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The Nigerien army said last week it killed “about 20 terrorists” of the jihadist group Boko Haram and captured 83 other suspected fighters during an operation on the border with Nigeria. This “air-land sweep” operation aimed to “neutralize” the bases of the Islamic State in West Africa group (ISWAP, a splinter faction of Boko Haram) installed in the Matari forest in Nigeria from where attacks against towns and military positions in Niger… Read the full article here

With inflation, unemployment, interest rates, and power cuts all shooting up in a sluggish economy, South Africa’s banks “can rely on their prudent risk management, improved liquidity, and solid capital buffers to weather the tough conditions”, Moody’s says in a note released on Tuesday 21 February. Read the full article here

The Federal Executive Council, on Wednesday, approved the sum of N453.90bn for the procurement of rolling stock, operation and maintenance equipment for the Kano-Maradi standard gauge rail line currently under construction. This also includes N510.93m for the procurement of four customised fire service search and rescue vans in sea ports at Port Harcourt, Lagos Port Complex, Tincan Island port and the Marina Headquarters of the Nigerian Ports Authority. The… Read the full article here

A 40-year-old man, Niyi Adebanjo, has reportedly beaten his 35-year-old wife, Toyin, to death in Ibadan, Oyo State. The PUNCH Metro reliably gathered, on Wednesday, that the late Toyin, a mother of two, with nine-month-old pregnancy, was beaten, on Monday night, February 20, 2023, by her husband over an unknown argument in their apartment at the Fodasis area, Ring road in Ibadan South West Local Government Area of the state. Investigations by our correspondent… Read the full article here

The ability to pass urine whenever you want to without even being conscious of the processes leading to it is one of the true mysteries of nature. It seems quite routine that we drink water or some other kind of liquid and after about half an hour, we are feeling the urge to pass urine and we just believe that it’s the way things should be. That to them is not a huge thing to be achieved in nature but when you come across people who are not able to engage in this… Read the full article here

Seven governorship candidates in Kaduna State have rejected the election declaration by the Independent National Electoral Commission, announcing Senator Uba Sani of the All Progressives Congress candidate, as governor-elect in the state. The candidates, under the aegis of ‘Rescue and Rebuild Gubernatorial Candidates Forum,’ said they rejected the result because there were  massive cancellation of votes in most local government areas of the state. The… Read the full article here

  United States sporting goods company, Nike, on Tuesday declared a fall in its third quarter profit though it beat Street estimates. According to the company, earnings came in at $1.24 billion, or $0.79 per share. This compares with $1.40 billion, or $0.87 per share in third quarter of 2022. Analysts on average had expected the company to earn $0.55 per share, according to figures compiled by Thomson Reuters. Analysts’ estimates typically exclude special… Read the full article here

    A non-governmental organization, Civil Society-Scaling Up Nutrition in Nigeria has decried the alarming rate of malnutrition among girls, and women and the poor budgetary allocation to nutrition in the country. The organisation also said there is a need for nutrition interventions for non-pregnant and non-lactating women. Speaking at the two-day strategic workshop held in collaboration with FHI solutions in… Read the full article here

The coach of Guinea U-23, Morlayie Cisse, has disclosed that his team will defeat the Olympic Eagles in today’s match. The Guineans will do battle with the Olympic Eagles in the 2023 Africa U-23 Cup of Nations final qualifying round first leg future at the Moshood Abiola Stadium, Abuja. Cisse disclosed this while speaking with journalists, expressing confidence of defeating the Olympic Eagles in the presence of their fans “We are here for business and want to… Read the full article here

A budding Cameroonian singer, Wamba Ruth, aka Sabrina, has given her reason for naming one of her songs, titled, ‘Johnny’, to Nigerian singer, Yemi Alade. In a statement sent to Saturday Beats, she stated that she did this out of admiration for Alade. She said, “I dedicated the song to Yemi Alade because she is one of my idols, and she inspired me to write the song.” The singer’s other songs include ‘Validé’, ‘Abele (featuring Koffi Olomide), and… Read the full article here