A criminal complaint has been filed before a Chief Magistrate’s court in the Nigerian capital Abuja by an activist, Kenechukwu Okeke, against Nigeria’s top celebrities and individuals connected to the

Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu has announced plans by his administration to repeal the Public Office Holder (Payment of Pension Law 2007), which provides for payment of pension and other

Twenty-five years after the execution of renowned Nigerian environmental activist Ken Saro-Wiwa, his daughter Noo Saro-Wiwa has called on the Nigerian government to grant her father a posthumous pardon. Nigeria’s

Economist and entrepreneur Atedo Peterside has criticised the Nigerian government’s decision to exempt Dangote Industries Limited from its land border closure, calling the move “rigged in favour of a handful of

The Nigerian government has allowed Dangote Cement to resume exports across its land borders, raising hopes that Africa’s most populous nation may be opening up trade with neighbors after a

The United Nations (UN) on Monday reiterated its support for the #EndSARS protesters’ agitations for social justice and good governance, describing the peaceful campaign, which later snowballed into violence when

More than 50 people have been beheaded in northern Mozambique by militant Islamists, state media report. The militants turned a football pitch in a village into an “execution ground”, where

Ethiopia’s prime minister stepped up a military offensive in the northern region of Tigray on Sunday with air strikes as part of what he called a “law enforcement operation”, increasing

The Kaduna state governor, Mallam Nasir El-Rufai has presented the staff of office to the 19th Emir of Zazzau (Zaria), Amb. Ahmad Nuhu Bamali. Making the presentation on Monday in

Governor of Niger state in north-central Nigeria, Abubakar Sani Bello, has announced that he has tested positive to COVID-19. The Governor made this known via his Twitter handle on Monday.

Authorities in Lagos have revoked the right of Ikeja Hotel to continue occupying the land on which Sheraton Hotel currently sits in Ikeja. Ikeja Hotel said in an internal memo

Nigeria’s Minister of Justice and Attorney General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami has inaugurated the Inter-Ministerial Committee on Disposal of Forfeited Assets which he says will ensure proper coordination for

At least 1000 people have been arrested by the Kenyan Police for flouting COVID-19 containment measures as the country faces surging cases of the virus. Authorities say most of the people

Nigerian Senator, Gershom Bassey has said hoodlums needed only five hours to carry out massive destruction of almost a hundred private and state-owned properties last month during an “invasion” of

Nigeria’s Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has named Ahmed Mu’azu -a national commissioner – as the acting chairman of the Nigerian electoral commission. Professor Mahmood Yakubu, the outgoing chairman of

The Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria, PENGASSAN, has directed its members nationwide to withdraw their services, signaling the commencement of an indefinite strike over disputed irregularities in the Federal Government-imposed

Governor of Nigeria’s Northwestern Zamfara State, Bello Matawalle, has insisted that dialogue with bandits was still very relevant in the fight against banditry as he secured the release of 26

Nigeria’s economic recovery from the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic as well as the slump in crude oil prices will be stretched by three months because of the destruction of