The Lagos State Government has warned citizens residing in the southwestern state and who nurture plans to participate in the #OccupyLekkiTollGate protest slated for Saturday that they risk being prosecuted

Oil and gas-producing countries, including several in Africa, face a multi-trillion-dollar hole in their government revenue as the world cuts back on fossil fuels, according to a report by the

Nigeria has so far disobeyed twenty-five judgements of the ECOWAS court, the first since the establishment of the regional court, and that’s according to a senior lawyer, Femi Falana. Falana,

The United Nations has strongly condemned an attack on a peacekeepers base in central Mali where 28 peacekeepers from Togo were injured. The temporary UN base in Kerena, near Douentza, was

Namibia’s national carrier has announced it was ending operations after the Southern African country’s government approved the loss-making airline’s liquidation. “Effective Thursday, 11 February 2021, all flight operations will be cancelled

The International Press Institute (IPI) has expressed its sadness over the death of its former leader and former Governor of Lagos State, Lateef Jakande. ARISE News had reported that the first civilian Governor

Nigeria’s Minister of Information Lai Mohammed has warned those planning to protest at the Lekki tollgate in Lagos on Saturday to desist. This follows calls by citizens on social media

Human Rights Watch has accused the Ethiopian military of indiscriminately shelling urban centres during the conflict in the northern region of Tigray last November. The US-based group said the attacks

Thousands of students in South Sudan failed to sit their final examinations in primary schools this week following fresh inter-communal fighting that erupted in parts of Jonglei and Unity States.

The first civilian Governor of Lagos State, Alhaji Lateef Jakande, is dead. He died in the early hours of Thursday at the age of 91. Jakande, a former journalist became

Controversy continues to trail Tuesday’s alleged grazing of cattle by a herdsman at the Abeokuta home of Noble Laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka. While the Ogun State Police Command has said

Nigerian Senators have commenced legislative activities for the year by asking the country’s President, Muhammadu Buhari to direct the National Security Adviser, the Inspector-General of Police and the newly nominated service chiefs “to devise

Ghana has suspended parliamentary activities for three weeks due to a Covid-19 outbreak among Members of Parliament and staff. Reports suggest 17 members of parliament and 151 staff and ancillary workers have

The increasing strength of the Al-Qaeda-linked Al-Shabaab jihadist group has brought about a growing frustration in the arid northern corner of Kenya, bordering Somalia and Ethiopia. Reports suggest that some 1,000 kilometres from

A Federal High Court in Abuja has asked the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to unfreeze the bank accounts of 20 #EndSARS protesters. The protesters were targeted by the country’s apex bank in the

Nigerian Afrobeat legend, Fela Anikulapo Kuti, could be set for a posthumous honour after he was nominated for the 2021 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. The maverick musician and