African Outlook seeks freelance reporters in Nigeria   Kalahari Media, a United States of America based publishers of African Outlook, an online news outlet requires the services of...
 
Nigeria's Aviation Minister Tweets to dispel Lagos blast reports African Outlook Newsdesk Nigeria's minister of aviation has moved to dispel rumors coming from Lagos about a...
 
Ex-child smuggler in Ghana becomes child savior In a region of Africa often marked by uprisings and upheaval, George Norshie’s graduation last month was, by his own...
 
Niger displaces Afghanistan as worst place to be mom ♦ As Norway emerges best place to be mother  Prior to International Mother's Day, the...
 
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Matured Minds/TRY: Friendship beyond borders    Matured Minds/TRY: Friendship beyond borders ...As Nigerians home, abroad who met online hold maiden...
 
Nigerian arrested in US for working at NJ airport for 20 yrs using ID of a 1992 murdered victim  Authorities say a longtime security supervisor at a New Jersey airport...
 
Attackers invade Nigeria villages, kill at least 6   Attackers have invaded farming villages in northeastern Nigeria, setting homes ablaze and killing at least six people in what was...
 
100 Nigerian couples in mass wedding   One hundred couples tied the knot at a mass wedding at the main mosque in Nigeria's second-largest city on Tuesday, part of an Islamic...
 
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Nigerian court rules female officers free to marry without  CP's consent The provision of the Police Act, which prohibits a female officer from marrying a man of her choice without...
 
Disco Queen Donna Summer Dead at 63   Disco queen Donna Summer has died, a family spokesperson told the Associated Press. She was 63.
 
Robert Mugabe's party kicks against TB Joshua's visit to Zimbabwe Zanu-PF is rallying against Nigerian prophet Temitope Balogun Joshua's visit in fear of his...
 
Nigerian named Vice Chancellor  of University of Illinois A Nigerian professor, Ilesanmi Adesida  and the dean of the College of Engineering at...
 
 Cameroon FA imbroglio:  Roger Milla unmoved by sack   Cameroon's veteran striker Albert Roger Milla has remained steadfast after he was sacked as honourary...
 
IMF withdraws from Swaziland over King Mswati's spending habits The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has withdrawn its advisory team from Swaziland, saying it is unable to support the...
 
Playwright wins battle to stay in Britain 6 years after fleeing Cameroon    Lydia Besong says she would have been persecuted...
  • African Outlook seeks freelance reporters in Nigeria   Kalahari Media, a United States of America based...
  • Nigeria's Aviation Minister Tweets to dispel Lagos blast reports African Outlook Newsdesk Nigeria's...
  • Ex-child smuggler in Ghana becomes child savior In a region of Africa often marked by uprisings and...
  • Niger displaces Afghanistan as worst place to be mom ♦ As...
  • NIGERIA: UNILAG Vice- Chancellor is dead   The Vice Chancellor of University of Lagos, Prof. Babatunde...
  • Senior Boko Haram commander caught: Nigeria police Nigeria's police said on Saturday they captured a senior...
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  • Nigerian arrested in US for working at NJ airport for 20 yrs using ID of a 1992 murdered...
  • Attackers invade Nigeria villages, kill at least 6   Attackers have invaded farming villages in...
  • 100 Nigerian couples in mass wedding   One hundred couples tied the knot at a mass wedding at the main...
  • Dominique Strauss-Kahn sues rape allegation maid Nafissatou Diallo for $1m   Former world finance boss...
  • Charles Taylor says West manipulating war crimes   By Sara Webb THE HAGUE (Reuters) - Former...
  • Police crack US theft ring that sold luxury cars in Africa   Authorities on Wednesday broke up an...
  • Nigerian court rules female officers free to marry without  CP's consent The provision of the Police...
  • Disco Queen Donna Summer Dead at 63   Disco queen Donna Summer has died, a family...
  • Robert Mugabe's party kicks against TB Joshua's visit to Zimbabwe Zanu-PF is rallying against...
  • Nigerian named Vice Chancellor  of University of...
  •  Cameroon FA imbroglio:  Roger Milla unmoved by sack   Cameroon's veteran...
  • IMF withdraws from Swaziland over King Mswati's spending habits The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has...
  • Playwright wins battle to stay in Britain 6 years after fleeing Cameroon    Lydia Besong...

Nigerian security forces find bomb-making stock in raid

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Nigerian security forces find bomb-making stock in raid

Security forces found weapons and bomb-making stocks during a house raid Saturday in the violence-plagued central Nigerian city of Jos, police said.

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Playwright wins battle to stay in Britain 6 years after fleeing Cameroon

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Playwright wins battle to stay in Britain 6 years after fleeing Cameroon 

 

Lydia Besong says she would have been persecuted in Cameroon   

A Cameroonian playwright and her husband, who were hours away from deportation from the UK, have won the right to political asylum.

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IMF withdraws from Swaziland over King Mswati's spending habits

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IMF withdraws from Swaziland over King Mswati's spending habits

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has withdrawn its advisory team from Swaziland, saying it is unable to support the government’s proposed financial reform program.

 

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Cameroon FA imbroglio: Roger Milla unmoved by sack

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 Cameroon FA imbroglio: 

Roger Milla unmoved by sack  

Cameroon's veteran striker Albert Roger Milla has remained steadfast after he was sacked as honourary president of the Cameroon Football Federation Fecafoot.

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US mulls 'terrorist' designation for Boko Haram

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US mulls 'terrorist' designation for Boko Haram

The United States Justice Department is pressing the State Department to designate Boko Haram, a Nigerian militant group alleged to be responsible for hundreds of deaths, as a "foreign terrorist organization," according to a document obtained by Reuters.

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