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By Editor A human rights lawyer, Barrister Badamasi Gandu, has accused the Kano State Police Command of attempting to cover up the circumstances surrounding the death of a Civil Defence officer, Mustapha Small, during a clash between...
By Babangida Amadu   The management of Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital (AKTH) has appealed to the Kano Electricity Distribution Company (KEDCO) to urgently restore electricity supply to the facility after a recent disconnection reportedly led to the death...

Ex-Syria intelligence official jailed for life in Germany for crimes against humanity

A German court on Thursday sentenced a former intelligence officer in Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's security services to life in prison after convicting him...

11,200 Nigerian women, children raped in 2020 – UN

By Sahelian Times The United Nations Women on Monday said a total of 11,200 rape cases, including children who were raped to death, were reported...

Al-Qaeda, ISIS expanding in Africa, UN warns

Agency Report Two decades after the September 11 terrorist attacks in New York, U.S, terror networks – Al-Qaida and Islamic State – continue to pose...

UN says Boko Haram killed 350,000 people in Nigeria

By Salim Yunusa The report estimates that through the end of 2020, the conflict in the North-east will have resulted in nearly 350,000 deaths, with...

UN: 29 million in Sahel need humanitarian assistance

The United Nations and NGOs said Tuesday that a record 29 million people need humanitarian assistance in the Sahel, noting "unparallelled" insecurity and hunger...

Islamist group kill seventeen in Congo

By Abba Gwale Local officials on Friday said at least 17 people were found hacked to death in a part of eastern Democratic Republic of...

Rebels kill 3 UN peacekeepers, injure 2 ahead of polls in CAR

By Ismail Auwal Rebels in the Central African Republic (CAR) have attacked the United Nations (UN) troops and killed three peacekeepers, leaving two others wounded,...

UN calls for ‘immediate’ release of kidnapped Katsina schoolboys

By Ismail Auwal The United Nations has condemned the mass abduction of students at the Government Science School at Kankara, Kastina State. The organisation expressed its...

Resurgence of poliovirus feared in Africa

By Ismail Auwal Shortly after UN certified Africa poliovirus free, its comeback had been confirmed in Chad. It will be recalled that, three months ago, the...

Donors pledge $1.7bn in humanitarian aid to conflict-hit Sahel

Violence and insecurity have pushed some 7.4 million people in Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger into acute hunger, says UN World Food Programme. International donors...

Saudi Arabia’s offer to join UN Human Rights Council rejected

Saudi Arabia failed in its bid to become a member of the United Nations Human Rights Council yesterday but China and Russia were elected...

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