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Air Peace has announced the temporary closure of the Lagos airfield following a fire outbreak at the international wing of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport on Monday. The post Lagos airfield temporarily shut after fire outbreak at MMIA appeared first on Premium Times Nigeria.

Closed for more than two months, the border between the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Burundi reopened this Monday, February 23, ending a period of isolation and uncertainty for thousands of residents.

As of the close of trade last Friday, the stock was quoted at N17.36 in Lagos, marking a surge of 859.1 per cent in the valuation of the company in less than five weeks. Market capitalisation is presently N10.4 billion, which compared to a little above N1 billion at listing. The post NGX opens investigation into Zichis Agro-Allied after shares surged nine times in one month appeared first on Premium Times Nigeria.

Ethiopia celebrated the 65th anniversary of its Special Operations Command on Sunday in Hawassa, with Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed praising the military's modernization efforts, as renewed tensions simmer along the Tigray border—the region devastated by civil war between 2020 and 2022.

The group urged public and multilateral development banks to end financing for industrial livestock and redirect resources toward agroecology and equitable food systems. The post ICARRD+20: Coalition calls for end to public financing of factory farming appeared first on Premium Times Nigeria.

"Our firefighting team is currently responding and working to contain the situation. No loss of life has been recorded," it said. The post Fire guts section of Lagos Airport Terminal appeared first on Premium Times Nigeria.

The Nigerian government paid Boko Haram militants a "huge" ransom of millions of dollars to free up to 230 children and staff the jihadists abducted from a Catholic school in November, an AFP investigation revealed Monday.

Senegalese musician Sahad Sarr's sound has been a decade in the making, and he is now showcasing it on his new album African West.

Bellarmine Chatunga Mugabe, the youngest son of Zimbabwe's late former president Robert Mugabe, appeared in a South African court on Monday facing attempted murder charges after a gardener was shot at his Johannesburg home last week.

Across Africa, private sector investment is finally beginning to flow into electricity transmission infrastructure.