The Nigerian Government has denied claims by the Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki that N60 billion ($157.4 million) was printed in March to support allocation to states. The country’s minister

Seven years after 276 schoolgirls were abducted in Chibok, Borno state, Amnesty International says the Nigerian government has failed to protect schoolchildren. On April 14, 2014, Boko Haram insurgents kidnapped 276 girls from the Government Girls

Former South African president Jacob Zuma has up to Wednesday to suggest the penalty the country’s highest court should impose if he were to be found guilty of contempt. The

No less than 20 children have died after their classrooms caught in fire in Niger’s capital Niamey. The cause of the fire in the school, located in the Pays Bas

The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) on Tuesday kicked against a bill seeking to prohibit and prevent religious discrimination against adherents and practitioners of different faiths and beliefs. CAN, which

The Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) has denied revoking 32 refinery licences, saying their validity periods merely expired. The agency gave the clarification Tuesday in a statement by its Head

Governors of the 36 states of the federation are awaiting the return of President Muhammadu Buhari to resolve the logjam over the implementation of financial autonomy for state judiciaries, THISDAY

The French Minister of Foreign Trade and Attractiveness, Mr. Franck Riester on Tuesday said the trade volume between Nigeria and France suffered a loss of over $2.2 billion due to

Benin’s President Patrice Talon has won re-election with 86% of the votes, according to provisional results released by the national electoral commission. Duo Allasane Soumanou got about 11.3% while Corentin

The Nigerian Guild of Editors (NGE) has asked the federal government to save the media business from collapse through, among others, the removal of tariffs on all imported consumables used

Nigeria’s Southeast governors on Monday unfolded a plan to give legal backing to the formation of the region’s security outfit codenamed Ebube Agu. Ebonyi State Commissioner for Information and Orientation,

Former President Goodluck Jonathan Monday canvassed the overhaul of the electoral process to make the electorate the ultimate decision-makers in an election, saying winners should be decided through the ballot

The Nigerian government says it has received an alert over planned attacks on airports across the West African country. The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) says the alert was

Thirty-four migrants are dead after their boat capsized off Djibouti, the regional head of the International Organization for Migration (IOM) said on Monday. “The migrants were being transported by smugglers,” Mohammed Abdiker, IOM’s

Twitter has announced its African presence by setting up a base of operations in Ghana. The tech giant said in a statement that it is actively building a team in

Nigeria’s Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Isa Pantami says he has been preaching against the doctrines of Boko Haram and similar groups, denying having any link with the terrorist group as alleged

Reports suggest more than twenty houses have were torched when gunmen suspected to be Fulani herdsmen attacked Umuogodo-Akpu Ngbo community, in southeastern Ebonyi State on Sunday. There are also reported cases of

Authorities in Eritrea have released on bail 36 prisoners who had been in detention because of their faith. Fourteen of the released prisoners have been in detention for the past four years