An OVH Energy (formerly Oando) storage facility, containing about 6,000 metric tonnes of petrol, located in Apapa, Lagos, was Thursday gutted by fire. To prevent the fire from spreading to

Armed men are launching repeated attacks on children, teachers and schools in Cameroon’s restive Anglophone region, the UN said on Thursday. The gunmen launched five of such assaults in less

The Ethiopian prime minister Abiy Ahmed has vowed to continue a military offensive in the northern state of Tigray despite international calls for restraint. Tensions between the state and the

Days after she was blocked by Nigerian immigration officials from leaving the country, Modupe Odele Thursday said her passport is still confiscated, raising fears of a clampdown on prominent #EndSARS

The Federal Ministry of Health (FMoH) says 122 million people in Nigeria are at risk of getting Neglected Tropical Disease. Chukwuma Anyaike, Director and National Coordinator of Neglected Tropical Diseases

Several days after the #EndSARS protests, Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday met with the country’s traditional rulers, assuring them of his administration’s commitment to police reform and restating that

Kaduna State Governor Nasir El-Rufai on Thursday said youths who embarked on looting and destruction of public infrastructure in Lagos state under the guise of protest embarked on a self-destructive

The African Development Bank has signed a grant agreement with the Ministry of ICT and Innovation in Rwanda to support the Rwanda Coding Academy, set up to develop top technology

The Labour party has urged the UK trade secretary, Liz Truss, to end delays over rollover deals with Kenya and Ghana to prevent them being slapped with high tariffs when

Nigeria needs to reorganize her foreign policy, rejig her representation to the United States of America and present more vibrant and intellectually endowed foreign policy decision-makers should Democratic candidate Joe

Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu on Wednesday has signed an executive order to establish the Lagos State Rebuilding Trust Fund that will rebuild the state after hoodlums, who seized the

Human rights group Amnesty International has been accused of amplifying fake news and has been given a seven-day ultimatum to leave the country, failing which it offices in Abuja and Lagos will witness an

The International Criminal Court (ICC) is conducting a preliminary examination into the recent #EndSARS protests in Nigeria including the alleged killing of peaceful protesters by soldiers at the Lekki Tollgate

The Lagos State Government has threatened to impose a fresh lockdown and reintroduce other measures if there is a recurrence of high cases of COVID-19 in the state. The Director

The Nigerian military on Tuesday claimed that 75 terrorists were eliminated as part of a clampdown on Boko Haram/Islamic State of West Africa Province (ISWAP) in the Northeastern part of

The Nigerian government has said it granted the United States special forces permission to rescue its citizen in the Northern region of the country, with sources telling ARISE News the

The Chairman of the African Union Commission, Moussa Faki Mahamat, has strongly condemned the recent killings in Ethiopia following inter-communal violence. Ethnic violence has been on the rise in the East African country,

Nigerian diplomat and former consul general in Atlanta, Ambassador Joe Keshi has said citizens should not be deceived into believing that Nigeria and the United States are strategic partners. Keshi was a guest on

The World Bank has predicted that inflow of Diaspora remittance to Nigeria will drop by $2 billion in 2020 to $21.7 billion as against the $23.8 billion the country recorded

Cote d’Ivoire’s ‘s President Alassane Ouattara has won a controversial third term in office in an election boycotted by the opposition. He took 94% of the vote, even winning 99%