Chris Ewokor
@Chrisewokor
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BBC multimedia Journalist; Communications strategist, Writer, Poet, Analyst and Christ Preacher! All views are mine, not the BBC. Retweets are not endorsement.
Abuja
Joined June 2011
Behind Nigeria's kidnapping epidemic - BBC Africa https://t.co/4f7MBmpNoV via @YouTube
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Just bought fuel now at AZMAN Oil and Gas Station. Price is N1150. I bought N5,000 worth of petrol and I got 4.36 litres.
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🇲🇱Mali🇲🇱 As said by @Chrisewokor, "#Mali's army has admitted it suffered “significant” losses during two days of fighting involving #Tuareg separatist #rebels and al-Qaeda-linked #militants." Hello @GoitaAssimi, where are the #measures your promised? https://t.co/pkccdI3uTY
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It is a rare admission and comes after Russian mercenaries said one of their commanders was killed.
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🇳🇪Niger🇳🇪 "They took #power with promises to improve #security...Yet the Islamist #militant attacks and security challenges continue, to the frustration of #citizens" 🔴I recommend you this relevant #analysis made notably by my friend, @Chrisewokor. https://t.co/gM6HglpnFD
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A year on from the coup ousted President Mohamed Bazoum may face treason charges, his lawyers.
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BBC's @Chrisewokor reports that scores of students and teachers are believed trapped, with many wounded in the disaster. The building of Saints Academy, located in Busa-buji, Jos North Local Government area, caved in while school was in session. 2/
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This was at the last presidential election.
70 year old Mrs Agatha Ugwor arrives polling unit 019 Ward 2. Amatutu, Agulu.Walking with stick she says she is sick and suffering arthritis. But despite her condition, she has come to exercise her franchise. Her passion is to see better Nigeria in her lifetime. #Nigeriaelection
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Residents told the BBC that dozens of gunmen on motorbikes rode into the community, shooting indiscriminately and looting shops before abducting an unspecified number of villagers. “The people killed by bandits are more than 50, because some dead…
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Dozens of gunmen on motorbikes stormed a village in the Kankara area on Sunday, the BBC has been told.
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From #Ghana 🇬🇭, Gen. Langley, @USAfricaCommand sat down with @BBCWorld for an interview with @Chrisewokor… WOW 🤯 I have a new found respect for those who do this on the regular. #USAFRICOM
https://t.co/Fdk73bjBJT
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US General Michael Langley, says that Islamist extremism, transnational crime and climate change continue to be destabilising factors in Africa.
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'We are still engaged with West African juntas' - US Africom head Gen Michael Langley
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The US has withdrawn troops from Niger and Chad in the past week, as the regional influence of Russia grows.
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Nabeeha kidnap: Nigeria's first lady 'devastated' by death of student - BBC News
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She and others demand an end to Nigeria's kidnap crisis, after the death of Nabeeha Al-Kadriyar.
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For the latest on the developing story in #Sierraleone check out the @BBCWorld website 👇🏿
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President Julius Maada Bio says most of the leaders behind the attack are detained and calm restored.
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The chief mediator in the Niger crisis, former Nigerian military leader Gen Abdulsalami Abubakar, has told the BBC that military intervention remains the last option to resolve the situation in the country. He expressed hope for an amicable resolution.
'Nobody wants to go to war', says Ecowas mediator General Abdulsalami Abubakar. He tells the BBC that meeting with Niger coup leader General Abdulrahman Tchiani in Niger is a great step towards finding a peaceful solution. 🎥: @SandrineL_
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BBC World Service - Africa Daily, Can student loans open up university to more Nigerians?
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Nigerians from lower income families can now apply for interest-free student loans
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Nigerian states cut working week to three days https://t.co/RfQEJLFbwR via @BBCNews
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The suspect, Ade Segun, planned his own kidnapped alongside two of his friends, Precious and Nonso, called Ade's parent, and demanded the sum of #2,000,000. The parent reported at the police station in Warri, where a woman police played along, pretending to pay the ransom money
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Sudan crisis sparks fresh wave of Darfur refugees into Chad The exhausted faces of the people who have just crossed the Sudanese border into Chad encapsulate the devastation and suffering they have experienced. @Chrisewokor
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After two decades of turmoil people in Darfur, west Sudan, are scared of being targets once again.
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Nigeria's failure to elect women 'a backward step' https://t.co/2eIAnHPwXb via @BBCNews
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