The Bishop of Kontagora Diocese and Proprietor of St. Mary’s Private Catholic Primary and Secondary School, Most Rev. Bulus Yohanna, has confirmed the release of abducted schoolchildren and their teachers. According to the Bishop, Governor Umaru…

    The Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, on Sunday, said that all the abducted pupils of the St. Mary’s Primary and Secondary School, Papiri, Niger State, “numbering 230, have been freed”. Idris described the release…

  Former Secretary-General of the pan-Yoruba organisation, Afenifere, and a NADECO chieftain, Ayo Opadokun, has said that the spate of insecurity in parts of the country is a planned action by destructive elements and not accidental. Speaking on the…

  Brahim Diaz and Ayoub El Kaabi scored second-half goals as hosts Morocco got their Africa Cup of Nations bid off to a winning start by beating minnows Comoros 2-0 in the tournament’s opening game on Sunday. Soufiane Rahimi had a penalty saved in a…