APA

President Omar al-Bashir of Sudan has announced the reopening of his country’s common border with neighbouring Eritrea a year after it was shut down over a perceived security threat, according to Khartoum.

The Autonomous Union of Higher Education (SAES), in a statement issued Thursday, denounced “with the utmost energy” the cancellation of the ceremony for the distribution of press vests for use by media professionals accredited to cover the presidential election, whose official campaign period begins on February 3.

Nigeria’s main opposition candidate Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has dismissed allegation that he used his position in the Nigeria Customs Service to perpetrate acts of corruption.