The African Union (AU) Summit has approved a peace roadmap for Libya and called for the formation of new Presidential Council which would form a new unity government.
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Tinubu offers private jet to ferry Jammeh out of Gambia
Asiwaju Bola Tinubu has offered his private aeroplane for the use of ex-President of Gambia, Yahya Jammeh out of the country on Saturday, January 21, 2017.
U.S. airstrikes kill 80 ISIL fighters in Libya
An overnight U.S. precision airstrikes on two Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant training camps near Sirte, Libya, are estimated to have killed more than 80 enemy fighters.
Why we deployed troops to The Gambia – Minister of Defence
The Minister of Defence, Mansur Dan-Ali, said Nigeria deployed military personnel to The Gambia as part of ECOWAS Standby Force to protect the people and maintain sub-regional peace and security.
Gambia’s president-elect loses son, misses funneral
Gambia’s President-elect Adama Barrow has missed the burial of his eight-year-old son, Habibu Barrow, who reportedly died after being bitten by a dog.
Gambia’s elected president to remain in Senegal till inauguration
Gambian president-elect Adama Barrow is currently laying low in neighbouring country, Senegal.
19 dead in Baghdad market’s twin suicide bombing
No fewer than 19 civilians were killed on Saturday in a double suicide bombing targeting a busy market in central Baghdad, an official at the Iraqi Interior Ministry said. The official told newsmen on condition of anonymity that 45 others…
Trump appoints Nigerian bizman on economic advisory team
Nigerian businessman, Adebayo Ogunlesi has joined a long list of multi-billionaires appointed by U.S President-elect, Donald Trump, to be on the Economic Advisory team.
76 people dead as plane carrying football team crashes
A plane carrying members of Brazil’s Chapecoense Real football team crashed late Monday near the Colombian city of Medellin, leaving 76 dead and only five survivors.
Donald Trump snubs Buhari’s congratulatory message
U.S.President-elect, Donald Trump, has reportedly refused to acknowledge the congratulatory message of President Muhammadu Buhari.