African Affairs Network https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html Main Nigeria: TCN Declares Force Majeure After Rainstorm Topples Key Lagos-Osun Power Tower APC Unveils 2027 Election Timetable, Sets Presidential Nomination at ₦100 Million Nigeria’s President Tinubu Approves New Police Academy Campus in Ogun, Releases N15bn Take-Off Grant Nigeria: Ogun East APC Leaders Adopt Gov Abiodun as Consensus Candidate for 2027 Senate Seat Nigeria: Gbenga Daniel Denied Entry to Ogun APC Caucus Meeting, Declares Proceedings ‘Null and Void’ Nigeria: One Killed as Gunmen Attack Travellers on Ibadan–Ijebu Road in Oyo Ugandan, Congolese Forces Free 200 Hostages From ADF Militant Camp in Eastern DRC Algeria Former Minister, Ali Aoun Jailed Five Years For Corruption VIDEO: Boko Haram Issues 72-Hour Ultimatum Over 416 Abductees in Borno NIGERIA: NBC Faces Censorship Claims Over Warning to Broadcasters Ahead of Elections US Arrests Iranian Woman Accused of Trafficking Arms to Sudan Nigerian Navy Intercepts Three Stowaways Aboard Vessel Off Lagos Coast USM Alger Reach CAF Confederation Cup Final After Away Goals Win Over Olympique Safi NIGERIA: Iheanacho’s Brace Fires Celtic Into Scottish Cup Final in 6–2 Win Over St Mirren President Tinubu Mourns The Death of Ex-NFA Chairman Ibrahim Galadima NIGERIA: Kwara Police Arrest 42 Illegal Miners Over Monarch’s Abduction Nigeria: Ex-Bauchi SSG Ibrahim Kashim Defects to SDP, Declares 2027 Governorship Bid Nigeria Government Rejects ‘Revenue Diversion’ Claims, Defends World Bank Report Interpretation NIGERIA: Retired Police Officers Protest in Abuja Over Pension Scheme Nigeria: Four Soldiers Killed as Terrorists Overrun Kwara Community in Dawn Attack NIGERIA: Oba Femi Stuns Brock Lesnar in WrestleMania Debut Victory Nigeria: Sonfada Etsu Nupe Mahmud Abubakar is Dead NIGERIA: Sporting Lagos Seal NPFL Return After 1–0 Win Over Osun United NIGERIA: Gift Orban Caught in Street Altercation Following Verona Defeat Nigeria: CSO Demands INEC Chair Amupitan’s Resignation Over Alleged APC Links Nigeria: Shekarau Quits PDP, Set to Rejoin APC Ahead of 2027 Nigeria: Ex-PDP Chairman Madagali Emerges Adamawa APC Chairman as Fintiri Consolidates Grip Nigeria: NDLEA Foils UK-bound Cocaine Shipment, Seizes ‘Loud’ and Skunk in Nationwide Raids Nigeria: JAMB Apologises for UTME Results Delay, Promises Release by Nightfall NIGERIA: Onyeka Seals Premier League Return as Coventry Earn Promotion Benue Kidnapping: Two UTME Passengers Escape as Police Intensify Rescue Operation NIGERIA: Ademola Lookman Eyes Copa del Rey Title as Atletico Face Real Sociedad NIGERIA: FCCPC Clarifies Report on on Airtime and Data Borrowing Services Fifteen Migrants Deported From United States Arrive in DR Congo NIGERIA: ADC Urges Tinubu to Prepare For 2027, Slams Leadership Style Strait of Hormuz Fully Reopened to Commercial Shipping Amid Ceasefire NIGERIA: Saraki Dismisses Offa Robbery Allegations, Says Claims Are Politically Motivated NIGERIA: Amaechi Says He Can Fix Nigeria, Declares 2027 Presidential Ambition NIGERIA: AFN Open to Ofili’s Return After Failed Türkiye Switch Airtel Nigeria Suspends Airtime, Data Credit Services Amid Regulatory Changes NIGERIA: Explosion at Plateau Filling Station Kills Two Welders NIGERIA: President Tinubu Approves ₦68.32tn 2026 Budget, Extends 2025 Spending Deadline Shock as Popular Nigerian OAP and Sportscaster Temisan Okomi Dies at 53 Nigeria: Ex-Ondo Governor Mimiko Quits PDP Nigeria: Court Dismisses Ex-Kano Deputy Gov Gwarzo’s Suit as He Drops Impeachment Challenge Nigeria: Keyamo Urges Airlines to Halt Shutdown, Schedules Emergency Meeting Over Fuel Price Spike Nigeria: Benue Links Driver Arrested After UTME Candidates Abducted Nigeria’s D’Tigress Draw Pot 2 Ahead of 2026 FIBA Women’s World Cup in Berlin Binani-Led ADC Faction Quits Party En Masse, Cites Collapse of Internal Democracy in Adamawa