Justice Okon Abang of the Federal High Court, Abuja has ordered that a former chairman of the defunct Pension Reform Task Team, Abdulrasheed Maina, be remanded at the Kuje Correctional

The United Nations has warned that over 20 million people in the Democratic Republic of Congo are facing acute food insecurity, in a dramatic rise from last year. “The number of

The Ugandan presidential candidates’ two-day debate has been cancelled indefinitely. According to local media reports, the inter-religious council that was organising the debate scheduled to start on Friday said the

President Muhammadu Buhari is likely to appear before the House of Representatives on December 10 or 15 to brief it on what his administration is doing to tame the worsening

Forty-eight (48) families who were bereaved by the killing at a rice field in Borno State have been given N600,000 (about 1,500) to get over the loss of loved ones

Reports suggest South Africa has missed its first payment to join the World Health Organization’s initiative to help poorer countries get hold of coronavirus vaccines, the country’s News24 website is

As Nigerians continue to battle the horrors perpetrated by terrorists, the country’s Chief of Army Staff, Lt Gen Tukur Yusuf Buratai, has said that “there is (a) likelihood of terrorism

Central African Republic’s Constitutional Court has ruled that former President François Bozizé cannot run for election in the vote scheduled for 27 December. According to the AFP news agency, the

More than twenty members of Mozambique’s security forces have been killed and 15 others injured after an ambush by Islamist militants in Matambalale village in the district of Muidumbe. A group

For the second time in two days, the Northern Elders Forum (NEF) Thursday asked President Muhammadu Buhari to resign, saying he has failed to secure Nigerians. NEF spokesman, Dr. Hakeem

For the second time in a week, the Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar III, has expressed concern about the worsening insecurity in Nigeria. The sultan, who last Thursday

Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari has agreed to appear before the country’s House of Representatives to address lawmakers on the growing insecurity in the country. This was disclosed by the House

Ethiopia and the United Nations have agreed to channel desperately-needed humanitarian aid to the northern region where a month of war has killed, wounded and uprooted thousands. The pact, announced

The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has issued an advisory circular to caution pilots, airline operators and others against severe harmattan haze/fog phenomenon prevalent in Nigerian airports. NCAA explained that

The United Nations has said stabilizing and developing the troubled Northeastern part of Nigeria is not crucial to Nigeria alone but the entire sub-region. A statement on Wednesday issued after

A report by the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has shown that Nigeria’s Judiciary corruptly demanded, offered, and paid N9,457,650,000 (about $25 million) as bribe between 2018 and 2020 topping the country’s Corruption Index. According to

No less than four people have been killed by lightning strikes in Mozambique’s western province of Tete, which shares a border with neighbouring Malawi. Also, a rainstorm accompanied by strong winds