The United States Government working with the Nigerian government rescued an American citizen abducted last week in Niger but held hostage in Nigeria, according to multiple sources. The daring high-risk

Nigeria’s southwestern Lagos State has lifted the curfew imposed following the widespread violence and looting that erupted after the hijack of the peaceful #EndSARS protests. “The 12 a.m. to 4a.m.

US forces on Saturday carried out a rescue operation on the border between Nigeria and Niger Republic in Sokoto State, to recover an American citizen being held by armed men, the

Ivory Coast President Alassane Ouattara seeks reelection in a presidential vote Saturday marked by an opposition boycott and clashes over his bid to secure a contested third term. At least

Tanzania’s President John Magufuli has won re-election with a landslide victory in a poll that the opposition has described as fraudulent. Magufuli’s main rival, Tundu Lissu, has said his party’s

A Nigerian professor and former executive secretary of the National Health Insurance Scheme Usman Yusuf says the #EndSARS demonstrations were a veiled attempt by selfish politicians to effect a regime

A Kenyan court has sentenced two men to 11 and 26 years in prison for supporting the 2013 attack on Nairobi’s upscale Westgate Mall that left 67 people dead. Mohamed

A former president of Ivory Coast Laurent Gbagbo has said Saturday’s presidential election spells “disaster” for the country and called for dialogue. It’s Gbagbo’s first public comments since he was

The Ugandan government has banned a coalition of over 60 organizations formed to monitor the country’s 2021 general elections on grounds that it is illegal. The country’s National Bureau for

The Lagos State judicial panel investigating accusations of police brutality on citizens and shooting at the Lekki Toll Plaza has found about six bullet casings at the toll gate. The

Lagos politician, Olabode George has described as sacrilegious the collection of internally generated revenue in Lagos state by a private firm called AlphaBeta and earns around N7.5bn ($19 million) monthly,

The head of the Nigeria Police Force has described as “untrue” a report by rights group Amnesty International that the police violated human rights during the recent #EndSARS protests and

Desmond Elliot broke down in an interview on ARISE TV following criticism over a viral video in which he called for the regulation of social media. The actor turned politician,

The price of Brent, the benchmark for Nigeria’s crude oil, fell below $40 per barrel to a four-month low of $37 on Thursday, raising fresh fears of another price collapse

The federal government has approved the resumption of the collection of Service-Based electricity Tariffs (SBT) from next week, after sealing a deal with organised labour, THISDAY learnt yesterday. The government

At least 140 Europe-bound migrants have drowned off the coast of Senegal in the deadliest shipwreck recorded this year, the United Nations migration agency said on Thursday. The boat carrying

Less than 24-hours after the United States rejected Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala’s candidature for the World Trade Organisation (WTO) top job, the Nigerian government has said it will continue to engage

A Nigerian diplomat, Ambassador Joe Keshi, has called on the federal government to reach out to the US and find out the country’s reasons for its rejection of Dr. Ngozi

Liberian President George Weah will not seek a third term in office, his chief of staff has said. The West African country is preparing for a referendum on proposed changes

Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari has said the country’s economy is too fragile for another COVID-19 induced lockdown. The Nigerian leader has however called on citizens to observe measures that have