Nigeria’s presidency has expressed disgust over an article in Foreign Affairs magazine that described the West African country as a failed state, with the federal government accusing the US-based magazine

Some African oil-producing nations on Thursday opposed what they described as the global conspiracy to shut down the economies of the continent’s resource-dependent countries. They urged members to take urgent

France is halting joint military operations with Mali over last week’s coup in the West African country. It said the suspension would continue until it received guarantees about a return

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has defended the dismissal of the governing council of Lagos State University by the state government and instead blamed the varsity’s governing council

Nigeria’s Defence Headquarters (DHQ) on Thursday allayed concerns about possible mass retirement of top military officers superior to the Chief of Army, Maj. Gen. Farouk Yahaya. It said contrary to

Nigeria’s federal government has said it is preposterous for anyone to declare Nigeria a failed state due to the country’s security challenges. Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed,

Former Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo on Thursday expressed worry over the state of the nation and blamed bad leadership for the nation’s woes. The former president, while receiving a book

Eritrean troops involved in the war in Tigray have started pulling out of neighbouring Ethiopia as international calls for an end to hostilities and unfettered humanitarian access continue to grow.

Mauritius is set to have a presence in space following the planned launch of a small satellite onboard a rocket taking off from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida on

Nigeria’s Minister of Communication and Digital Economy, Isa Pantami says incidents of terror such as banditry and kidnapping in the country have significantly reduced owing to the enforcement of a

Nigeria’s Minister of Justice and Attorney General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami has denied ever writing a memo to President Muhammadu Buhari asking him to suspend the use of the

Uganda’s Transport Minister General Katumba Wamala has been discharged from hospital after undergoing surgery to remove a bullet in his arm. The minister was injured after gunmen riding on motorcycles

Nigeria’s federal government on Wednesday accused the social media giant, Twitter, of double standards in its treatment of issues affecting Nigeria. It warned that it would not allow the microblogging

The Nigerian government has accused Twitter, an American microblogging and social networking service of double standards on issues concerning the country’s domestic issues. Information and Culture Minister Lai Mohammed also

Ugandan police have released street camera footage that shows two men believed to be behind Tuesday’s assassination attempt on the country’s transport minister General Katumba Wamala. While the minister was

Authorities in Kenya have arrested a Ghanaian national who is alleged to have fraudulently obtained $83,000 from a woman in a romance scam. The police’s Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI)

Unknown gunmen have shot and killed Christopher Dega, a senior special assistant to the Governor of Benue State, Samuel Ortom on Security matters. Mr Dega, a retired assistant inspector-general of

Nigeria’s federal government has expressed hope that the country may receive more consignments of Covax-brokered Covid-19 vaccines between July and September. Executive Director of the National Primary Healthcare Development Agency