A former Governor of Nigeria’s Central Bank, Charles Soludo on Wednesday escaped a bloody attack when gunmen stormed his community town hall where he was having an interactive session with

British regulator Ofcom has imposed a £125,000 fine on a channel founded by Nigerian megachurch pastor Chris Oyakhilome for airing “harmful” claims about the Covid-19 pandemic. The broadcasting regulator took

The United States of America has shut its embassy in Niger’s capital, Niamey, amidst reports of a failed attempt by some soldiers to stage a coup. “US embassy Niamey will

Central African Republic’s President Faustin-Archange Touadéra was sworn in on Wednesday in a ceremony attended by foreign dignitaries in the capital Bangui. President Touadéra was re-elected for a second term

Mozambican troops are on the look-out for militant Islamists who had carried a massive assault on the coastal town of Palma last week, terming the operation “cleansing and manhunt”. It

Authorities in Algeria have warned against the use of the anti-parasitic drug Ivermectin to treat Covid-19 as it poses a “danger to human health”, privately owned daily newspaper El Khabar has

Civil society groups in Kenya have threatened to protest against the tough restrictions to control the spread of coronavirus. President Uhuru Kenyatta last week banned all inland travel in and

Ekiti State Governor Kayode Fayemi says the state is determined to make this year’s National Festival of Arts and Culture (NAFEST) a great experience. The chairman of the Nigeria Governors’

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Nigerian fashion brand Lagos Space Programme has qualified for the semi-final of the prestigious LVMH Prize. The Lagos-based genderless brand, designed by Adeju Thompson, is among 20 semi-finalists from around

The Lagos State Government has extended the timeframe of the state judicial panel investigating SARS brutality by three months. The State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on October 19, 2020 had set

Pfizer and BioNTech have announced that their Covid-19 vaccine is safe and effective in 12- to 15-year olds, paving the way for them to seek US emergency use authorization in

Hit TV show Game of Thrones is heading to the stage, with a theatre adaptation likely to be a major attraction in the West End and on Broadway. The show

Nigeria will be “doomed” in 2023 if any of the country’s politicians from the two main political parties succeed in becoming the West African country’s President, Ralph Nwosu, the National

New York lawmakers have passed a bill to legalise adult use of marijuana, which will make it the 15th state in the United States to allow recreational use of the

Former US president Donald Trump and first lady, Melania Trump, have launched a website to serve their personal offices. The website, 45office.com, comes after Trump’s ban from social media sites

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

President Muhammadu Buhari’s medical trip to the United Kingdom has returned to the front burner the need for Nigerian hospitals to be equipped in line with global best practices, a

The leaders of all three branches of Brazil’s armed forces jointly resigned Tuesday following President Jair Bolsonaro’s replacement of the defense minister, causing widespread apprehension of a military shakeup to