To curtail further violence in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, the Inspector-General of Police, Adamu, has ordered the immediate deployment of four units of riot policemen in the state. The

Nigeria’s federal government on Monday unfolded plans to stop gas flaring in the next four years. Minister of State for Petroleum, Chief Timipre Sylva, at a public hearing on “Need

With her emergence on Monday as the first African and first female to be the Director-General of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, unveiled her agenda, which includes

The Chairman of an official inquiry into “state capture” in South Africa, Justice Zondo has said the body will be filing papers against ex-President Jacob Zuma for once more defying

President Muhammadu Buhari has congratulated a former Nigerian Minister of Finance and Economy Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala on her election as Director-General of the World Trade Organisation. Ms Okonjo-Iweala will assume office on 1

South Africa on Monday confirmed the reopening of 20 land border crossings that were closed over a month ago to limit the spread of Covid-19. The land border points with Zimbabwe, Namibia, Mozambique,

A former South African President Jacob Zuma on Monday defied summons to appear before a commission investigating corruption during his presidency. Mr Zuma was scheduled to appear before the commission from 15

Rwanda has started immunising its health care workers against Covid-19, the health ministry said on Sunday. An official in the ministry told the BBC that immunisation with the Pfizer vaccine

The World Health Organization (WHO) has expressed concern over the resurgence of Ebola in West Africa and activated response efforts. WHO’s Regional Director Matshidiso Moeti said the agency was “ramping

President Muhammadu Buhari has flayed the reported cases of ethnic violence across the country, saying his government will protect all religious and ethnic groups in line with the provisions of

The Nigeria Police have launched a probe into allegations that people arrested on Saturday over the protest of the reopening of the Lekki Tollgate were molested. They warned that errant

The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has linked the current challenge of internal security in the country to uncontrolled influx and use of psychotropic medicines

Fifteen Turkish sailors kidnapped by pirates last month in the Gulf of Guinea arrived back in Turkey on Sunday, with the ship’s captain describing how they faced death threats and

The Southern Kaduna Peoples Union (SOKAPU) and the Kaduna State chapter of the Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN), have expressed outrage over the incessant killings and proffered

At least three people have died from Ebola in Guinea, the first cases declared since it was one of three West African nations to fight the world’s deadliest Ebola epidemic

For saying herdsmen were justified to bear arms, Governor Bala Mohammed of Bauchi State on Saturday came under heavy criticism, with the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) and some senior members

The Lagos State Government on Saturday filed charges against ten #ENDSARS protesters arrested on Saturday even as many failed to show up for the protest amid heavy presence of police

A high-production brewery believed to be more than 5,000 years old has been uncovered by a team of archaeologists at a funerary site in southern Egypt, the tourism ministry said