The Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Oladayo Amao, Thursday arrived in Maiduguri, the Borno State capital, to supervise the search for the missing fighter plane that disappeared from radar

The Alliance for Surviving COVID-19 and Beyond (ASCAB) has described a recently released US human rights report as “prejudicial, misleading and one that attempts to cover up the brutal killings

Nigerians now risk fourteen years jail term as stipulated by the Constitution if they fail to obtain their National Identity Number (NIN), the country’s Minister of Communication and Digital Economy,

Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari has called on citizens not to allow the antics of a few mischief mongers to fragment the unity of the country, re-emphasising the fact that “we

Authorities in Libya say the country’s coastguard has intercepted an inflatable boat carrying 138 Europe-bound migrants off the country’s western coast on Wednesday. Libya’s navy said more than half of

Mauritius is extending the lockdown for another month starting Thursday, and police will enforce a new Temporary Restrictions of Movement Order. Failure to wear a mask can now result in

Resident doctors in Nigeria have commenced an indefinite strike despite meeting with a federal government delegation to resolve pending issues. The doctors, under the aegis of the National Association of

A Nigerian Air Force (NAF) Alpha-Jet has lost contact with radar in northeastern Borno State, while on an interdiction mission in support of ground troops. NAF spokesman, Air Commodore Edward

The federal government is expecting about 70 million doses of the Johnson & Johnson (J & J) Covid-19 vaccine this year through the African Union (AU), the Chief Executive Officer

The World Bank has revised its growth forecast for Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) from -5.1 per cent to 3.4 per cent growth for 2021. The Washington-based institution, in its latest Africa’s

The United States, in a report, “Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 2020’’, released on Wednesday by the United States Department of State, Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and

A former Governor of Nigeria’s Central Bank, Charles Soludo on Wednesday escaped a bloody attack when gunmen stormed his community town hall where he was having an interactive session with

The United States of America has shut its embassy in Niger’s capital, Niamey, amidst reports of a failed attempt by some soldiers to stage a coup. “US embassy Niamey will

Central African Republic’s President Faustin-Archange Touadéra was sworn in on Wednesday in a ceremony attended by foreign dignitaries in the capital Bangui. President Touadéra was re-elected for a second term

Mozambican troops are on the look-out for militant Islamists who had carried a massive assault on the coastal town of Palma last week, terming the operation “cleansing and manhunt”. It

Authorities in Algeria have warned against the use of the anti-parasitic drug Ivermectin to treat Covid-19 as it poses a “danger to human health”, privately owned daily newspaper El Khabar has

Civil society groups in Kenya have threatened to protest against the tough restrictions to control the spread of coronavirus. President Uhuru Kenyatta last week banned all inland travel in and

Ekiti State Governor Kayode Fayemi says the state is determined to make this year’s National Festival of Arts and Culture (NAFEST) a great experience. The chairman of the Nigeria Governors’