Concern mounted on Sunday over what social critics called attempts by federal legislators to rig the 2023 general election ahead of time through the manipulation of the Electoral Amendment Bill

A new Electoral Act Amendment Bill which provides for total ban of electronic transmission of votes is to be introduced at the Senate next Tuesday. The provision forms part of

Recent fighting in the Tigray region of Ethiopia has resulted in a famine that is now affecting more than 400,000 people, UN officials say. In its first public meeting on

Seventeen governors of Nigeria’s southern states will on Monday converge on Lagos for the second time this year to continue their search for solution to the myriad of problems confronting

The British Government on Friday refused to categorically accept or deny allegations that it assisted the leader of proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, with another passport after

Separatist Biafra leader, Nnamdi Kanu was abducted by the Kenya’s Special Police Force on 18th June, 2021, his lawyer, Ifeanyi Ejiofor has said. Mr Ejiofor stated this on Friday in

The Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice, Mr. Abubakar Malami on Thursday insisted that the suspension of Twitter’s operations in Nigeria was informed by the need to

The Nigerian government says it has a “treasure trove” of information on the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) leader Nnamdi Kanu and his collaborators, promising that they will face

Algerian Finance Minister Ayman Benabderrahmane was named prime minister Wednesday, the presidency said, following legislative elections earlier this month and as the country seeks to curb a deep socio-economic crisis.

A northern Nigerian state has forbidden the use of mannequins for clothes display as they are responsible for invoking immoral thoughts among some members of the public. Another reason that

Burkina Faso’s President Roch Marc Christian Kaboré has sacked two of his Ministers after deadly jihadist attacks led to protest. Mr Kaboré on Wednesday dismissed Defense Minister Cherif Sy and

Authorities in Uganda have ordered internet users in the country to from Thursday start paying a 12% excise duty on mobile data. The levy replaces the infamous “social media tax”

Namibia is facing a “dark and sombre moment” as coronavirus deaths and cases rapidly increase, the country’s President Hage Geingob has said, noting that things were likely to continue to

The fighters now retaking parts of Ethiopia’s Tigray region will pursue soldiers from neighboring Eritrea back into their country and chase Ethiopian forces to Addis Ababa ”if that’s what it

About three years after jumping bail, the leader of the outlawed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Mr. Nnamdi Kanu, was on Tuesday re-arraigned before Justice Binta Nyako of the Federal

Health authorities in Uganda have approved a locally manufactured herbal medicine to treat Covid-19 patients and other viral infections. The country’s drug regulator, the National Drug Authority (NDA) said the

The Nigerian Senate will on Thursday debate the report of its joint committees on Petroleum (Upstream, Downstream and Gas) on the Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB). President of the Senate, Ahmad