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Nigeria calls for sanctions on CNN over Lekki exposé

Nigeria’s Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, has called for CNN to be sanctioned for what he describes as reinforcement of “the disinformation that is going around” following CNN’s investigations which claimed that Nigerian protesters were shot at by…

Nigeria: Rights group demand lower cost of governance

Nigeria’s third Gross domestic product GDP report released by the National Bureau of Statistics last week, indicated that the Country has slipped into a Recession. According to statistics Bureau – NBS, the eceonomy contracted by double digit. However, the decline…

Mauritania: HRW urges Parliament to revise draft law

Human Rights Watch is calling on Mauritania’s parliament to revise a draft law on associations it is due to confirm during its current session. The rights body wants the law to meet international standards on freedom of association. The law as drafted…

Nigeria: Bandits abduct 12 police officers

Suspected bandits have kidnapped 12 police officers along Katsina-Zamfara expressway, a report by BBC Hausa has revealed. According to the report, the officers, who are assistant superintendents of police, were kidnapped ten days ago. The officers were on their way…