The Nigerian Senate has confirmed the appointment of the new service chiefs recently appointed by the country’s President Muhammadu Buhari. Their confirmation on Tuesday followed the consideration of the report of the Committee

The United Kingdom has nominated a Nigerian-born professor of international law, Dapo Akande, as its candidate for the International Law Commission at the United Nations ahead of a UN election billed for November. Professor

Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari has called on the country’s police and the military to go after the abductors of the schoolgirls from Zamfara State and bring them to justice, warning that ransom payments will continue

Three South Sudanese military generals have died from Covid-19 complications, the country’s military has announced. It identified the three as David Manyot Barach, Elijah Alier Ayom and Mabior Maket. Burials will be

The Department of State Services (DSS) has released Salihu Tanko, a former media aide to the Kano State Governor, Abdullahi Ganduje. Mr Tanko was arrested on Friday after his call

Authorities in Tanzania’s semi-autonomous islands of Zanzibar have urged tourists to dress decently and respect the “sensibilities” of the local culture or they will be fined. Tourism Minister Lela Muhamed

Prominent Nigerien opposition leader Hama Amadou is facing multiple charges including being involved in an organisation seeking to overthrow a democratic regime. Mr Amadou is being held by the authorities.

Oil price rose from its biggest slump since November 2020, ahead of a key meeting of the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) that may see some supply returned to

Jihadists linked to the Islamic State have attacked a UN base and overrun a humanitarian hub in northeastern Nigeria, trapping 25 aid workers, security and humanitarian sources said. Scores of

The Nigerian government says it plans to vaccinate 70 percent of the country’s 209 million population before the end of 2022. Chairman of the Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19,

Ghana President Nana Akufo-Addo has become the world’s first recipient of the coronavirus vaccine from Covax, a scheme to procure and distribute inoculations for poorer countries. “It is important that I set

A Paris court has found Nicolas Sarkozy, France’s former president, guilty of corruption and influence peddling, sentencing him to one year in prison and a two-year suspended sentence. The 66-year-old

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa on Sunday announced that the nation will move from coronavirus alert level three to level one in light of the dip in daily new infections. The announcement

Nigeria and Kenya are to receive Covid-19 vaccines from the UN-backed Covax programme on Tuesday. Kenya will get 1.25 million doses of the AstraZeneca Oxford vaccine and vaccinations are expected to

The IHS Markit/BME Germany Manufacturing PMI was revised slightly higher to 60.7 in February of 2021 from a preliminary reading of 60.6 and compared to 57.1 in January. It remains

The President of Dangote Group, Alhaji Aliko Dangote, has said that the Nigerian economy will be boosted by over $2.5 billion annually through foreign exchange savings and exports from the

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) and the Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN) have cautioned motorists against panic buying as fuel queues returned in Abuja and Lagos over