African Affairs Network https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html Ruto Clarifies Nigeria English Remarks After Backlash, Says Comments Were “Taken Out of Context” NIGERIA: House of Reps Approve President Tinubu’s $516.3m Loan For Sokoto–Badagry Highway Nigeria: (VIDEO) Lagos GAC Endorses Hamzat as APC Guber Candidate for 2027 NIGERIA: Emmanuel Fernandez Wins Rangers Player of the Year Award Nigeria: Faleke Collects APC Presidential Forms for Tinubu as Party Kicks Off 2027 Race Nigeria: Reps Approve Tinubu’s $516m Loan Request for Sokoto–Badagry Super Highway Ghana Ends United States of America Aid Talks Over Personal Data Demands Madagascar Expels French Diplomat Over Alleged Destabilisation Activities Mali Airline Suspends Flights as Violence Escalates After Rebel Attacks Nigerian Government Orders 30-Day Credit Window For Airlines Over Jet Fuel Crisis Nigeria: Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan Announces Second Term Bid for Kogi Central Senate Seat Flamingos of Nigeria Crush Nazareth Queens 7–0 Ahead of U-17 World Cup Qualifiers Nigeria Begin ITTF Championships Campaign Against Saudi Arabia, Wales Nigerian Nollywood Actor Solomon Akiyesi Passes Away Nigeria’s DTigress Lose 88-79 To Minnesota Lynx in Second Friendly Game Tunisia’s President Sacks Energy Minister as Parliament Prepares to Vote on Renewable Projects NIGERIA: Terra Industries Unveils Drones For Anti-Insurgency Operations IS Claims Attack in Adamawa Village That Left 29 Dead Nigeria: Lagos Govt Debunks Resignation Rumour, Says Sanwo-Olu Remains in Office and in Good Health Main Tuareg Rebels Seize Mali’s Kidal After Fierce Fighting BASKETBALL: D’Tigress of Nigeria Face Minnesota Lynx Today in Second WNBA Friendlies FOOTBALL: Marian Marinica Resigns as Zimbabwe Coach Three Business Owners Shot in Johannesburg Fast Food Outlet Attack NIGERIA: Domestic Airlines Threaten Nationwide Shutdown Over High Fuel Costs (VIDEO) 14 Dead After Plane Crashes Near South Sudan’s Capital Juba Mali Defence Minister Sadio Camara Killed in Wave of Coordinated Jihadist Attacks NIGERIA: Osimhen Confident After Derby Goal as Galatasaray Close in on Title SOUTH AFRICA : Respect Our Laws and Traditions, President Ramaphosa Tells Immigrants Nigeria: Resident Doctors Halt Planned Strike After FG Renews Welfare Commitments BOXING: Anthony Joshua Set to Return To Ring After Car Accident Russian Mercenaries Agree to Withdraw From Mali’s Kidal After Heavy Clashes Dangote, Saudi Envoy Explore Investment Opportunities in Energy, Infrastructure BREAKING: (VIDEO) Sanwo-Olu Endorses Deputy Hamzat as APC Candidate for 2027 Lagos Governorship Race Nigeria: Malami Challenges EFCC Over Asset Forfeiture, Says Properties Not Proceeds of Crime Nigeria: NDLEA Intercepts ISIS-Linked ‘Captagon’ Pills in Kwara Kenya’s Sawe Breaks Two-Hour Barrier to Win London Marathon in Historic Run Nigeria: Lagos Signs Power Deals With Three Firms to Boost Electricity Supply to Public Infrastructure Ghana Moves to Relocate National Assaulted in South Africa Xenophobic Attack Nigeria: Air Peace Blames Fuel Scarcity for Flight Delays, Passengers Stranded Nationwide Nigeria: ADC Accuses APC of Plot to Disrupt Ibadan Opposition Summit ‘I’m Alive’ — Actor Don Richard Debunks Death Rumour in Dance Video Nigerian Army Discovers Suspected Graves of Slain Military Couple in Imo Forest Pirates Seize Oil Tanker with 17 Crew Off Somalia’s Coast Explosions Rock Mali as Armed Groups Launch Major Coordinated Attacks Across Several Cities Nigeria: Gunmen Abduct 23 Pupils, Proprietor’s Wife in Kogi Orphanage Attack Water Well Dispute in Eastern Chad Sparks Deadly Ethnic Clashes, Killing 42 Nigeria: Lagos Island Book Club Marks One-Year Anniversary, Inaugurates Second Cohort in Grand Style Nigeria: Yahaya Bello’s Money Laundering Trial Adjourned to May 6 as Witness Testifies Nigeria: EFCC Arrests Ex-Skye Bank Chair Tunde Ayeni Over Alleged N36bn, $30m Fraud