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[Premium Times] A suicide bomber has reportedly killed five soldiers in the Pulka area of Gwoza Local Government Area of Borno State.

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[Premium Times] A group affiliated with the APC in Akwa Ibom has condemned the speaker's comments as being insensitive and undemocratic.

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[Premium Times] The Lagos State government presented the gifts to reward excellence in the state's public service.

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[Capital FM] Nairobi -- The Nairobi County Executive Committee approved the introduction of two monthly Menstrual Health Days for women employees, formally adopting the policy as part of Nairobi City County's human resource framework.

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[Nyasa Times] Farmers in Dowa District have applauded the government for the swift and affordable provision of fertiliser through the Farm Input Subsidy Programme (FISP), calling it a lifeline in the fight against food insecurity.

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[263Chat] Government has reaffirmed its commitment to refugee protection and called for stronger international support as it outlined progress on its global pledges at the 2025 Global Refugee Forum (GRF) Progress Review Meeting in Geneva.

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[Premium Times] CJN Tanko Muhmmad died just three and a half years after his resignation from office in 2022.

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Some 30 people - most of them soldiers - have been jailed in Benin in connection with a failed coup attempt earlier this month, French news agency AFP is reporting.

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Egypt fans voiced their support for Mohamed Salah on Thursday as the Liverpool forward prepares to join his national side for the Africa Cup of Nations.

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After 42 days with no new cases, Sierra Leone has declared its Mpox epidemic over, with all of the country’s 16 districts in the clear. But survivors face stigmatization and discrimination.

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A mass shooting in which 15 people were killed during a Hanukkah celebration at Sydney’s Bondi Beach was “a terrorist attack inspired by Islamic State,” Australia’s federal police commissioner Krissy Barrett said Tuesday.

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Former South Africa women's captain Lusanda Dumke dies after being diagnosed with a rare gastric cancer.

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A Paris labor court ruled on Tuesday that Paris Saint-Germain must pay more than 60 million euros to Kylian Mbappé in a dispute over unpaid wages and bonuses linked to the end of his contract before his 2024 move to Real Madrid.

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Victor Osimhen is described as a striker "on another level" by team-mate Frank Onyeka ahead of Nigeria's bid to win the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations.

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Satellite images show the paramilitary force is burying and burning bodies, Yale University researchers say.

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[New Times] Across the districts of Karongi, Muhanga, Nyamagabe, Huye, Nyaruguru, Gisagara, Nyagatare, Kirehe, Ngoma, and Bugesera, communities are increasingly affected by environmental degradation linked to poor road drainage systems, an assessment by Transparency International Rwanda (TI-Rwanda) has found.

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[Shabelle] Mogadishu, Somalia -- The United States military said on Monday it carried out an airstrike against the Islamist group Al-Shabaab in coordination with the Somali government, targeting militants about 50 kilometres (30 miles) northeast of Kismayo, the interim capital of Somalia's Jubaland state.

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[Shabelle] Mogadishu -- The commander of the Somali National Army's ground forces, Brigadier General Sahal Abdullahi Omar, has carried out an operational tour of areas along the Shabelle River in the central Shabelle Middle region, military officials said.

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[Capital FM] Nairobi -- Detectives have opened a wide-ranging probe into the death of former Lugari MP Cyrus Jirongo, piecing together a detailed trail of his final movements -- including CCTV footage showing his last moments before the fatal crash, and fresh scrutiny of where he had been earlier that night.

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[Capital FM] Nairobi -- President William Ruto says the modernisation of Jomo Kenyatta International Airport and construction of a new airport will commence next year.

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[Capital FM] Nairobi -- Agriculture Cabinet Secretary Mutahi Kagwe has warned that donor-funded agriculture projects must be treated with the same discipline as public debt, saying many so-called donor facilities are loans that must deliver measurable impact for farmers and the wider economy.