Gunmen suspected to be bandits on motorcycles have launched a fresh onslaught on Tsauwa village in Batsari Local Government Area of Katsina State, killing no fewer than 21 persons, including

The Nigerian Presidency has hailed the country’s security agencies on the re-arrest and repatriation of Biafra separatist leader, Nnamdi Kanu, stating that the enhanced collaboration of the law enforcement agencies

The UN says it’s “deeply concerned” by the deadly violence that followed pro-democracy protests in Eswatini. The UN human rights agency in a statement said security forces deployed unnecessary use

Seven Nigerians have been sentenced to jail by a court in Lome, the Togolese capital for an attempt to hijack a ship in the country’s waters in May 2019. A

No less than ten villagers in Mozambique have been killed by suspected Islamists in the northern region of the country, reports suggest. Relatives of the dead said the jihadists abducted

Health workers in Abidjan have taken vaccination campaign to traders at popular markets in Ivory Coast’s financial capital city. With megaphones in hand, the health workers urged traders and shoppers

Nobel Laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, has urged Nigeria’s federal government to apologise to Yoruba activist, Chief Sunday Adeyemo (Igboho), as it is not criminal or illegal for anyone to express

Nigeria and United Arabs Emirates (UAE) have continued to exchange words over the traveling ban imposed into the Arab country. The Nigerian government had last week came out that contrary

The Parliament of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) will hold its delocalized meeting under the theme: “Cryptocurrency as a facilitator of Community trade in West Africa”, from

The Kaduna State School Quality Assurance Authority has announced the closure of 13 vulnerable private schools in Chikun Local Government Area of the state. A letter dated July 5, 2021

About 140 students are missing after armed men raided a boarding school in Nigeria’s Kaduna state on Monday, and police said they were in hot pursuit alongside military personnel. The

Seventeen Governors of Nigeria’s southern region are demanding that the next president of the country emerge from the south. The governors stated this on Monday at the end of the

Authorities in Uganda have announced a jail term for up to two months for citizens who violate Covid pandemic control restrictions. According to new rules released by the health ministry in a statutory

Former South African President Jacob Zuma says he is appealing a prison sentence and demanding justice as hundreds of supporters continue their solidarity with the former leader.   The 79-year old told hundreds

Many students of Bathel Baptist High School,  Damishi, Kaduna, are feared abducted by bandits. The bandits were said to have invaded the school at about 2am on Monday. The hoodlums

Rebels in Ethiopia’s Tigray region say they must be recognised as its legitimate government before they accept any ceasefire. The withdrawal of Eritrean troops was another precondition in a long