The Kano State government in northwestern Nigeria has ordered the closure of all schools —including private and public schools. The order was contained in a statement issued by Sanusi Kiru,

Global rights organisation, Amnesty International, on Tuesday said education in northern Nigeria is under threat in the wake of rising insecurity in the region. It attributed the recent abduction of

Kano State Governor, Dr. Abdullahi Ganduje, on Tuesday gave reasons why he dethroned Alhaji Lamido Sanusi as the Emir of Kano. The governor said he took the decision to save

Guinea’s President Alpha Condé is taking the fight against corruption to another level ordering all ministers to declare their assets and those of their relatives. He’s also ordered that any company

Following last weekend’s abduction of more than 300 boys in a government secondary school in Katsina state, the governor of Zamfara State Bello Matawalle, has ordered the closure of boarding schools in the state to

The Nigerian Senate has summoned the country’s service chiefs, the Minister of Defence, the Inspector-general of Police and the Director of the Department of State Service over the worsening security situation in the country. The upper chamber’s

Several human rights activists say Saudi authorities are holding hundreds of mostly Ethiopian migrant workers in appalling conditions, and they’ve been subjected to beatings. The campaign group, Human Rights Watch,

Nigerian singers Omah Lay and Tems are set to be released from police custody in Uganda after charges against them for breaching Covid-19 rules were dropped on Tuesday. In court

The World Bank says it has approved a $1.5 billion loan package for Nigeria to help build a resilient recovery post-COVID19. The World Bank Group has also entered a new

Chief Justice of Nigeria Ibrahim Tanko Muhammad has tested positive for COVID-19 and is in Dubai, the United Arab Emirates, receiving treatment. A Justice of the country’s Supreme Court, Ibrahim

Government officials in Nigeria say they are doing “everything possible” to ensure the release of singers Omah Lay and Tems who are being held by police in Uganda. Ugandan police

A local media report suggests Malawi’s Homeland Security Minister, Richard Banda, has signed extradition papers for fugitive pastor Shepherd Bushiri and his wife, Mary. This follows an extradition request from neighbouring

Somalia has cut ties with its neighbour Kenya, accusing it of political interference. The East African country has recalled all its diplomats from Nairobi and given Kenyan diplomats in Mogadishu

Nobel laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka has lamented the spate of insecurity in Nigeria, saying it is an indication that Buhari is not in charge of his government. He said the

Nigerian musicians Omah Lay and Tems have been charged to court in Uganda after being arrested for flouting Covid-19 guidelines. On Sunday, both artists had been arrested after a performance

Thousands of Algerians on social media have welcomed seeing President Abdelamdjid Tebboune on video making his first appearance in almost two months after contracting coronavirus and being treated in Germany.