Friday, February fourteenth, the UN says at least 22 people have been killed in a village in the Northwest region of Cameroon. Over half of those killed were children. No one has claimed responsibility for Friday’s incident but the opposition parties blame the killing on the government.
Nigeria to sell two of ten presidential jets
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Nigeria is selling two of its 10 presidential jets in a
bid to "cut down on waste", President Muhammadu Buhari's spokesman
has said.
Adverts for the Falcon 7X executive jet and Hawker 4000
are to appear in newspapers, Garba Shehu said.
Some of the other presidential aircraft are be handed to
the Nigerian air force to boost its operations, he said.
The country is one of Africa's leading economies but it
is now suffering from its worst economic crisis in years.
In a Facebook post,
Mr Shehu said the downsizing of the president fleet had been a campaign promise
made by Mr Buhari before his election last year.
The president had requested a compact and reliable
aircraft for transporting government officials on special missions, he said.
"This exercise is by no means complete," the
spokesman added.
BBC Abuja bureau editor Naziru Mikailu says the advert
for the jets will ask potential buyers to bid in US dollars, not the local
naira currency.
Nigeria's economy slipped into recession in August.
The government depends on oil sales for about 70% of its
revenues - and the slump in global oil prices has hit the West African nation
hard.
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