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[Daily Trust] Tragedy struck in Zamfara State as Zarah Abubakar Shehu, a 21-year-old student of the Federal University Gusau, died in captivity four months after she was abducted alongside her two siblings.

[Daily Trust] Ambassador Yusuf Maitama Tuggar, Nigeria's Minister of Foreign Affairs, on Sunday, 1st March, 2025 assured farmers and pastoralists in Udobo, Gamawa, Bauchi State, of the federal government's commitment to safeguarding land rights while boosting agricultural productivity.

[Daily Trust] Wema Bank has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Small and Medium Enterprises Development Agency of Nigeria (SMEDAN) to empower 800,000 Nigerian businesses.

[Daily Trust] Nigeria's Vice President, Kashim Shettima, has stated that the federal government recently signed a $4.3 billion memorandum of understanding with Brazil targeted at boosting fertiliser production and food security across the country.

[GroundUp] More space and facilities needed for coach Ashley Whiteboy, who runs a free boxing program from his living room and teaches life skills to youth

[GroundUp] Investigation finds the company submitted a fraudulent document in its bid but got the contract

[Dabanga] Amsterdam -- Civil society consultant Shamsaddin Dawalbait was among the many inhabitants of Khartoum who left their home after a fierce war had broken out between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in mid-April 2023. After a stay of five months in Wad Madani, the capital of El Gezira, Dawalbait travelled back to Khartoum. He later wrote down his impressions of his travel and stay in the war-torn Sudanese capital.

[The Conversation Africa] Kente is a prestigious royal cloth of Ghana's Asante people, part of their historical and cultural heritage. But there's a debate about where it originated: the Bonwire community or the Adanwomase community in the Ashanti Region. The Conversation Africa spoke to African art and culture researcher Dickson Adom about the origins of this world famous textile.

[The Conversation Africa] Surveying elephants is hard, risky work. Dedicated biologists have been doing this challenging task across Africa for decades.

DR Congo's prime minister tells the BBC her government will not sit down with the militants.

Young women in Kenya tell the BBC they have used TikTok to sell sexual content since they were teenagers.

Young women in Kenya tell the BBC they have used TikTok to sell sexual content since they were teenagers.

Young women in Kenya tell the BBC they have used TikTok to sell sexual content since they were teenagers.

Rwanda-backed rebels said they captured fighters from a group that took part in the 1994 genocide.

[Shabelle] New York -- To enforce the arms embargo on Somalia, the Security Council decided today to reauthorize maritime interdiction of illicit weapons imports and charcoal exports, reiterating its determination that Al-Shabaab's attempts to undermine peace and security in the region -- including through acts of terrorism -- constitute a threat to international peace and security.

[Capital FM] Nairobi -- The Rwanda Defence Force (RDF) has confirmed receiving 14 captured fighters suspected to be members of the Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR) from the Alliance Fleuve Congo/March 23 Movement (AFC/M23).

[Premium Times] Nigeria's dependence on foreign aid created room for USAID -- an organisation responsible for disbursing most US international aid - and left a huge gap in its absence.

[New Zimbabwe] ORDINARY citizens are bearing the brunt of a poor healthcare system in Zimbabwe with nearly 300 babies and 54 women dying due to complications while giving birth in January 2025 alone.

[The Conversation Africa] The Last Ranger is South Africa's latest Oscar nominated film - and the only African movie on the 2025 shortlist for the career-making US awards.

[Namibian] "A people united, striving to achieve a common good for all the members of the society will always emerge victorious" - Sam Shafiishuna Nujoma