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A lecturer at the University of Lagos has been caught on camera making sexual demands to offer admission to a ‘student’. The lecturer was exposed in a 13 minutes video by BBC Africa where an undercover journalist, Kiki Mordi, disguised as a 17-year-old admission seeker. read more

BBC Africa will hold 10 language debates across Nigeria in Hausa, Igbo, Pidgin and Yoruba. People will be able to debate the issues that matter to them in their own language. … Read more via BellaNaija – http://bit.ly/2McQGXg Get More Nigeria Metro News

It was a bit awkward to hear Robert Mugabe educate Donald Trump on what the UN stood for and also to tell him to blow his on trumpet towards the values of peace, cooperation, togetherness, unity and dialogue which the UN has always stood for. Interesting times.

The 5pm (Nigerian time) deadline for Yahya Jammeh to make up his mind over his future has passed. It was pushed back from a noon deadline earlier in the day. Reports say Mr Jammeh's former vice-president, Isatou Njie-Saidy, is at State House as last chance negotiations there continue. The...

Embattled Gambian leader, Yahya Jammeh is set to announce new cabinet members after he fired the remaining cabinet members in his team last night. Jammeh, who was hit by mass resignation on the eve of his 22 years ruled sacked 3 remaining cabinet members. According to The Gambian local new...