Nigerian President Expresses Sadness Over Lagos School Building Collapse
Photo courtesy NAN ABUJA, Nigeria, March 14 (NNN-AGENCIES) – Nigerian President, Muhammadu Buhari, on Wednesday, expressed sadness over the collapse…
Nigeria: 12 dead, over 100 schoolkids trapped in rubble as school collapses
One of the victims of the collapsed building.Photo courtesy NAN LAGOS, Nigeria March 14 (NNN-NAN) – The Lagos State Emergency…
Nigeria slates March 23 for six inconclusive gubernatorial elections
ABUJA, March 13 (NNN-AFRICANEWS) — Nigeria’s ruling party took a close lead in elections for powerful state governors on Tuesday,…
Floods kill 66 in Mozambique
MAPUTO, March 13 (NNN-AGENCIES) – At least 66 people have been killed and 141,000 affected after heavy rains deluged central…
Mozambique: 7 Killed, Thousands Displaced After Mozambique Cyclone
A tropical cyclone (file photo). MAPUTO, March 13 (NNN-ALLAFRICA) — Seven people have been killed following a tropical cyclone in…
US reassures Kenya of continued support in war against terrorism
The US ambassador was among six envoys whose credentials were received by President Kenyatta Tuesday at a ceremony held at…
Death toll from Malawi floods reaches 45
LILONGWE, March 13 (NNN-Xinhua) — The death toll from the recent Malawi flooding disaster has reached 45, the Department of…
Nigeria’s Boko Haram birthplace elects professor as governor, first across north
President Buhari declaring Babagana Umara Zulum as the Governor elect BORNO (Nigeria), March 13 (NNN-AFRICANEWS) — Borno State, the birth…
South Africa reiterates support for new Zimbabwe
HARARE (ZIMBABWE), March 13 (NNN-SANEWS) — President Cyril Ramaphosa has reiterated South Africa’s commitment to work with Zimbabwe in addressing…
South Sudan dismisses UN gang rape accusations, asks for peace funding
GENEVA, March 13 (NNN-AGENCIES) — South Sudan’s justice minister Paulino Wanawilla Unango dismissed UN investigators’ accusations that fighting and gang rape…