On hearing of the passing of Hon Justice Dolapo Akinsanya, I was immediately reminded of the kind of person she was; a woman who had the courage of her convictions.

Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has again ruled out dialogue with the leaders of the defiant Tigray region during a meeting with three African Union special envoys. Abiy told the

The Ethiopian military has seized control of the town of Wikro, 50 km (30 miles) north of the Tigrayan capital, a senior official said on Friday, a day after the

Nigeria’s Inspector-general of Police Mohammed Adamu on Friday said another #EndSARS protest will be resisted by the force and will never be allowed. The police chief stated this in the

Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has met an African Union mission that arrived in Addis Ababa to try to mediate between his government and the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF)

Following accusations of peddling a false narrative by the Nigerian government, CNN has clarified an initial report which said operatives of the Nigerian Army killed 38 on October 20. In

Islamic police in Nigeria’s Kano state called Hisbah has told shopping malls and local media to stop using the term Black Friday “with immediate effect”, suggesting it’s derogatory to Muslims

Nigeria’s Supreme Court has dismissed an appeal by Shell Petroleum Development Company requesting the apex court revisit its 2019 judgment ordering the oil giant to pay N17 billion (about $45m)

The Nigerian Army has announced the promotion of 421 top officers to new ranks including Ahmed Ibrahim Taiwo, the officer who testified at the Lagos Judicial Panel of Inquiry probing

The eldest daughter of Ghana’s former President Jerry Rawlings has raised the alarm over online fraudsters who claim to be raising funds for her father’s funeral. Zanetor Rawlings, in a

People continued to flee the capital of Ethiopia’s embattled Tigray region in fear of an imminent assault after Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed said the army had been ordered to move

No fewer than 10 crew members have been abducted by pirates who attacked a cargo vessel near the Pennington FPSO off the coast of the Niger River Delta. Praesidium International

President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday urged the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) to consider the burden of Nigeria with a large number of poor people when sharing oil production

Nigeria has received a terracotta head, thought to be at least 600 years old, after it was intercepted at the Schiphol airport, in Amsterdam, the Netherlands capital, in 2019. A

Governors in Nigeria’s Northeast region on Thursday said there is need for a transfer of prosecutorial right of terrorists to the state governments. The governors said as it currently stands,

President Roch Marc Christian Kabore will serve another five years as Burkina Faso’s president, according to provisional results announced by the National Independent Electoral Commission on Thursday. He won with

Rescue operations have commenced in northern Zimbabwe, where dozens of illegal miners are believed to be trapped underground after the collapse of an old mine shaft. Mining without the proper

Uganda’s Supreme Court has jailed Ivan Samuel Ssebadduka for using abusive language against them, including calling them “incompetent fools”. According to local media, Ssebadduka, a former presidential aspirant was sentenced