The Northern Elders Forum has advised the Nigerian government not to resist any move for secession by the Igbos if it is supported by the people of the region and

Nigeria’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Geoffrey Onyeama has denied giving conditions for lifting Twitter’s indefinite suspension. At a meeting between the minister and envoys of the US, UK, Ireland, Canada

Leader of Mali’s junta Col Assimi Goïta has officially been sworn in as the troubled country’s interim president and promised “credible, fair and transparent elections” which are expected in February

The National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) has ordered broadcasting stations in Nigeria to suspend the patronage of Twitter immediately. Acting director-general of the NBC, Armstrong Idachaba gave the directive in a

Abubakar Shekau, the leader of Nigeria’s terrorist group Boko Haram killed himself in a fight against rival jihadist fighters, AFP is reporting. In an audio recording received by the news

Despite the ban on open grazing of cattle by Southern governors, the practice has continued to flourish in the 17 states of the region with stakeholders asking for legal backing

“Every person shall be entitled to freedom of expression, including freedom to hold opinions and to receive and impart ideas and information without interference” –Section 39 (1) CFRN Nigeria’s federal

Governors in Nigeria’s southwestern states have ordered commanders of the region’s security network, codenamed Amotekun, to convoke a joint security meeting of all commanders with a view to commencing joint

A former Governor of Nigeria’s northwestern Sokoto State, Attahiru Bafarawa, has called on politicians and political commentators across the country to pipe down on political issues that tend to heat

The Nigerian police says it has killed five hoodlums including one Joseph Nnachi, a high ranking commander and loyalist of Nnamdi Kanu, the leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of

Gunmen have killed at least 132 people in Burkina Faso’s volatile north, the government said, as the United Nations chief condemned “the heinous attack” and called on countries to step

Senegal could begin producing COVID-19 vaccines next year under an agreement with Belgian biotech group Univercells aimed at boosting Africa’s drug-manufacturing ambitions, a source involved in funding the project told

Popular Nigerian Christian preacher Temitope Balogun Joshua has died, his church said in a statement on Sunday morning. TB Joshua died on Saturday, June 5, a few days to his

Some diplomatic missions in the country have condemned the Nigerian government’s ban of Twitter, insisting that free expression and access to information are the pillars of democracy. A statement jointly

The Nigerian Presidency has defended its suspension of Twitter operations in the country and says it is not a knee-jerk reaction to the microblogging platform’s preposterous deletion of President Muhammadu