The Borno State government and the United Nations Children Fund, UNICEF,has opened a learning centre for thousands of children who were affected by the Boko Haram Insurgency in Mafa and Jere local government areas of the state.
The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Foreign Affairs and Diaspora, Abike Dabiri, has warned Nigerians to resist the temptation of traveling to Libya illegally in the hope of getting to Europe via the Libyan route.
Gambia's exiled strongman Yahya Jammeh plundered millions of dollars in his final weeks in power leaving state coffers "empty", an aide to new President Adama Barrow said as West African troops prepared to secure his arrival.
Following numerous violent clashes in several parts of Northern Nigeria, the Northern Governors Forum is holding a meeting today in Kaduna state; the first in 2017.
Statistics from the Transmission Company of Nigeria, TCN, indicate that the power generation in the country dropped from 3,959 megawatts on January 4 to 2,662 megawatts on January 22.
