Nigeria’s National Economic Council (NEC) has refuted claims by Edo State Governor Godwin Obaseki that the federal government printed money to support allocations to states in March. A statement by

Nigeria’s minister of defence Bashir Magashi, says the West African country has strengthened security at her borders to avoid mass infiltration of Chadian refugees into the country. There are concerns

France is calling on the Chadian military council to make the immediate stability of the country its priority. The French foreign minister in an interview with French TV Jean-Yves Le

Authorities in Ghana have shut down forty-nine TV stations operating illegally in the West African country. The National Communications Authority (NCA) says the closure of the unlicensed stations is designed

Unknown gunmen have kidnapped eighteen passengers who were travelling along the Eruwa/Igbo-Ora road, in the Ibarapa area of Nigeria’s southwestern Oyo state. Information around the kidnap remains sketchy but the

Jacob Zuma lawyers have filed a notice of withdrawal from representing the former South African President The lawyers have not given reasons for doing so. The notice filed on Wednesday follows last

Reports suggest motorbike-riding gunmen have killed dozens of people and burnt down a number of homes in a series of raids targeting remote villages in Nigeria’s northwest Zamfara state. The

Displaced people from Ethiopia’s western Tigray region report cases of rape, looting and extrajudicial killings allegedly perpetrated by Amhara forces. The months-long conflict has forced more than 1.7 million people

Nigerian security analysts on Wednesday expressed outrage over the news of the deployment of 144 personnel of the Nigeria Police in Somalia under an African Union (AU) peace keeping mission,

Nigeria’s military Wednesday dismissed concerns that the death of the President of Chad, Idriss Deby, may escalate the insurgency war in the northeast region of the country. Deby, who was

The leader of the pan-Yoruba socio-political organisation, Afenifere, Chief Ayo Adebanjo, on Wednesday renewed his call for the restructuring of Nigeria, saying it will take the wind out of the

Nigeria’s Senate has approved President Muhammadu Buhari’s request of 1.5 billion US Dollars and 995 million Euros (about 1 trillion Nigerian Naira) in external loans. President Buhari got the approval

Governor of Nigeria’s southeastern Anambra state, Willie Obiano says nine suspects have been arrested over the attack on a former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Charles Soludo. Mr

Rebels in Chad have threatened to depose the son of the country’s slain president after he was named interim leader of the central African nation. The rebel group that the

One of major supplier of illicit drugs in Abia state, Chibuike Apolos, has been arrested during a raid by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) on his

Recently appointed acting Inspector-General of Police, Usman Baba, has ordered the immediate withdrawal of police officers attached to Nigeria’s Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). Mr Baba’s decision to deploy

A Ghanaian court has granted bail of 80,000 cedis ($13,900) to actress Rosemond Brown, pending an appeal against her 90-day jail sentence for posting a naked photo of herself on

South Sudanese government has announced that all the learning institutions in the country will reopen on 3rd May after a year of closure because of coronavirus. The government says the