The 37-year-old poverty alleviation minister denied any wrongdoing when she was suspended in January
Nigeria has recovered 30bn naira ($24m; £19m) as part of an ongoing corruption probe into a suspended minister, the financial watchdog says.
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Cameroonian scientist Marie Makuate has been at the forefront of using information harvested by satellites to help save the lives of people on Earth in emergencies, but she argues the expense of the data should spur more African countries to launch (...)
KFC Nigeria has issued an apology after the country's airport authority shut one of its outlets over the alleged discrimination of a disabled client.
Adebola Daniel, son of a former Nigerian state governor Gbenga Daniel, said in a post on X that he (...)
A Nigerian court has sentenced a Chinese businessman to death after being found guilty of murdering his girlfriend Ummu Kulthum Sani in 2022.
Frank Geng Quarong was discovered in her room after having stabbed her several times there.
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ABUJA ‐ Nigerian pupils taken by gunmen in a mass abduction in the north-western town of Kuriga earlier this month have been freed "unharmed", officials said.
Kaduna state governor Uba Sani said they had been rescued thanks to the courage of the (...)
Gunmen who kidnapped at least 287 schoolchildren in Nigeria last Thursday have demanded a ransom of 1 billion naira ($621,848) and threatened to kill all of the students if their demands are not met, a member of the local community told CNN on (...)
At least 28 of the nearly 300 schoolchildren kidnapped by gunmen have escaped, Nigeria's Kaduna state governor has told BBC News.
Nigeria's army is leading a desperate search for the children taken in the northern town of Kuriga on Thursday.
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Suspected militants kidnapped 50 people, mostly women, in northeastern Nigeria this week in the latest mass abduction by fighters who have waged an insurgency for more than a decade, Reuters reported on Wednesday quoting local officials.
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X, formerly known as Twitter, has finally paid off the staff it sacked in its African headquarters more than a year after they were laid off, the agency which represents them has said.
Most had only been in the job, based in Ghana's capital, Accra, (...)
RIYADH — Saudi non-oil exports to the African continent surpassed SR128 billion over the last five years (2019-2023), marking a significant milestone in the Kingdom's trade expansion, the Saudi Press Agency (SPA) reported.
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Armed men have shot dead a traditional ruler, and kidnapped his wife plus one other person in south-western Nigeria, authorities say.
The attackers stormed the palace of Segun Aremu -- a retired army general and monarch whose official title is the (...)
The UK is sending some of Ghana's "crown jewels" back home, 150 years after looting them from the court of the Asante king.
A gold peace pipe is among 32 items returning under long-term loan deals, the BBC can reveal.
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MAKKAH — The Makkah Halal Forum, under the banner 'Innovation in the Halal Industry', has successfully convened hundreds of international exhibitors. Organized by the Makkah Chamber of Commerce from January 23 to 25, the event featured an exhibition (...)
A gunman suspected of killing eight people in the city of Joliet, Illinois, has died after a confrontation with law enforcement officials, police say.
Police in Joliet said Romeo Nance, 23, is believed to have fatally shot himself after the (...)
Nigerian police say they have successfully rescued five sisters who were held hostage after being kidnapped in the country's capital.
The girls were freed in a joint police-army operation in a forest in northern Nigeria on Saturday night.
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Evidence of widespread abuse and torture by the founder of one of the world's biggest Christian evangelical churches has been uncovered by the BBC.
Dozens of ex-Synagogue Church of all Nations members — five British — allege atrocities, including (...)
RIYADH — Roberto Mancini, the head coach of the Saudi national football team, has announced the squad for the upcoming preparatory camp to be held in Qatar from Dec. 31 to Jan. 11.
This camp is part of the fourth phase of preparation for the 2023 (...)
Once the gavel came down in Dubai, the warm words flowed — but will it really have an impact on climate change?
The agreement reached in this glitzy metropolis for the first time nails the role of fossil fuel emissions in driving up temperatures and (...)
As conflicts, climate emergencies and collapsing economies continue to wreak havoc on communities worldwide, the UN on Monday issued an appeal for $46.4 billion for 2024 to help 181 million people facing catastrophic hunger, mass displacement and (...)
WASHINGTON — Members of the Islamic Ministerial Committee, headed by Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan, met with a number of members of the US House of Representatives and Senate in Washington on Thursday.
Their discussions focused (...)
Emergency response officials said at least 85 people have been confirmed dead after a "mistaken" army drone attack on a religious gathering in northwest Nigeria.
The victims were killed Sunday night by drones "targeting terrorists and bandits" in (...)
LONDON — The Islamic Ministerial Committee, represented by foreign ministers of a number of Arab and Islamic countries, welcomed the joint efforts of Egypt, Qatar, and the United States of America to broker a humanitarian truce in the besieged Gaza (...)
PARIS — The Islamic Ministerial Committee, led by Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal Bin Farhan, met with French President Emmanuel Macron in Paris on Wednesday.
The delegation, on the fourth leg of its tour, engaged with members of the United (...)
MOSCOW — Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan voiced concern over the ongoing process of forced displacement of Palestinians by the Israeli occupation forces from the besieged Gaza Strip. "There is no real goal behind this war that only (...)
BEIJING — Chinese Vice President Han Zheng said on Monday that China is keen on coordinating and working with Arab and Islamic countries to achieve a ceasefire and de-escalation in the Gaza Strip, and restore calm as quickly as possible. "Since the (...)