Governors of Nigeria’s thirty-six states say the attempt to make northcentral Benue State ungovernable by cutting short the life of the state governor, Samuel Ortom, will fail, noting that an

Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State, narrowly escaped an assassination attempt Saturday as suspected herdsmen ambushed him on his farm in Tyomu community, less than 20 kilometers from the Benue

Voters in the Republic of the Congo will head to the polls on Sunday to elect a president in a vote boycotted by the country’s leading opposition party. President Denis

Nigeria’s  President Muhammadu Buhari has ordered the release of funds for the payment of 774,000 beneficiaries of the special public works programme. The country’s Minister of state for Labour and

Kano State Governor Umar Ganduje has said his administration will deal with those behind the 2018 “tampered videos” that allegedly showed him receiving kickbacks from contractors. He said the videos

Ethiopia’s prime minister has issued a “final notice” to the fugitive leaders of the country’s embattled Tigray region, saying they should surrender peacefully to avoid “severe punishment.” At the same

Authorities in northwestern Kaduna State say gunmen have killed no less than thirteen people in a series of attacks across Zangon Kataf, Kauru and Chikun local government areas of the

Over six million doses of the COVID-19 vaccine have been administered in Africa, a World Health Organization (WHO) official has said. Regional director of the organisation for Africa, Matshidiso Moeti

Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari says he places a premium on promoting women’s inclusiveness in National Development and remains fully committed to seeing more Nigerian women in leadership positions both at

A former Governor of Anambra State, Peter Obi, has described the approval of $1.5 billion by the Federal Government for the renovation of the Port Harcourt refinery as a huge

Parents of the 39 abducted students of the Federal College of Forestry Mechanisation, Afaka, Kaduna, on Wednesday staged a protest, demanding the release of their children. The protest took place

Sex Consent App Proposal Sparks Backlash in Australia Australians have derided a suggestion by the New South Wales (NSW) police commissioner that an app could be used to register sexual

Six months after she left for Dubai, the United Arab Emirates, the First Lady, Mrs. Aisha Buhari, has returned to Nigeria. Aisha, whose Dubai trip was steeped in controversy due

Tanzania’s soft-spoken Vice President Samia Suluhu Hassan on Friday was sworn in as the East African country’s first female president after the sudden death of John Magufuli from an illness

Tanzania’s main opposition leader Tundu Lissu has said the country’s President John Magufuli died from coronavirus last week Wednesday. Tanzania has been plunged into sadness over the death of President

Adji Sarr, the woman who had filed a rape charge against Senegal’s opposition leader has repeated her accusation and insisted that her case must proceed despite deadly clashes over his

The newly appointed Director-General of the World Trade Organization, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, has concluded her first official working visit to Nigeria. Ms Okonjo-Iweala, a former finance minister of Nigeria, arrived in

Presidential candidate of the opposition People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2019 presidential election Atiku Abubakar has embarked on a “massive membership e-registration drive” for his support organisation aimed at

The Director-General of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, has urged the federal government to restart the Safe Schools Initiative launched at the World Economic Forum (WEF) in

The 10 members of staff of the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN), who were abducted by bandits in March 6, 2021, in Kaduna Northwest Nigeria, have been rescued by