Authorities in Burkina Faso say eight soldiers, including a high-ranking commander, have been detained in connection with an alleged plot to “destabilise” the country’s institutions. The announcement on Tuesday came after

“To the glory of the almighty, the Shonekan family announces the passing of our patriarch, loving husband to Margaret, dutiful father to us all and former Head of State, Chief

Former Head of Interim National Government (ING), Chief Ernest Adegunle Oladeinde Shonekan, has died. Shonekan died on Tuesday in Lagos of natural causes, his family said. He was aged 85

Chief Ernest Shonekan who headed the Interim National Government that succeeded the junta of General Ibrahim Babangida, has died. Shonekan died in Lagos at the age of 85. He was

Standard Chartered is closing about half its Nigerian branches as it moves to expand its digital banking. People familiar with the matter stated that the international bank took the decision

Nigeria’s federal government on Monday said it had facilitated the payment of salaries and unremitted 20 months pension contributions deducted from workers of the Abuja Electricity Distribution Company (AEDC). This

Mali’s Col Assimi Goita-led interim authority has rejected as “illegal and illegitimate,” the economic and financial sanctions imposed on Mali by regional blocs ECOWAS and UEMOA. Leaders of both regional

Rivers State Governor, Mr. Nyesom Wike has declared 19 persons wanted for allegedly owning illegal crude oil refining sites in the state. The governor recently declared war on all activities

A former vice president p9f Nigeria and presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2019 election, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar,  has decried the continued killings in the northwest

Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) on Sunday announced further sanctions against Mali’s military-dominated interim authority. The latest sanctions include financial squeeze, border blockage and withdrawal of ECOWAS Ambassadors

To end the environmental menace occasioned by black soot in Rivers State, Governor Nyesom Wike, has tasked the state police command to collaborate with other security agencies, council chairmen and

Following the massacre of over 200 people by bandits in some parts of Zamfara State in northwest Nigeria, President Muhammadu Buhari on Saturday vowed to hunt down and eliminate terrorists,

Three suspected Nigerian pirates who were arrested after surviving heavy gunfire from a Danish frigate last November have been freed by the authorities in the country. The three were among

The organised labour in Zamfara, Abia, Benue, Imo, Taraba, Cross River and Kogi states have shunned the directive by the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) to commence strike in protest against

The Office of the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Sustainable Development Goals (OSSAP-SDGs) has refuted claims that the N1 billion contracts for the installation of solar streetlights in

Former Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo on Friday raised the alarm that many Nigerian youths “are enlisting in violent groups and kidnap gangs” owing to unemployment and the inability of government

‘ More than 100 people have been killed by suspected “bandit” militants in northern Nigeria, according to reports on Friday, as authorities continued to search for bodies and suspects after

The Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom, applauded the Buhari administration for heeding his appeal and finally declaring bandits terrorists. But the Governor ofcthe North-Central Nigeria state said the president must