The Rivers State Government in the Niger Delta area of Nigeria has imposed a curfew on the 23 Local Government Areas of the State with effect from Thursday over possibilities of deadly

Two of the abducted students from Greenfield University in Nigeria’s northwest Kaduna State have been killed by their abductors. Authorities in Kaduna said the corpses of the two students have

Three of the abducted students from Greenfield University in Nigeria’s northwestern Kaduna state have been found dead. Armed bandits on Tuesday night kidnapped an unspecified number of students at the

Gunmen have again abducted a number of students from a university in the northern Nigerian state of Kaduna. The police spokesperson in the state, Muhammad Jalige, confirmed the abduction saying

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English Premiership side Chelsea are preparing documents to formally withdraw from the European Super League, Sky News is reporting. Owner Roman Abramovich is understood to have driven the decision, having

Chad’s President Idriss Déby has died suddenly in clashes with rebels in the north of the country at the weekend, the army has said on state TV. His death came

Premier League side Tottenham has sacked manager Jose Mourinho just days before the Carabao Cup final against Manchester City and after 17 months in charge. Spurs have endured a disastrous

DMX, a rapper known as much for his troubles as his music, has died, his family announced in a statement. He was 50. “We are deeply saddened to announce today

Prince Philip, husband of Queen Elizabeth, has died aged 99, Buckingham Palace said on Friday.   View this post on Instagram   A post shared by The Royal Family (@theroyalfamily)

The Nigerian Government has maintained that activities at the ongoing National Sports Festival in Edo State will continue as planned. The federal government’s stance comes against a threat in the

Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari has announced DIG Usman Alkali Baba as acting Inspector General of Police, with immediate effect, according to the country’s the Minister of Police Affairs, Maigari Dingyadi.

Resident doctors in Nigeria have commenced an indefinite strike despite meeting with a federal government delegation to resolve pending issues. The doctors, under the aegis of the National Association of

Heavy gunfire was heard near Niger’s presidency in the early hours of Wednesday, two days ahead of the swearing-in of president-elect Mohamed Bazoum, a Reuters reporter said. Heavy gunfire started

Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo said on Wednesday that schools should be closed to rein in the spread of the Covid-19 virus, speaking ahead of possible new restrictive measures to be

The stranded container ship blocking the Suez Canal for almost a week was re-floated on Monday and is currently being secured, Inchcape Shipping Services said, raising expectations the vital waterway

At least 32 people were killed, and 66 injured, when two trains collided on Friday in southern Egypt. Dozens of ambulances rushed to the scene in the southern province of

The Central Bank of Nigeria has left its monetary policy rate unchanged at 11.5% during its March 2021 meeting, despite intensifying inflationary pressures, as it tries to prop up an

Guy Brice Parfait Kolelas, leading opposition presidential candidate in Republic of Congo’s election, died on Sunday, a day after the country went to the polls. Kolelas was hospitalised on the

Overseas fans will be barred from this year’s pandemic-postponed Tokyo Olympics because of ongoing coronavirus concerns, organisers announced Saturday. “In order to give clarity to ticket holders living overseas and