A Nigerian Minister of Niger Delta Affairs Godswill Akpabio and his wife Ekaete Akpabio have distanced themselves from killers of a 26-year-old female job seeker, Iniubong Umoren after they were linked to the criminals by investigative

Zambia has dissolved its parliament exactly ninety days before the South African country’s upcoming general election. The house held its last sitting on Wednesday and the clerk announced that it would formally dissolve on Friday. The

The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) has urged the Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA) to caution those it described as extremists, who are not well-grounded in the faith

President of the Nigerian Senate, Dr. Ahmad Lawan, and Speaker, House of Representatives, Hon. Femi Gbajabiamila, on Thursday took on the 17 Southern governors, who rose from a meeting on

The Nigerian Minister of Justice and Attorney general of the Federation Abubakar Malami has said the federal government will through the Ministry of Justice’s Complex Case Group, resuscitate the existing

Patrick Soon-Shiong, a South Africa-born pharmaceutical entrepreneur has pledged $211m from his family’s foundation to help develop vaccine production in South Africa. Dr Soon-Shiong, who is now based in the

Reports in Paris, the French capital, suggest Ivory Coast’s Prime Minister, Patrick Achi, is in hospital. Reuters news agency quoted sources close to Prime Minister as saying he is having

The UN has condemned the killing of a Ugandan aid worker in South Sudan. UN’s Humanitarian Coordinator in the country Alain Noudéhou said the killing of the female aid worker

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Nigeria’s Minister of Transportation, Hon. Rotimi Amaechi, has made a U-turn as the panel of enquiry he set up by to investigate the alleged shortfall in operating surpluses by the

Members of Nigeria’s House of Representatives from the 17 southern states of the federation have unanimously supported resolutions of the Southern Governors’ Forum on the ban on open grazing, demand

The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) has confirmed a system collapse of the national electricity grid on Wednesday, leading to a power outage across the country. The TCN however notes that efforts are ongoing

Three Kenyan lawmakers have been summoned by the speaker of parliament after they made allegations that legislators received 100,000 Kenyan shillings ($930) as a bribe to pass a controversial bill that could significantly

Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni has taken the oath to officially begin a sixth term in office making him the East African country’s longest-serving President. Mr Museveni, who has ruled Uganda since

Kenya has suspended flights to Somalia just days after its neighbour said diplomatic ties between the two countries had been normalised following months of tension. On Tuesday, the Kenya Civil

The Nigerian government has said attacks by gunmen on security personnel is an attack on the state and a declaration of war against the nation. Lai Mohammed, the country’s minister of information

Governors of Nigeria’s Southern States have expressed grave concerns over worsening insecurity and “strongly” called on the country’s President Muhammadu Buhari to address citizens on the challenges. The 17 southern states Governors also banned open grazing