The Commandant General of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defense Corps, (NSCDC), Dr. Ahmed Audi has lamented that about 80 percent of schools in the country are not well secured.

Eritrea has accused the US government of instigating further conflict in Ethiopia’s Tigray region. In a letter to the UN Security Council, Foreign Affairs Minister Osman Saleh accused the US

There appears to be a divided parliament as members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) caucus in the House of Representatives on Tuesday staged a walkout during plenary to protest

In recent years Lagos, Nigeria’s biggest city, has become Africa’s most attractive tech hub for investors. But that could be imperiled by the government’s decision to suspend Twitter’s operations in

Schools in Ethiopia’s northern region of Tigray, have reopened seven months after the raging conflict forced their closure, state-linked Fana news site reports. The schools are situated in Mekelle, the

Over 30 people were on Sunday killed by suspected Fulani herdsmen in an attack on Odugbeho village in Agatu Local Government Area of Benue State. According to a resident of

Seven years after over 200 schoolgirls were abducted by Boko Haram from it’s hostel, Government Secondary School, Chibok wore a new look with the commissioning major facilities by the Minister

The Nigerian federal government’s suspension of the operation of American micro-blogging company, Twitter, in Nigeria, might have left both in a catch-22 situation as the duo have lost millions of

The Northern Elders Forum has advised the Nigerian government not to resist any move for secession by the Igbos if it is supported by the people of the region and

Nigeria’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Geoffrey Onyeama has denied giving conditions for lifting Twitter’s indefinite suspension. At a meeting between the minister and envoys of the US, UK, Ireland, Canada

Leader of Mali’s junta Col Assimi Goïta has officially been sworn in as the troubled country’s interim president and promised “credible, fair and transparent elections” which are expected in February

The National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) has ordered broadcasting stations in Nigeria to suspend the patronage of Twitter immediately. Acting director-general of the NBC, Armstrong Idachaba gave the directive in a

Abubakar Shekau, the leader of Nigeria’s terrorist group Boko Haram killed himself in a fight against rival jihadist fighters, AFP is reporting. In an audio recording received by the news

Despite the ban on open grazing of cattle by Southern governors, the practice has continued to flourish in the 17 states of the region with stakeholders asking for legal backing

“Every person shall be entitled to freedom of expression, including freedom to hold opinions and to receive and impart ideas and information without interference” –Section 39 (1) CFRN Nigeria’s federal

Governors in Nigeria’s southwestern states have ordered commanders of the region’s security network, codenamed Amotekun, to convoke a joint security meeting of all commanders with a view to commencing joint