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(Nigeria) Hearing in the N150 billion libel suit against DAAR Communications by the All Progressives Congress, APC National Leader, Chief Bola Tinubu, has been fixed for May 27.

(Nigeria) A Federal High Court in Lagos has ordered the more than 50 operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, to immediately vacate the Lagos residence of the senator-elect for Ogun East Senatorial District, Mr Buruji Kashamu.

(Nigeria) Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State has sworn in Mr. Alhassan Mohammed as Chairman, Etsako West Local Government Area and suspended him for two months.

Kiev-controlled forces have seized the building of a high school in a village they have occupied on territory of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic, a DPR Defense Ministry spokesman told reporters on Tuesday.

(Nigeria) Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project, SERAP, has said that “the government of President Goodluck Jonathan should blame its failure to acknowledge let alone implement decisions of the UN Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights and Special Rapporteur on adequate housing sent to the government in November 2013 for the poor electricity supply in the country.”

(Nigeria) The Joint Action Committee, JAC of Nigeria Labour Congress and Trade Union Congress in Cross River has declared an indefinite strike by civil servants in the state over unpaid salaries.

An "alarming spike" in suicide bombings by girls and women used by Boko Haram in northeastern Nigeria has children in danger of being seen as potential threats, the United Nations children's agency said Tuesday.