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Nigerian president calls for 'urgent measures' as virus cases rise
The country's Centre for Disease Control said there has been a rapid increase in the number of new cases over the last two weeks, with 78,790 total infections...
The unilateral move was criticised for violating commercial and freedom of movement treaties signed under the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS).
Governor Aminu Masari of Katsina told President Buhari that discussions are ongoing on Tuesday while security agencies have located the position of the children.
"If you’re rich you hire your own. If you’re poor you simply take your chances. Most are poor."
The demonstrations - which were sparked by calls to disband the notorious Special Anti-Robbery Squad (Sars) -rocked the country for more than two weeks.
A human rights group claims there were multiple casualties. The Nigerian army, however, denied the involvement of soldiers in the shooting.
Witnesses said gunmen opened fire on a crowd of over 1,000 people on Tuesday evening to disperse them after a curfew was imposed to end spiralling protests over police brutality and deep-rooted social grievances.
His comments came after two days of protests sparked by a video of a man allegedly being killed by police.
The Nigerian leader urged road users to comply with safety measures in order to prevent such tragedies in future.
The comments attributed to Muhammadu Buhari are some of his sharpest criticisms of his security chiefs as the conflict in the north has steadily worsened through most of his five years as president.
Bank president Akinwumi Adesina, a former Nigerian minister for agriculture, is battling to secure a second term at the helm of the multilateral lender in the face of opposition from Washington.
Abba Kyari s the highest-profile person in Nigeria to be killed by a virus that has caused 493 confirmed infections, with 17 deaths.
He was speaking after announcements further infections in Algeria and Egypt to brought to six the number of confirmed cases on the African continent.
The president’s signature paves the way for a likely return to the international debt market next year as Nigeria still struggles to shake off the impact of a 2016 recession it emerged from the following year.
The raid in Katsina came less than a month after about 300 men and boys were freed from another supposed Islamic school in neighbouring Kaduna state.
Cyril Ramaphosa says the time is right for a new era of intra-African trade, where African countries no longer look abroad for the products and services they need, but to other countries on this continent.
President Cyril Ramaphosa addressed business from the two countries on the side-lines of President Muhammadu Buhari’s state visit on Thursday.
President Cyril Ramaphosa said South Africa and Nigeria would enhance the cohesion between the two nations following violent attacks in both countries.
Nigeria’s Trade Minister Aisha Abubaker had to step in at the last minute to deliver Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari's address, saying only that he apologised.