South Africa police have arrested 15 people for alleged corruption relating to the funeral of the former president, Nelson Mandela, in 2013. Those arrested include the health minister of Eastern
Kogi State Government says it has signed two agreements with the World Bank and the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) to get subsidiary loans totalling $72 million, about 27.44
Ethiopian authorities have confirmed incidents of rape took place in the conflict-hit Tigray region in the wake of a military offensive against the local ruling party. It comes after the UN
Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the establishment of a Public-Private Partnership styled infrastructure company named Infra-Co with an initial seed capital of N1 trillion (about $2.63bn). It is envisaged
The Senator representing Enugu East, Chimaroke Nnamani has described Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi, the Governor of Enugu State as well qualified to be Nigeria’s president in 2023. Nnamani’s stance comes amidst calls
A former Governor of Enugu State, Senator Chimaroke Nnamani has said Nigeria’s poverty situation has become so bad because the country’s “dysfunctional elites” are lacking in empathy which has resulted in a
The Central African Republic says its army – along with Russian and Rwandan allies – has recaptured the western border town of Beloko from rebels. Several groups that have controlled
A major shake-up is imminent in Nigeria’s military as the new service chiefs put finishing touches to a raft of strategies to revamp the counterinsurgency operations in the North-east as
The ancient Egyptian civilisation is one of the oldest on record. It is also one the most rich in culture. That culture has produced one of the seven wonders of
Nigeria’s federal government on Thursday squared up to organisers of a fresh protest at Lekki Tollgate, the epicentre of last October #EndSARS protests, with a warning that they should jettison
Nigeria’s federal government has warned that it may implement the law of ‘no work, no pay’ against members of the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU) and Non Academic
Nobel Laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, on Thursday faulted the police’s account of the incident at his Abeokuta, Ogun State home, saying hundreds of cattle invaded it on Tuesday. [bc_video video_id=”6231182236001″
A prominent Islamic scholar in northern Nigeria has accused the country’s military of being the beneficiaries of insecurity in the country and not wanting the fight against insurgency to end
The Lagos State Government has warned citizens residing in the southwestern state and who nurture plans to participate in the #OccupyLekkiTollGate protest slated for Saturday that they risk being prosecuted
Oil and gas-producing countries, including several in Africa, face a multi-trillion-dollar hole in their government revenue as the world cuts back on fossil fuels, according to a report by the
Nigeria has so far disobeyed twenty-five judgements of the ECOWAS court, the first since the establishment of the regional court, and that’s according to a senior lawyer, Femi Falana. Falana,
The United Nations has strongly condemned an attack on a peacekeepers base in central Mali where 28 peacekeepers from Togo were injured. The temporary UN base in Kerena, near Douentza, was
Namibia’s national carrier has announced it was ending operations after the Southern African country’s government approved the loss-making airline’s liquidation. “Effective Thursday, 11 February 2021, all flight operations will be cancelled
Nigerian Noble Laureate, Wole Soyinka has again criticised the country’s President Muhammadu Buhari of not being in charge of Nigeria accusing the president of not appreciating how grave the herders crisis is. Soyinka, a Professor of
The International Press Institute (IPI) has expressed its sadness over the death of its former leader and former Governor of Lagos State, Lateef Jakande. ARISE News had reported that the first civilian Governor
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