Testimony before Gambia’s truth commission implicating then-president Yahya Jammeh in the summary execution in 2005 of about 59 West African migrants, including some nine Nigerians, should be followed by criminal

Gunmen have abducted students of the Federal College of Forestry in Mando area of Kaduna State in Nigeria’s Northwest region. According to reports, dozens of young ladies were abducted early

Authorities in Nigeria have released a video showing President Muhammadu Buhari demanding that security agents shoot on sight, any person or persons seen with a dangerous weapon such as an AK-47 rifle. In the

Nigeria’s House of Representatives has said the parliament is broke and underfunded, which has made it not to function effectively, describing its poor budgetary allocation as a disservice to the citizens. Spokesman of

Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari has commissioned the headquarters building of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), twenty-five years after the groundbreaking ceremony. The President, who virtually commissioned the building from

Kenya is experiencing a third wave of Covid-19 infections, the country’s health minister, Mutahi Kagwe, has said. On Wednesday, the country recorded the highest number of coronavirus cases in a day

Paul Rusesabagina, who was portrayed as a hero in a Hollywood movie about the Rwandan genocide has lost his appeal questioning the legality of his arrest last August. On Wednesday a

Tanzania’s justice minister has dismissed concerns about the whereabouts of President John Magufuli, who has not been seen in public for nearly two weeks. Mwigulu Nchemba said Mr Magufuli was

The Nigerian government has said it will apply its weight and the required force needed to tackle bandits and other criminal elements in the country, saying it’s not interested in negotiating with the terrorists.

Kenyan lawmakers have ratified the country’s trade deal with the UK, despite concerns by some MPs on lack of room for further amendments and an ongoing court case against the deal.

The Prime Minister of Ivory Coast, Hamed Bakayoko, has died in a hospital in Germany, authorities say. Bakayoko, who was receiving treatment for cancer, passed away on Wednesday, just days

Governors Rotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State, Kayode Fayemi of Ekiti State and Gboyega Oyetola of Osun State, were among the six governors, who took their Covid-19 vaccine on Wednesday as

The Delta State Government on Wednesday got support from Nigeria’s House of Representatives as well as two Senior Advocates of Nigeria (SANs), Professor Epiphany Azinge and Mr. Femi Falana, to

The Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), General Lucky Irabor on Wednesday charged troops to be ruthless and more aggressive in dealing with unrepentant bandits in the North-west. Irabor, in his

Ugandan Health Minister Jane Ruth Aceng has received a COVID-19 vaccine jab as the first person in the country’s inoculation campaign, with healthcare workers receiving the AstraZeneca jabs as part

Chairman/Chief Executive of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, Brig. General Mohamed Buba Marwa (Retd) has called for an urgent strengthening of regional and international cooperation to identify and

Organised Labour in Nigeria has said they are ready for war and threatened to shut down the country if the National Assembly does not rescind its plan to remove minimum

Nigeria’s House of Representatives has asked the Federal Government to halt the disbursement of the £4.2m – about 2.2 billion Naira that was seized from a former Delta State Governor

Mauritius has entered a 15-day national lockdown on Wednesday morning after a rise in Covid-19 cases since the beginning of the month. The Indian Ocean island nation recorded five new cases