BUA Group, a leading Foods and  Infrastructure Conglomerates headquartered in Lagos, Nigeria, says it has purchased one million doses of AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccines for Nigeria and is expected to be distributed to Nigerians

The Nigerian government says the country’s National Identification Number (NIN) is the primary and legal identity of citizens and will replace the Bank Verification Numbers (BVN) which is not established

At least 24 people died after heavy rain flooded an illegal underground textile workshop in a private house in Morocco’s port of Tangiers. Rescue workers recovered 24 bodies from the

Nigeria’s northeastern city of Maiduguri remain without electricity after it was attacked by jihadi fighters in late January, as engineers from the Transmission Company of Nigeria continue to work tirelessly to restore

Thousands of Nigerians have taken to Twitter to express their determination to stage another protest over the ruling of the Lagos State Judicial Panel allowing the Lekki Concession Company to regain possession

The apex Yoruba socio-political organisation, Afenifere on Monday urged the international community to intervene in the crisis between herdsmen and farmers in Nigeria to stem the tide. It also backed

Somalia has missed a key deadline to hold a presidential election on 8 February, plunging the country into political uncertainty. The first term of incumbent President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo ends

The Democratic Republic of Congo says it is working to contain a possible resurgence of Ebola in the eastern region of the country after a case of the deadly hemorrhagic

A Benin presidential candidate was wounded after shots were fired at his car soon after he filed his papers for the April presidential election, family members and the government have

President Muhammadu Buhari has called for a comprehensive overhaul of the African Union (AU) for it to be more functional in meeting set targets and relevance, warning that failure to

The National Commission for Refugees, Migrants and Internally Displaced Persons (NCFRMI) has met officials of Cameroon and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) over the repatriation of 4,982

The Ekiti State Government in Nigeria has taken the Inspector General of Police, Mr. Mohammed Adamu, to court over the dismissal of a constable, Ms. Omolola Olajide, for getting pregnant

More facts have emerged on why the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) decided to ban cryptocurrency trading in the country. The apex bank prohibited dealing in cryptocurrencies or facilitating payments

The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) Saturday asked the President Muhammadu Buhari government to seek help from Israel, United States and other countries in the fight against insurgency, banditry, kidnapping

The Northern Elders Forum (NEF) on Saturday called for the arrest and prosecution of any Fulani herdsman that broke the law. The NEF said it was not against the arrest

Nigeria has cold chain equipment to store the Covid Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine if it arrives the country, the National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA) has said. As a criteria used

Thousands of protesters backed by Tunisia’s powerful labour union gathered in central Tunis on Saturday in the country’s biggest demonstration for years, defying a police lockdown that blocked roads in

There was drama on Saturday at the Lagos State Judicial Panel on Restitution for Victims of SARS-related abuses and other matters, as panel members were split five in favour and four