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Goodluck expected to announce 2nd-term bid

Nigeria’s president Goodluck Jonathan was on Tuesday expected to formally declare his bid for re-election, in a widely anticipated announcement that has been trailed by his office for weeks. The event, in central Abuja, has been billed as “the mother … read more

Google reveals secret lives of email hackers

Cybercriminals are now spending more time in devising targeted attacks on individuals to make significant financial gains instead of launching widespread automated attacks, says tech giant Google. Incidents of manual hijacking – where professional attackers spend considerable time exploiting a … read more

Suicide bomber kills 48 students in Nigeria

A suicide bomber disguised in school uniform detonated explosives at a high school assembly in the northeast Nigerian city of Potiskum on Monday, killing at least 48 students, according to survivors and a morgue attendant. Soldiers rushed to the scene, … read more

Outbreak of cholera in Borno State

An epidemic of cholera broke out in Borno State in the northeast of Nigeria at the end of September. Already operating in this remote state that is difficult to get to and where the provision of healthcare is extremely limited, … read more