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Staffers at the U.S. Agency for International Development have been instructed to stay out of the agency’s Washington headquarters after billionaire Elon Musk announced that Donald Trump had agreed with him to shut the agency down. This is according to a notice distributed to staff early Monday. Musk, Trump, and …

A five-year-old boy and two girls aged seven and nine have been killed by unknown attackers in Nnewichi, Nnewi North Local Government Area of Anambra State, Nigeria. According to reports, “the killers entered their home while the children were eating, murdered them and placed their bodies inside a deep freezer …

The decomposing body of a young man has been found at the Berekum main lorry station in the Bono region, Ghana. Drivers and food vendors at the lorry station have raised concerns over the foul smell emanating from the body. The lifeless body was discovered on Sunday evening, but all …

Nigeria’s main trade union, the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), has rejected the government-approved 50% increase in telecoms tariffs and announced a nationwide protest on February 4. The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) recently approved the first tariff adjustment in over a decade, citing inflation and naira depreciation. However, the increase remains …

There are no survivors following the collision of a military helicopter and an airliner in Washington, D.C. on the night of January 29-30. With a total of 67 victims, this incident, which occurred a few days after Donald Trump’s return to the White House, is the deadliest air disaster in …

On the morning of Thursday January 30, the French flag was lowered and the key to the Adji Kosseï base in Ndjamena returned to the Chadian military authorities. The transfer protocols were signed by General Daoud, Chief of the Armed Forces General Staff, and General Pascal Ianni, head of the …

Ugandan health authorities issued an alert this Thursday, January 30, following the confirmation by several laboratories of a first case of the disease in the capital, Kampala. “An outbreak caused by the Ebola-Sudan viral disease has been confirmed in Kampala, following confirmation by three national reference laboratories,” announced the permanent …

The French hydrocarbon giant has sold its activities to Coly Energy Mali, an entity run by the Beninese company Bénin Petro, reports said. Malian authorities welcome resumption of all service stations. Bénin Petro and its Swiss-based sister company, Neutron, are taking over the more than 1,100 employees of TotalEnergies, as …

A decomposing body of a man in his late 30s, has been discovered in an uncompleted building at Kasoa-Opeikuma Pentecost Down in the Awutu Senya East Municipality of the Central Region, Ghana. The discovery was made by neighbors who noticed a foul odor emanating from the area. The Unit Committee …

The decomposing body of a man has been found at Gomoa Potsin in the Gomoa East District of the Central Region, Ghana. The body was discovered near an electricity pole in the area. He has been linked to an electricity transmission cable theft that led to a power outage on …