The Northern Elders Forum (NEF) on Saturday called for the arrest and prosecution of any Fulani herdsman that broke the law. The NEF said it was not against the arrest

Nigeria has cold chain equipment to store the Covid Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine if it arrives the country, the National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA) has said. As a criteria used

Thousands of protesters backed by Tunisia’s powerful labour union gathered in central Tunis on Saturday in the country’s biggest demonstration for years, defying a police lockdown that blocked roads in

There was drama on Saturday at the Lagos State Judicial Panel on Restitution for Victims of SARS-related abuses and other matters, as panel members were split five in favour and four

Several Nigerian media organisations and the Anap Foundation COVID-19 Think Tank have launched an initiative to name and shame duty bearers and citizens in influential positions who brazenly disregard the

A former Nigerian Vice-president Atiku Abubakar has said the federal government is restricting inflow of capital into the country by prohibiting the dealing and transaction of cryptocurrencies. Abubakar was reacting

The total value of capital importation into Nigeria contracted by 59.65% to $9.68 billion in 2020 compared to $23.99 billion in 2019, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) stated on

Amid escalating killings by Boko Haram, bandits, criminal herders and kidnappers in the country, Nigeria’s Minister of Information, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, on Friday declared that the federal government, “is rising

Determined to ensure a harmonious relationship among ethnic nationalities wherever they reside in the country, Governor Hope Uzodimma of Imo State on Friday hosted a peace parley in Owerri, with

Nigerian troops backed by jets have taken control of several camps of IS-linked jihadists, with two senior commanders escaping after several other ranking militants were killed, two military sources told

A makeshift hospital in Malawi has opened as hospitals are overwhelmed by the influx of coronavirus patients. In Malawi’s second-largest city Blantyre health workers are under pressure and having to

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has ordered all financial institutions including banks in the country to shut accounts of citizens or entities involved in cryptocurrency transactions within their systems.

The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has placed a 72-hour suspension on outbound Emirates flights from Nigeria. In a February 4, the NCAA said Emirates Airlines violated guidelines put in

Governors in Northern Nigeria have called on aggrieved citizens who were affected by activities of herders in the southern region of the country to be calm and exercise restraint, describing

Local media reports suggest fifteen members of the Ghanaian parliament and 56 staff members have contracted coronavirus. The reports which quoted Alban Bagbin, the speaker of the parliament said the

The Senior Staff Association of Nigeria Universities (SSANU) and the Non-Academic Staff Union (NASU) of Educational and Associated Institution are embarking on a nationwide industrial action to compel the federal

It was the turn of media leaders on Thursday to commiserate with Delta State Governor, Senator Ifeanyi Okowa, over the death of his father, Sir Arthur Okowa, who died last

Nigeria’s main opposition party, the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) has condemned President Buhari’s nomination of the immediate past service chiefs for an ambassadorial appointment, describing the move as a decoy