A former South African President Jacob Zuma on Monday defied summons to appear before a commission investigating corruption during his presidency. Mr Zuma was scheduled to appear before the commission from 15
Rwanda has started immunising its health care workers against Covid-19, the health ministry said on Sunday. An official in the ministry told the BBC that immunisation with the Pfizer vaccine
The first coronavirus vaccines have arrived in Zimbabwe as an Air Zimbabwe jet carrying 200,000 doses arrived from China. [bc_video video_id=”6232305825001″ account_id=”6116119081001″ player_id=”CJdhmO46zo” embed=”in-page” padding_top=”56%” autoplay=”” min_width=”0px” playsinline=”” picture_in_picture=”” max_width=”640px”
The World Health Organization (WHO) has expressed concern over the resurgence of Ebola in West Africa and activated response efforts. WHO’s Regional Director Matshidiso Moeti said the agency was “ramping
President Muhammadu Buhari has flayed the reported cases of ethnic violence across the country, saying his government will protect all religious and ethnic groups in line with the provisions of
The Nigeria Police have launched a probe into allegations that people arrested on Saturday over the protest of the reopening of the Lekki Tollgate were molested. They warned that errant
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has linked the current challenge of internal security in the country to uncontrolled influx and use of psychotropic medicines
Fifteen Turkish sailors kidnapped by pirates last month in the Gulf of Guinea arrived back in Turkey on Sunday, with the ship’s captain describing how they faced death threats and
The Southern Kaduna Peoples Union (SOKAPU) and the Kaduna State chapter of the Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN), have expressed outrage over the incessant killings and proffered
At least three people have died from Ebola in Guinea, the first cases declared since it was one of three West African nations to fight the world’s deadliest Ebola epidemic
For saying herdsmen were justified to bear arms, Governor Bala Mohammed of Bauchi State on Saturday came under heavy criticism, with the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) and some senior members
The Lagos State Government on Saturday filed charges against ten #ENDSARS protesters arrested on Saturday even as many failed to show up for the protest amid heavy presence of police
A high-production brewery believed to be more than 5,000 years old has been uncovered by a team of archaeologists at a funerary site in southern Egypt, the tourism ministry said
A mobile court in the Yaba, Lagos State, on Saturday granted bail to youths earlier arrested by security operatives for protesting against the resumption of operations at the Lekki tollgate.
Late Nigerian legend Fela Anikulapo Kuti is leading the race for induction into the 2021 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. The Afrobeat pioneer was nominated alongside other huge names
Benue State Governor Samuel Ortom has asked the Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari to act speedily before herdsmen in the country drag the nation into another civil war. The governor also accused President Buhari of tilting
Nigerian rapper Folarin Falana, better known by his stage name Falz has described the arrest of popular comedian, Debo Adebayo, also known as Mr Macaroni, and other #OccupyLekkiTollgate protesters in
The #DefendLagos protest scheduled to hold Saturday and aimed at countering the #OccupyLekkiTollGate protest has been suspended. The decision according to the convener of the rally, Alabi Oladimeji, is to
Armed Nigeria Police officers manning the Lekki Tollgate Plaza are already arresting protesters who arrived early at the Lekki tollgate, Lagos. A popular comedian, Mr Macaroni, is one of those
The Northern Elders Forum (NEF) on Friday urged governors of the Northern states to start preparing to receive law-abiding Fulani herders who may be compelled to relocate from their present
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