A former UK-based trader for Glencore Plc pleaded guilty on Monday over what US prosecutors called his role in a scheme to bribe officials in Nigeria in exchange for favorable

Ethiopia’s Amhara region has called on all armed residents to mobilise for battle against rebels from conflict-hit Tigray, calling it a “survival campaign”, state media reported. Amhara borders Tigray to

Director General of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala has lamented the low rate of Covid-19 vaccination in Nigeria and Africa, in general. Okonjo-Iweala said to fill the

There is palpable tension in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) as the trial of leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu resumes Monday at a Federal

Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) and Centre for Journalism Innovation and Development have filed a lawsuit against President Muhammadu Buhari and the Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai

Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu on Saturday disclosed that contrary to the impression that Nigeria’s southwest governors were silent on the arrest and detention of the Yoruba Nation’s activist,

As the nation’s security forces battle insurgents and bandits across the country, the federal government has procured a total of 32 different types of fighter planes, combat helicopters, and associated

No fewer than 3,868 persons were killed in different states of Nigeria between January and June 2021, a mid-year report by an international human rights organisation based in Washington DC,

No fewer than 116 of the 136 pupils of Salihu Tanko Islamiyya School in Tegina, Rafi Local Government Area of Niger State, abducted by terrorists on May 30 are 56

Bandits, Friday morning, launched fresh onslaught on Dansadau community, in Maru Local Government Area of Zamfara State, killing four villagers. They also kidnapped 14 others and set ablaze a military

The Nigerian Air Force Thursday announced the arrival of A-29 Super Tucano fighter planes from the United States. The aircraft arrived Kano State at about 12:34pm. The fighter jets were

Three of the 156 abducted girls of the Salihu Tanko Islamiyya School, Tegina in the Rafi Local Government Area of Niger State were believed to have died, a THISDAY investigation

Nigeria is currently going through one of its worst unemployment crises in recent times, a new report by the World Bank has stated. The multilateral institution also noted that the

Rioting in South Africa this month has claimed 337 lives, the government said on Thursday, marking a further jump in the death toll from the 276 announced the previous day.

South Africa’s jailed former President Jacob Zuma has been granted compassionate leave for one day to attend the funeral of his younger brother, prison authorities said. Zuma, 79, was sentenced

A dispute between Nigerian leaders could jeopardise plans for the return of some of Africa’s most famous artefacts, the Benin Bronzes, which were looted during the colonial era and are