African Affairs Network https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html Nigeria: CBN Warns Businesses Rejecting Standard N100 Notes is Illegal and Will Attract Sanctions Nigeria: Plateau APC Youths Protest Alleged Imposition of Reps Candidate for PKK Constituency Egypt Demands FIFA Probe Over Controversial World Cup Defeat to Argentina Egypt Coach Hossam Hassan Alleges Unfair Officiating After World Cup Exit NIGERIA: Three Abducted Kwara Church Worshippers Regain Freedom After 105 Days Medical Lecturers Give Nigerian Government 21 Days to Act or Face Indefinite Strike PFIPC Controversy: Adeyemi Pledges Cooperation With ICPC Investigation NIGERIA: President Tinubu Inaugurates Committee to Draft State Police Implementation Bill Main Nigeria: Nasarawa Senator Ogoshi Onawo Dumps ADC for APM Less Than Two Weeks After Defecting Nigeria Makes History as First OPEC Country to Join IEA as Associate Member FG Mourns Nigerian Medical Graduate Killed in Russian Airstrike in Ukraine Nigeria: First-Term APC Governors Gather in Kebbi to Strategize Ahead of 2027 Elections Egypt Inflation Forecast to Tick Up to 15.1% in June as Food Costs Rise Zimbabwe’s Mnangagwa Signs Law Extending Presidency to 2030, Adds Parliamentary Election Clause Mamelodi Sundowns Defender Divine Lunga Survives Hillbrow Shooting in Johannesburg Nigeria: Two Senior Terrorist Commanders Surrender to Troops in Borno in Major Blow to Insurgents Ghana Postpones Ramaphosa’s State Visit Over Killing of Ghanaian in South Africa Nigeria: Gbajabiamila Threatens N10bn Lawsuit Against ‘Fake’ PFIPC Head Over Defamatory Allegations Nigeria: Bandits Raid Zamfara Community, Abduct Several Residents in Bukkuyum LGA IPI Nigeria Secures Bail Release of Abuja Journalist Stanley Ugagbe Zimbabwe Gets Lights Back On After Fault Triggers Nationwide Blackout Senegal’s President Faye To Launch His Own Political Party Amid Split With Sonko Nigeria: Police Arrest Father of Alleged Fake Presidential Council DG in Ogbomoso Raid Nigeria: Ogun Court Remands 3 Men Over Killing of Retired OGTV Broadcaster and Her Guard Nigeria: Court Dismisses ADC Chieftain’s Suit Against FHC Judges, Orders N100m in Costs NIGERIA: 67-Year-Old Woman Nabbed With Cocaine Hidden in Fake Plantain Peels Nigeria: Court Orders Forfeiture of Ex-Power Minister Saleh Mamman’s Abuja, Kaduna Properties to FG Nigeria’s Tony Elumelu to Retire as UBA Chairman in August 2026 After 12-Year Tenure NIGERIA: Bauchi Governor Mourns Adviser, Ex-Deputy Governor’s Children Killed in Road Accident Nigerian Government, Dangote Refinery, and Marketers Meet to Push for Fair Fuel Prices BASKETBALL: Nigeria Crush Rwanda to Advance in FIBA World Cup Qualifiers NFF Faces Fresh Uncertainty Over Eric Chelle’s Contract Situation France to Face Morocco in World Cup Quarter-Final Match NIGERIA: NDLEA Uncovers Tramadol Capsules Hidden in Vehicle Fuel Tanks Nigeria: DSS Asks Court to Remand Sowore Over Unmet Bail Terms Nigeria: Adeleke Calls for Impartial Policing and Arrest of Political Thugs Ahead of Osun Governorship Election NIGERIA: Sam Larry Hospitalised After Lagos Road Crash, Bouncer Reportedly Killed Nigeria Extends South Africa Evacuation as Xenophobic Attacks Claim Two More Nigerians CogniRep Launches Nigeria’s First AI-Powered Media Marketplace to Set New Standard for US-Africa Corporate Trust Nigeria: TCN Schedules 7-Hour Power Outage at Katampe Substation for Transformer Maintenance in Abuja South Africa Rejects Compensation Claims by Nigerians Over Xenophobic Attacks Fresh Coordinated Attacks Rock Mali as Jihadists and Tuareg Rebels Target Multiple Towns and Prison Nigeria: ASUU Akure Zone Threatens Strike Over Ondo Govt’s Delay on Lecturers’ Allowances Nigeria: DSS Releases Former UNN VC Prof. Aghaji After Days In Detention Troops Arrest Wounded Suspect Linked to Attack on Nigeria’s Top Policy Institute in Plateau Florence Ajimobi Begins Diplomatic Mission in Vienna as Nigeria’s Ambassador to Austria Nigeria: Court Orders Final Forfeiture of N150m Alleged Kickback from Delta Rep Nicholas Mutu (VIDEO) BREAKING: Bono Energy Tank Farm Explodes in Apapa, Lagos Nigeria: NDC Calls for Gbajabiamila’s Removal Over Alleged Fake Agency and Appointment Sales Scandal