kaduna State, President Bola Tinubu has vowed that his administration would ensure that schools become safer and secure for teaching and learning. This is contained in a statement released on Sunday in Abuja by his Special Adviser on…

wishers and friends not to place any advertorials in the newspapers or celebrate his 72nd birthday. Tinubu will be be 72 years old on March 29, 2024. This is contained in a statement issued by the Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga on Sunday. “President Bola Ahmed Tinubu will turn…

Chief Philip Asiodu, the President of the Board of Trustees, Nigerian Conservation Foundation (NCF), has called for pragmatic approaches to check the predicted sea rise in Lagos that can affect many people in the coastal areas. Asiodu made the call while giving remarks at his 90th birthday celebration organised by the NCF on Saturday in…

The Ondo State Police Command says a 17-year-old girl, who stabbed her aunt to death in Akure has psychiatric problems. Police spokesperson in the state, SP Funmilayo Odunlami-Omisanya, stated on Sunday in Akure that the police was informed about the aunt’s demise on March 17 when her body was already decomposing. She stated that the police…

The Executive Director of Southern British High School (SBHS), Calabar, Cross River State, Dr (Mrs) Oluwaseun Fakorede says the school’s victory at the 2024 National Mathematics Competition was made possible by a carefully crafted curriculum to meet national and global standards in Education. Dr (Mrs) Fakorede made the comment while welcoming the contestants after their…

Abductors of the Edo State chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Dr. Tony Aziegbemi, have reportedly opened talks with his family members. A family source who asked not to be named, disclosed this on Sunday to some journalists in Benin city, the state capital. The source added that the abductors made contact with his…