Unidentified gunmen in Uganda have shot and injured Transport Minister General Katumba Wamala near his home in the capital Kampala. Eyewitnesses say the gunmen were riding on a motorcycle. General Wamala

A former Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Kingsley Moghalu has declared his intention to run for president of Nigeria in the 2023 general elections. Mr Moghalu made

France is calling for strict adherence to Mali’s transition timetable by military authorities and reiterated France’s condemnation of the coup in the country. The French foreign minister, Jean-Yves Le Drian tweeted that

Leading figures in tennis and sport have rallied to support Naomi Osaka after the women’s world number two withdrew from the French Open in a row about post-match media duties,

Indigenous groups in Canada are calling for a nationwide search for mass graves at residential school sites after the discovery of the remains of 215 children at one former school

The price of Tesla (TSLA.O) vehicles is increasing due to supply chain pressures across the auto industry, particularly for raw materials, Elon Musk said on Monday in response to a

Coronavirus variants are to be known by letters of the Greek alphabet to avoid misreporting and stigmatising nations where they were first detected, the World Health Organization (WHO) has announced.

President Joe Biden will take part in a remembrance of one of the nation’s darkest — and largely forgotten — moments of racial violence, marking the 100th anniversary of a

The leadership of major socio-cultural groups from Southern and Middle Belt part of Nigeria on Monday charted a new path for the emergence of a new constitution for Nigeria. Their

Nigeria’s five southeast states of Abia, Anambra, Ebonyi, Enugu and Imo, were shut down on Monday following the residents’ compliance with the sit-at-home order by seperatist group, the Indigenous People

Nigeria President Muhammadu Buhari, has approved the appointment of Ambassador Babagana Kingibe, as his Special Envoy with Cabinet Rank status to Chad and the Lake Chad Basin Region. Secretary to

Mali has been suspended from the West African regional bloc, Economic Community of West Africa States (ECOWAS), until the current military dictators vacate office and return the country to civil

Reports suggest no less than 200 children have been allegedly abducted by bandits during an attack on Salihu Tanko Islamic School in Rafi Local Government Area of Niger state in

A former political adviser to ex-Nigeria President Goodluck Jonathan, Ahmed Gulak, has been killed by unknown gunmen in Imo State. Mr Gulak was shot dead on his way to the

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says another of its office in Nigeria’s southeastern state of Imo was set ablaze by hoodlums. The commission said although no life was lost the

Leaders of the Southern and Middle Belt Forums in Nigeria are demanding the federal government declares a national emergency on security noting that the 2023 general elections could be jeopardized if

Every Manchester City fan I spoke to outside the ground in Porto after their defeat in the Champions League final asked me the same thing – ‘why didn’t he play

Chelsea manager Thomas Tuchel was at pains to stress this Champions League final was about so much more than his tactical and personal battle with Manchester City’s Pep Guardiola –