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A suicide bomb attack outside the Afghan foreign ministry inKabul has caused heavy casualties.Police said at least five civilians had been killed but anotherTaliban official put the toll as high as 20.The attack took place about 11:30 GMT when the bombertried, but failed to enter the ministry building itself.Several countries, including Turkey and China, haveembassies in the area....

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) saysit has removed names of ineligible persons from the voters’register.INEC chairman, Professor Mahmood Yakubu announced thisat a meeting with political parties at the commission’sheadquarters in Abuja.Professor Yakubu said the commission received more than53,000 objections to the register, after which the ineligiblevoters were removed....

Edo State has recorded three more confirmed cases of Lassafever, raising the total number of confirmed cases onadmission to 26.Addressing journalists in Benin City, the Commissioner forHealth, Professor Obehi Akoria decried the rising cases ofLassa fever in the state.She charged residents to observe preventive measuresagainst the spread of the disease to protect themselves andtheir loved ones from the disease....

The Edo State Government has recanted its earlier figures ofkidnap victims of last Saturday’s Igueben Train Station attack,stating that 20 persons not 32 were kidnapped.The State Commissioner for Communication and Orientation,Chris Nehikhare made the clarification in a news briefing inBenin City.Nehikhare claimed that the new figure was from a recentintelligence report available to the government.Me...

PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari has directed the Minister of Education, Mallam Adamu Adamu to resolve the prolonged strike embarked upon by the four university-based unions and report back to him in two weeks time. President Buhari gave the directive on Tuesday after he received briefings from the relevant government Ministries, Agencies and Departments involved in resolving the face-off with the university unions. The three other unions that embarked on strike are the Seni...

The United Nations Human Rights Office has urged the transitional authorities in Guinea to revoke a ban on public protests.Earlier this month the country's military rulers issued a statement prohibiting gatherings in public places.Opposition parties and civil society activists had expressed concern about the measures.The UN's human rights spokesperson for Africa, Seif Magango, said the restrictions violated international norms and ...

Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, has opened up on the Peoples Democratic Party presidential primary and accused some PDP governors of sabotaging him.Wike, who said this at a reception organized for him by the people of the state in Port Harcourt after his arrival from Abuja, venue of the primary, stated that he was not a second class citizen.He said he had told the winner of the PDP shadow election, former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar, that those hangin...

The kidnapped Prelate of the Methodist Church, His Eminence Samuel Uche, and two other abducted clerics have regained freedom. They were released at 6.30 pm on Monday but details are still sketchy. It is also unclear if any ransom was paid before they were released.The church is also yet to issue a statement about the release of the men who were abducted in Abia State on Sunday....

Gunmen have attacked a state-owned media outfit, Anambra Broadcasting Service.The Police Public Relations Officer in the state, Ikenga Tochukwu, confirmed the early-morning attack in a statement in Awka, the state capital.He revealed that the incident occurred at about 4:30 am at Awada in Idemili North Local Government Area of the state.Tochukwu explained that the command was alerted of the attack at the facility and a team of operatives w...

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has ran a mock exercise with the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) in Ekiti, ahead of the state’s governorship election.BVAS facilitates the accreditation of voters on election day.Speaking to reporters during the exercise, INEC’s Chairman, Mahmood Yakubu said the exercise had been a success.The INEC Chairman added that the electoral umpire was also interested in the ...