President Muhammadu Buhari has approved an investment of N50 billion (about $126m) in Nigeria Commodity Exchange (NCX) as part of efforts to reposition it. The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN)

Kenya slid into a recession for the first time in at least two decades in the third quarter of 2020 as measures introduced by the East African state to slow

Another 400 million doses of Covid-19 vaccines have been secured for the African continent through the Serum Institute of India, according to the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Nobel Laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, on Wednesday criticised the National Assembly for not concretely taking up the clamour for the restructuring of the country. But the House of Representatives in

President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday met with the new service chiefs, urging them to concentrate their efforts on helping his administration to deliver on its electoral pledge to make Nigeria

Total revenues amounting to about N2.94 trillion ($7.7bn) were generated as both Value Added Tax (VAT) and Company Income Tax (CIT) in 2020, according to the National Bureau of Statistics

Nigeria’s Inspector-General of Police, Mr. Mohammed Adamu, on Wednesday vowed that the police would arrest the arsonists involved in the inferno that razed the house of  Chief Sunday Adeyemi, popularly

Furious residents of Bamenda, the capital of Cameroon’s North-West region, have held a protest after four teenagers were killed on Sunday during an army operation in the city. Some of

Ministers of Health and Finance from Africa are set to meet the head of the World Health Organization (WHO) to discuss equitable distribution of Covid-19 vaccines. “I will tell them

Oyo State Governor Seyi Makinde has said his meeting with the Nigerian leader Muhammadu Buhari sought the collaboration of the federal government to effectively tackle the security challenges in the

Authorities in Senegal on Wednesday restricted public access to a major bird park following the mysterious death of at least 750 pelicans, ruling out the possibility of bird flu after thorough investigations. The

Mali’s interim President Bah Ndaw arrived at the Elysee Palace for a meeting with his French host Emmanuel Macron on Wednesday. It was not clear what the two leaders were

Tanzania’s President John Magufuli has without evidence said Covid-19 vaccines could harm the population and warning health officials in the country against acquiring vaccines. “The ministry of health should be careful, they should

The United States has said all soldiers from Eritrea should leave Ethiopia’s embattled Tigray region “immediately.” A State Department spokesperson cited “credible reports of looting, sexual violence, assaults in refugee

Oyo State Governor Seyi Makinde has deployed 200 operatives of the Western Nigeria Security Network, codenamed Amotekun, to Ibarapa local government area of the state with a mandate to rid the state’s

Samuel Ortom, the Governor of Benue State has tested positive for COVID-19 and was confirmed on Wednesday by his Chief Press Secretary, Terver Akase. Akase in a statement which was

Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari has been described as narrow-minded and one who has failed to accommodate all parts of the country in his recent appointment of the country’s service chiefs,

Mali’s military junta which ousted former President Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta five months ago has been officially dissolved, according to a government decree. The decree was signed by the transitional President