Nigeria’s Federal Government on Wednesday refuted allegations levelled in an online publication against one of the ambassador-designates. The ambassador-designate, Mrs. Ingekim Regina Ocheni was accused of corruption, human trafficking, forgery,

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

The Senate has confirmed the reappointment of Ahmed Kuru as the managing director of Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON) for a second term in office. President Muhammadu Buhari had in

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

Authorities in South Africa have outlined amended coronavirus immunisation plans, with the country turning its attention to the Johnson & Johnson vaccine. They were put on hold when a trial suggested that

The Ugandan government has announced the full restoration of internet and social media services, apologising for the inconveniences caused. The country’s State Minister for ICT and National Guidance Peter Ogwang in a tweet

A Senate joint committee on Army, Navy, and Air force will within two weeks screen and submit a report for the confirmation of the country’s new service chiefs. President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan

Twitter has posted record revenues for the last quarter of 2020, capping off what its chief executive said was “an extraordinary year” for the platform. The social messaging platform said

Heineken is to cut 8,000 jobs and seek €2bn of savings over two years as new chief executive Dolf van den Brink reshapes the world’s second-largest brewer in a pandemic

Burkina Faso President Roch Marc Christian Kabore on Tuesday commenced an official visit in Brussels and met with senior European Union officials. The meeting is geared towards strengthening socio-economic partnership, security and

Nigeria representatives have arrived Marwa, in Cameroon for the repatriation of 9,800 Nigerian refugees. The 9,800 are those in first phase of the repatriation from Cameroon, out of 46,000 Nigerians

Morocco’s premier has vowed “sanctions” after 28 people were confirmed dead when heavy rain flooded an illegal textiles workshop in a basement, reviving a debate on work conditions in the North African

Somalia’s President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo has called for a meeting with federal state leaders next week to resolve the impasse on how to proceed with elections. The term of President

Mary Wilson, the longest-reigning original Supreme, has died at 76-years-old. Wilson died Monday night at her home in Las Vegas and the cause was not immediately clear, said publicist Jay

Travellers to the United Kingdom caught violating newly imposed quarantine restrictions could face a heavy fine of up to 10,000 British pounds ($13,800), and 10 years in prison, as the

A divided US Senate voted largely along party lines on Tuesday to move ahead with Donald Trump’s impeachment trial on a charge of inciting the deadly assault on the Capitol,

A former National Chairman of the governing All Progressives Congress (APC) Adams Oshiomhole has described the party’s ongoing membership revalidation exercise as strange and one that is against the constitution