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Russia's announcement it is deploying its most hi-tech air defense system to its base in Syria is raising "significant concerns" for the US military, a United States official said Wednesday.

(Nigeria) The House of Representatives on Wednesday resolved to investigate recent revelation by Inspector General of Police, IG,  Mr Solomon Arase that 90,000 officers of Nigeria police lost their lives fighting insurgency.

A Chicago police officer was charged with first-degree murder in the 2014 shooting death of a 17-year-old African-American, prosecutors said.

(Nigeria) A 35-year-old man, Stanley Edomwonyi, was on Wednesday in Benin sentenced to seven years imprisonment for raping a nine-year-old girl.

(Nigeria) The Chairman of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, Ahmadu Giade, on Wednesday retired from service.

(Nigeria) The Department of Petroleum Resources, DPR, Warri  Zonal Office, on Wednesday sealed six petrol stations in Warri and its environs in Delta State for hoarding petroleum products and selling above the official pump price of N87.

Media rights group Reporters Without Borders, RSF, on Wednesday condemned a string of arrests of journalists in Niger, saying five had been detained in 10 days in "total violation" of the freedom of the press.