Dozens of people have been killed in the collapse of a defunct gold mine in Sudan’s West Kordofan province over the weekend, according to the country’s state-run mining company. Ismael

Nigeria’s House of Representatives is to investigate the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development over extra-budgetary spending worth N48.426 billion. The details were contained in the audit query issued

Former Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo on Tuesday, told elder statesman and leader of Pan Niger Delta Forum (PANDEF), Chief Edwin Clark, that oil, like the mineral resources in other parts

Experts involved in the liquidation of the Santa Barbara Wellhead in Nembe, Bayelsa State, have argued that only deliberate interference with the equipment could have caused a disruption to its

Emmanuel Babalola, father of late Itunnu Babalola, a.k.a Bekky Paul, who was wrongfully jailed and died in Cote d’Ivoire prison, has rejected the autopsy report carried out on the body

The Federal Capital Territory Police Command disclosed that it  arrested on Monday four suspects and impounded 21 cars over illegal car racing and other similar offences in Abuja. FCT residents

Ethiopia says it is unhappy with the U.S. decision to revoke duty-free access for the East African country’s exports. The statement by Ethiopia’s trade ministry on Monday came after the

Somalia’s President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed says he has suspended Prime Minister Hussein Roble, sparking accusations of an “indirect coup” amid a protracted feud. “The president decided to suspend prime minister

The bodies of at least 27 Europe-bound refugees have washed ashore in western Libya, the country’s Red Crescent has said – the latest tragedy on the world’s deadliest migration route.

The new year, which will dawn in a few days, has been widely described as a defining moment for Nigeria. From the critical decisions that must be taken to accelerate

A fire outbreak that engulfed the high-end Next Cash and Carry Supermarket in Kado district of Abuja on Sunday destroyed goods valued at billions of naira. The inferno started before

The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to direct the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami and appropriate anti-corruption agencies

The Catholic Bishop of Sokoto Diocese, Matthew Kukah, has said that with the daily deaths all over the country, it was clear that the federal government no longer values the

Protesters opposed to military rule reached near the presidential palace in the Sudanese capital on Saturday for the second time in a week, television images showed, despite heavy tear gas

Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Nobel Peace Prize laureate and veteran of South Africa’s struggle against white minority rule, has died aged 90, the presidency said on Sunday. “The passing of Archbishop

Egyptian General Petroleum Corporation (EGPC) has signed an agreement with Italian energy group Eni (ENI.MI) for oil exploration in the Gulf of Suez and Nile Delta regions worth “not less

Nigeria’s Federal Government has approved a new National Biosecurity Policy for the country. This is a practical demonstration of its commitment of the Nigerian government to the protection of the

The Vice-Presidential Candidate of the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, in the 2019 elections, Mr Peter Obi, has called on Christians to show more brotherly love and imbibe the spirit of