South Sudan’s President Salva Kiir has ordered the suspension of the operations of a local airline whose plane crashed on Tuesday, killing all on board. The small plane operated by

Security has been ramped up at the US Capitol in response to “a possible plot to breach” the building on Thursday, Capitol police say. The move was prompted by intelligence

Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari has ordered security agents to shoot anyone illegally possessing sophisticated weapons such as AK-47, his spokesman, Mallam Garba Shehu, has said. Shehu told the BBC in

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has released 50,000 metric tonnes of maize into the Nigerian market. A statement from the central bank on Wednesday said the development was in

Foreign portfolio investors (FPIs) will not be barred from participating in the Open Market Operations (OMO) auctions, Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Governor, Mr. Godwin Emefiele, has said. Emefiele, in

Crystal Palace and Manchester United saw out a forgettable goalless draw at Selhurst Park on Wednesday night. Chances were few and far between in south London as fog descended over

A political and cultural association of leaders in Northern Nigeria, the Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) has called on the country’s President Muhammadu Buhari to declare other states such as Benue,

The Catholic Church in Tanzania says Sixty nuns and 25 priests have died in the last two months after showing symptoms of coronavirus. The church in the East African nation

Myanmar security forces opened fire on protests against military rule on Wednesday killing nine people, witnesses and media reported, a day after neighbouring countries called for restraint and offered to

At least 10 rockets targeted a military base in western Iraq that hosts US-led coalition troops on Wednesday, the coalition and the Iraqi military said. It was not immediately known

Bayelsa State Governor, Senator Douye Diri has said that the 2.5 per cent revenue proposed for host communities in the Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB) was grossly inadequate and unacceptable to

Nigeria’s military on Tuesday regained control of Dikwa, a rice-cultivating town in Borno State, after a fierce gun battle with Boko Haram insurgents who sacked the town on Monday. The

Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator of the United Nations in Nigeria, Mr. Edward Kallon, in a statement Tuesday, said he was gravely preoccupied by reports of a violent attack by non-state

The United States will have enough Covid-19 vaccines for every American adult by the end of May, President Joe Biden said on Tuesday after Merck & Co agreed to make

Zamfara State Governor, Mr. Bello Matawalle, on Tuesday accused some alleged sponsors behind the abduction of almost 300 schoolgirls of a government secondary school in Jangebe of offering money to

The National Security Adviser, Babagana Munguno says available intelligence has shown that certain Nigerians are making capital out of insecurity, especially kidnapping. Munguno stated this on Tuesday after the national