Nickname for Nigeria's richest manpublished at 16:06
One of Nigeria's richest men has coined a new nickname for, Aliko Dangote, the man at the top of the country's rich list as they exchange tweets:
Summary
Nigeria's #BringBackOurGirls campaigners meet President Buhari
Three of Ethiopia's detained Zone 9 bloggers freed
Tunisia says it will build a security wall along Libyan border
Ivory Coast president's allies 'to be charged over post-election violence'
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Clare Spencer and Damian Zane
Nickname for Nigeria's richest manpublished at 16:06
Bombing masterminds 'arrested'published at 15:40
15:40Nigeria's military has announced on Twitter that it has arrested the person behind two of this week's bomb attacks which killed more than 60 people:
There has been no independent verification of this.
Gradel loaned to Bournemouthpublished at 15:40 British Summer Time 8 July 2015
15:40 BST 8 July 2015BBC Africa sport writer tweets:
New talent in south-east Nigeriapublished at 15:30 British Summer Time 8 July 2015
15:30 BST 8 July 2015Nigeria's south-eastern Enugu state has a rich history in the emergence of West African highlife music in the 1950s.
And it has continued to produce talent: Afrobeat artist Sonny Okosun, Hip Hop and R& B singer 2face Idibia and highlife musician Flavour.
But what about those trying to breakthrough? Actor turned singer Ojegba Emerald has been speaking to the BBC's Akwasi Sarpong about how he hopes to make it big.
While Goodluck was on holiday..published at 15:22
15:22Nigeria's former President Goodluck Jonathan went on holiday and now he has returned Nigerians are catching him up with what is happening using the hashtag #GEJWhileYouWereAway, external.
It has been used by some to criticise his successor, President Buhari:
But others are jumping to Mr Buhari's defence:
Gyan in Chinapublished at 11:38
11:38A BBC Africa sport reporter has been tweeting pictures of Ghana's Asamoah Gyan arriving in China where he will play for Shanghai SIPG:
Witchcraft illegal in Mozambiquepublished at 10:32
10:32Our Mozambican colleague has been going through the country's new penal code:
Addis to Gomapublished at 09:43 British Summer Time 8 July 2015
09:43 BST 8 July 2015The expansion of the routes run by Ethiopian Airlines continues, a Twitter account that watches aviation developments is reporting: