President Muhammadu Buhari will on Monday depart for Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, to participate in a three-day investment conference organised by the Future Investment Initiative Institute. During his stay in Saudi

Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Chief Timipre Sylva, has assured that Nigeria would meet the three million barrels per day quota allocated to the country by the Organisation of

Military forces detained a number of senior Sudanese government figures on Monday, the country’s information ministry said, as the country’s main pro-democracy group called on people to take to the

Nigeria’s Presidency on Sunday formally reacted to last week’s report by London-based The Economist magazine which said the President Muhammadu Buhari-led administration wasn’t doing enough to address several challenges confronting

Embassies of countries in the Southern Africa Development Community (SADC) in Nigeria have again called for the immediate and unconditional lifting of the prolonged economic sanctions placed on Zimbabwe by

A Somali film exploring what people will do for love has won the grand prize at the prestigious Pan-African film festival in Burkina Faso. The Gravedigger’s Wife, written and directed

Nigeria’s federal government Saturday asked the 575 inmates that escaped from the Abolongo Medium Security Custodial Centre in Oyo State to return to the centre voluntarily or face full weight

The Nigerian Air Force fighter jets under Operation Hadin Kai has launched airstrikes against insurgency targets in the Lake Chad basin killing 60 terrorists. The airstrikes hit fighters of terrorist

The Chairman of THISDAY/ARISE Media Group, Prince Nduka Obaigbena, has said nobody can predict who will succeed President Muhammadu Buhari in 2023. This is coming as the Kano State Governor,

The Nigerian Army on Saturday descended heavily on the London-based news magazine, The Economist, over the magazine’s report, which described the army as “mighty on paper,” stressing that the report

Nigeria Vice President Yemi Osinbajo is set to fight the presidential battle of his life following a clash of his ambition with that of the National Leader of the All

Nigeria’s Minister of Interior, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, has confirmed the attack on a custodial centre in Oyo State. A statement on Saturday by the Media Adviser to the Minister. Sola

Tunisia is imposing COVID-19 vaccine passes on Tunisians and all foreign visitors, a presidential decree showed on Friday. Officials, employees and users are required to show a card proving inoculation

President Joe Biden of the United States has nominated Nigerian-born Enoh Titilayo Ebong as Director of the country’s Trade and Development Agency (USDTA). Ms Ebong grew up in Lagos. Her

Nigeria’s federal government on Friday announced that it had completed the repairs of the Abuja-Kaduna rail track that was bombed by terrorists last Wednesday. The Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi,

Nigeria’s federal government on Friday said it had established a link between Yoruba nation agitator, Sunday Adeyemo aka Sunday Igboho, and a Boko Haram sponsor, Surajo Muhammad, who was jailed

Nigeria’s federal government on Friday blamed the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, who is on trial for treason, for the murder of Chike Akunyili, the

The killing of Ogoni activist and renowned playwright, Ken Saro-Wiwa and eight others (Ogoni 9) in November, 1995 during the Abacha administration reechoed on Friday as President Muhammadu Buhari disclosed

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has projected a 3.7 percent growth for Sub-Saharan Africa’s (SSA) economy in 2021. The economic recovery for SSA which will be the slowest in the