One of Africa’s best known literary giants Professor John Pepper Clark-Bekederemo, better known as J. P. Clark passed on Tuesday,, further depleting the number of a generation of excellent writers

Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu has announced the setting up a of a N200 million (about $522,000) trust fund to compensate the families of the victims of police brutality in

Nigerian officials in positions of authority suffer from a hangover of its past experience with military rule, a key reason why uniformed personnel sometimes treat civilians with disdain. This was

The United Kingdom and Kenya will co-host a high-level summit next year to lead global action to educate every child, Prime Minister Boris Johnson and President Uhuru Kenyatta announced Monday.

Nigeria is ready to explore every opportunity to ensure Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala becomes the Director-General of World Trade Organisation (WTO), according to the country’s president Muhammadu Buhari. President Buhari’s spokesman

Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-olu on Monday made an unscheduled appearance at the Lekki Toll where protesters gathered Monday to demand Police reforms. Sanwo-Olu’s attempt to appease the crowd and

Following days of protests by Nigerians in response to brutality meted out by the Police, especially by a unit gone rogue known as the Special Anti-robbery Squad, Nigeria’s President Muhammadu

Nigerians on Monday continued nationwide protests demanding an end to police brutality, a day after the Inspector General of Police Mohammed Adamu banned rogue unit Special Anti-robbery Squad (SARS). Protesters

The Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Correspondents’ Chapel has condemned the brutal attack on one of her members, Francis Ogbonna of the ARISE News Channel during

At least 11 migrants from Africa died when their boat sank off Tunisia on Sunday, as they tried to cross the Mediterranean to the Italian island of Lampedusa, a Tunisian

The International Press Centre, IPC, Lagos, Nigeria, has condemned the “unwarranted assault and attack” by officers of the Nigeria police on an Arise News Channel crew on Sunday, with cameraman

A three-storey building under construction has collapsed in Obalende, Lagos State. The cause of the collapse is yet to be ascertained, but efforts are presently ongoing by the Lagos State

Policemen have attacked and brutalised an Arise News Channel crew covering the IGP Mohammed Adamu’s dissolution of rogue police unit, the Special Anti-robbery  Squad (SARS). The cameraman Francis Ogbonna was

Rotimi Akeredolu, incumbent governor of Nigeria’s southwestern Ondo state and candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has been declared winner of the October 10 governorship election in Ondo State

Nigeria’s Inspector General of Police Mohammed Adamu has announced the dissolution of the Special Anti-robbery Squad, otherwise known as SARS. The IGP made this known during a press conference in

The Governor of Oyo State in southwest Nigeria, Seyi Makinde, has said the #EndSARS protests that have rocked the country are “a strong indicator of a systemic failure on the

The economic damage as well as the health costs caused by coronavirus has left Africa needing $1.2tn (£920bn) over the next three years, the International Monetary Fund has said. IMF

Thousands of opposition supporters rallied in the Ivory Coast’s commercial capital on Saturday to protest against President Alassane Ouattara’s plan to seek a third term in the October 31 presidential

Police officers in the Nigerian southwestern city of Ogbomosho shot at protesters, killing one and injuring another during a nationwide protest that has rocked Nigeria, with citizens calling for the

Reports from election observers in Nigeria who are monitoring the Ondo State Governorship election have shown that the election has been marred by violence, massive vote-buying, malfunctioning of card readers