The Latest Breaking News from Abuja

Abuja (AFP) - Nigeria's central bank on Thursday ordered financial institutions to distribute newly designed bills over the counter in a bid to reduce massive queues at cash dispensers. 

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Nigeria's state railway company on Monday resumed a popular train service between the capital Abuja and the northern state of Kaduna, suspended since in March after gunmen killed passengers and kidnapped several dozen.

Abuja (AFP) - Nigeria on Monday resumed a train service linking the capital with a northern city, eight months after it was suspended following one of the country's most high-profile attacks.

Abuja (AFP) - West African leaders agreed on Sunday to create a regional force to intervene against jihadism and in the event of coups, a senior official said.

West African leaders said on Sunday they would establish a regional peacekeeping force to intervene in member states to help restore security and constitutional order in a region that has witnessed several coups in the past two years.

Abuja (AFP) - West African leaders on Sunday told Mali's ruling junta to release 46 Ivorian troops it has held for months or face sanctions, officials said.

In tonight's edition: The clean-up continues in Somalia's capital Mogadishu as the death toll from the weekend's bombing claimed by Al Shabaab rises to at least 116. The government is appealing for international help. Also, thousands join an anti-Rwanda march in DR Congo after Kinshasa expels a diplomat from Kigali.…

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