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Turkey – Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Wednesday he was ready to help combat terrorism in Nigeria, where Boko Haram fighters have killed thousands of people in a bloody campaign for a hardline Islamic state. Check also:Where girls are being kidnapped and used as suicide bombers He also signed a memorandum on trade and economic cooperation, which Nigerian President ...

MAIDUGURI, Nigeria – Dozens of emaciated looking Boko Haram members begging for food have surrendered in north-east Nigeria, the military and a civilian self-defense fighter said Wednesday. Check also: Cameroons military freed hundreds of hostages 100 boko-killed Seventy six people including children and women gave themselves up to soldiers last Saturday in Gwoza, about 100 kilometers (60 miles) southeast of ...

Arusha – President John Pombe Magufuli will be joining his four counterparts from Kenya, Rwanda, Uganda and Burundi in launching the first community travel document (passport) here on 2nd / March 2016. Check also: 47 None African Countries You Can Travel To From Uganda Without Visas The new digitalized and machine- readable East African Passport replaces the old EAC travel document, ...

LAGOS — Nigeria’s Finance Ministry says it is cutting 24,000 ghost workers from the national payroll, saving $11.5 million a month. A new bank verification system helped uncover frauds with federal government salaries being paid to people who do not exist and some civil servants receiving salaries from multiple agencies, according to a statement received Monday from Festus Akanbi, the ...

Armless Pilot: Everyone on earth is useful in his or her own way,[9] The Filipino American by the names of Pilot Jessica Cox was born armless but surprisingly, [3]she can fly an aeroplane. Check also: Meet the 35 year old ethiopian man who built his own aircraft from his home She trained how to write and to type using her feet ...