President Muhammadu Buhari has called for a comprehensive overhaul of the African Union (AU) for it to be more functional in meeting set targets and relevance, warning that failure to

The National Commission for Refugees, Migrants and Internally Displaced Persons (NCFRMI) has met officials of Cameroon and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) over the repatriation of 4,982

The Ekiti State Government in Nigeria has taken the Inspector General of Police, Mr. Mohammed Adamu, to court over the dismissal of a constable, Ms. Omolola Olajide, for getting pregnant

More facts have emerged on why the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) decided to ban cryptocurrency trading in the country. The apex bank prohibited dealing in cryptocurrencies or facilitating payments

The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) Saturday asked the President Muhammadu Buhari government to seek help from Israel, United States and other countries in the fight against insurgency, banditry, kidnapping

The Northern Elders Forum (NEF) on Saturday called for the arrest and prosecution of any Fulani herdsman that broke the law. The NEF said it was not against the arrest

Nigeria has cold chain equipment to store the Covid Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine if it arrives the country, the National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA) has said. As a criteria used

Thousands of protesters backed by Tunisia’s powerful labour union gathered in central Tunis on Saturday in the country’s biggest demonstration for years, defying a police lockdown that blocked roads in

There was drama on Saturday at the Lagos State Judicial Panel on Restitution for Victims of SARS-related abuses and other matters, as panel members were split five in favour and four

Several Nigerian media organisations and the Anap Foundation COVID-19 Think Tank have launched an initiative to name and shame duty bearers and citizens in influential positions who brazenly disregard the

A former Nigerian Vice-president Atiku Abubakar has said the federal government is restricting inflow of capital into the country by prohibiting the dealing and transaction of cryptocurrencies. Abubakar was reacting

The total value of capital importation into Nigeria contracted by 59.65% to $9.68 billion in 2020 compared to $23.99 billion in 2019, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) stated on

Amid escalating killings by Boko Haram, bandits, criminal herders and kidnappers in the country, Nigeria’s Minister of Information, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, on Friday declared that the federal government, “is rising

Determined to ensure a harmonious relationship among ethnic nationalities wherever they reside in the country, Governor Hope Uzodimma of Imo State on Friday hosted a peace parley in Owerri, with

Nigerian troops backed by jets have taken control of several camps of IS-linked jihadists, with two senior commanders escaping after several other ranking militants were killed, two military sources told

A makeshift hospital in Malawi has opened as hospitals are overwhelmed by the influx of coronavirus patients. In Malawi’s second-largest city Blantyre health workers are under pressure and having to

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has ordered all financial institutions including banks in the country to shut accounts of citizens or entities involved in cryptocurrency transactions within their systems.

The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has placed a 72-hour suspension on outbound Emirates flights from Nigeria. In a February 4, the NCAA said Emirates Airlines violated guidelines put in

Governors in Northern Nigeria have called on aggrieved citizens who were affected by activities of herders in the southern region of the country to be calm and exercise restraint, describing

Local media reports suggest fifteen members of the Ghanaian parliament and 56 staff members have contracted coronavirus. The reports which quoted Alban Bagbin, the speaker of the parliament said the