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There was anxiety on Thursday over the state of health a son of President Muhammadu Buhari, Yusuf, who was on Tuesday night involved in a bike accident in Abuja. Yusuf, who sustained a head injury and had one of his limbs broken, was said to have undergone a successful surgery at a private hospital in Abuja. Unconfirmed reports said that …

Zimbabwe’s former army commander who led a military takeover that helped end Robert Mugabe’s 37-year rule was Thursday sworn in as one of the country’s two vice presidents. General Constantino Chiwenga, 61, took the oath of office in Harare, pledging to be “faithful” to Zimbabwe and to “obey, uphold and defend the constitution”. “I will discharge my duties with all …

Ex-football superstar George Weah was announced the winner on Thursday of Liberia’s presidential run-off, beating Vice President Joseph Boakai in the first democratic transfer of power in decades following two devastating civil wars. Weah is set to replace incumbent Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, who took over at the helm of Africa’s oldest republic in 2006. The National Election Commission (NEC) said …

The day before last year’s presidential election, a hungry homeless man named Jonathan Manley stopped at a dumpster outside a warehouse in San Francisco. Unmarked on the outside, the building was occupied by Amazon. For those able to tolerate the grime and the smell, and who have no other choice but to risk eating expired or rotting food, the large …

    Boxers or briefs? Prince Harry’s quickfire questions for Obama By The Guardian US Politicians, and others in positions of power, should stop corroding civil discourse and seek to unify society, the former US president Barack Obama said in a rare interview conducted by Prince Harry for BBC Radio 4’s Today programme. Obama did not mention his successor, Donald …

BENIN CITY– Riding on the back of the impressive outing of Azura Edo Independent Power Project (IPP), which has just begun generation of electricity seven months ahead of schedule, investors are thronging Edo State to pitch their tent and partake of the conducive business environment and progressive posture of the government towards genuine investments. Special Adviser to Governor Godwin Obaseki …

George Weah has won the presidential run-off election

Liberians were awaiting Wednesday the result of a presidential election they say represents far more than the choice of a successor to Africa’s first elected female head of state, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf. Sirleaf’s predecessor Charles Taylor fled the country in 2003 with hopes of avoiding prosecution for funding rebel groups in neighbouring Sierra Leone, while two presidents who served prior …

By Osehobo Ofure Ahead of the Federal Ministry of Education visitation panel’s trip to look into several allegations of fraud involving the University of Benin and the Federal Polytechnic Auchi, tension has now gripped the managements of the two institutions, located in Edo State. Indications are that members of the panel who have since received their briefs from the Ministry …

The FBI has asked officials in Cyprus for financial information about a defunct bank that was used by wealthy Russians with political connections and has been accused by the US government of money laundering, two sources have told the Guardian. The request for information about FBME Bank comes as Cyprus has emerged as a key area of interest for Robert …