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Former Presidents Olusegun Obasanjo and Ibrahim Babangida on Sunday jointly lamented the security situation in Nigeria, saying the daily loss of innocent lives was an unbearable burden that could inevitably shatter the fabrics of the nation’s existence. In a joint statement, they warned that the continued unity of Nigeria is “not only priceless but non-negotiable,” and declared their availability to ...

A former lecturer in Zambia has been refusing to have sex with his wife, another lecturer, since October last year because she refuses to cook him his traditional foods. Douglas Hampande, now a senior officer at the National Aids Council says his wife Mundia Mushokwe was not performing her duties. Mushokwe has sued him for divorce. According to the divorce ...

(AFP) – In the geography class at St Mark’s High School, boys play chess on a board scratched onto a workbench in one corner, while in another a girl knits a scarf while her friends gossip. Swazi teachers have been on strike for more than a month, but so far their abandoned classrooms are the only tangible result of a ...

By SaharaReporters, New York A few days after the Oyo State government sent wives of state legislators on a wasteful jamboree to the United Kingdom, the executive arm took its turn today, the governor and about 15 commissioners and assistants jetting out on a parallel $250,000 , publicly-funded trip to the Olympics Games. SaharaReporters learnt that the pretence of the ...

Multiple explosion was reported in Bayero University neighbourhood in Kano Sunday evening. The explosions got residents in the neighboorhood and students of the University scampering for safety. A police source confirmed that several explosions were coming from the area, he attributed the attacks to Boko Haram militants. However, he stated that the police could not confirm if there were casualties ...