The Nigerian government has declared Kogi, a state in the north-central region of the country, a high-risk state for refusing to acknowledge the existence of the disease. The country’s Presidential Task Force (PTF)

The Nigerian government has extended the NIN-SIM linkage deadline by eight weeks. The move comes on Tuesday ahead of the February 9 deadline given by the federal government for the submission of National

The rise in the number of deaths due to COVID-19-related illnesses in Eswatini (formerly known as Swaziland) has resulted in some hospitals running out of body bags due to a surge in Covid-19 fatalities,

Nigeria’s federal government on Monday said the expected delivery date of Covid-19 vaccines has shifted from February ending to April. Minister of Health, Dr. Osagie Ehanire, at a sensitisation meeting

Nigeria’s federal government on Monday arraigned a Commercial Director of the Process and Industrial Development (P&ID) Limited, Mr. Muhammed Kuchazi, on money laundering charges. Kuchazi alongside his company, Kore Holdings

President Muhammadu Buhari is expected to take a decision on who will be the next Inspector-General of Police (IG) any time from Tuesday when he returns from his trip to

Age-old territorial claims are threatening to embroil Ethiopia and Sudan into armed conflict, as bickering over disputed strips of farmland in recent weeks has boiled over into the most serious

Lawyers for Ugandan opposition leader Bobi Wine on Monday filed a challenge in the Supreme Court against President Yoweri Museveni’s victory in last month’s election, claiming the poll was rigged.

Prince Tony Momoh, a veteran journalist, politician and a former Nigerian Minister of Information and Culture (1986–1990) during the military regime of General Ibrahim Babangida is dead

The office of the Algerian Prime Minister says it has begun discussions to have Russia’s Sputnik V Covid-19 vaccine made in the country. “The two parties agreed to start contacts

Gunmen have released seven orphans who were kidnapped from an orphanage on the outskirts of the Nigerian capital, Abuja, two weeks ago. The criminals had stormed the orphanage in Abaji area

Nine people have died after al Qaeda-linked Islamist insurgents stormed a hotel in the Somali capital Mogadishu, battling security forces until the early hours of Monday, according to a police

Former South African President Jacob Zuma has said he will no longer appear before a commission investigating corruption during his presidency. The inquiry, known as the Zondo Commission, was established to investigate

Nigeria’s Presidency on Sunday threatened another lockdown of the country if Nigerians fail to comply with compulsory wearing of face masks while in public places. The Senior Special Assistant to

Will President Muhammadu Buhari replace the Inspector-General of Police, Mr. Mohammed Adamu, who is billed to retire Monday, February 1, after clocking 35 years in service or extend his tenure?

The Chief of Defence Staff, Maj.Gen. Lucky Irabor on Sunday led other service chiefs to pay their first operational visit to Maiduguri, the Borno State capital, the epicentre of insurgency

More than 200,000 people have fled fighting in the Central African Republic (CAR) since violence erupted over a December election result, according to the UN refugee agency. The CAR army,