Nigeria’s Bankole Adeoye has been elected as African Union Commissioner for Political Affairs, Peace and Security. A statement on Tuesday signed by the Spokesperson, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ferdinand Nwonye

The United Nation’s Security Council will on Tuesday meet to discuss Somalia’s political uncertainty, AFP news agency reports citing diplomatic sources. Somalia’s opposition has vowed not to recognise President Mohamed

The Premier League have confirmed just two new positive Covid-19 results across the division after the latest round of testing. In an update released on Monday evening, the top-flight said

West Ham midfielder Tomas Soucek has spoken out against the abuse received by referee Mike Dean following Saturday’s Premier League clash with Fulham. Dean has asked not to officiate any

Health officials in the Democratic Republic of Congo have started tracing those who came in contact with a patient who died from Ebola. The 42-year-old woman died last Wednesday in

Nigeria’s Chief of Army Staff Ibrahim Attahiru says the war against insurgency will be brought to an end soon as the country will bring in Chadian and Cameroonian troops to

The federal government has published the passport details of another 100 travellers who had failed to undergo the mandatory Covid-19 test after their return into Nigeria. The passport specifications were

Sudan’s Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok announced Monday a new cabinet bringing in seven ex-rebel chiefs as ministers, following a peace deal in October aimed to end decades of war. Veteran

Britain is looking at greater testing of all people who have arrived from abroad while they are self-isolating to defend against new variants of the virus that causes Covid-19, a

Protesters opposed to Myanmar’s military coup defied bans on big gatherings to extend the largest demonstrations in more than a decade on Tuesday, chanting and confronting police who fired water

North Korea maintained and developed its nuclear and ballistic missile programmes throughout 2020 in violation of international sanctions, helping fund its activities with some $300m stolen through cyber-hacks, according to

A computer hacker gained access to the water system of a city in Florida and tried to pump in a “dangerous” amount of a chemical, officials say. The hacker briefly

Nigeria’s federal government has barred the private sector from administering Covid-19 vaccines, reserving the vaccination exclusively for the National Primary Healthcare Development Agency (NPHCDA) for safety reasons. Minister of Health,

Analysts on Monday predicted a faster economic recovery for Nigeria as crude oil prices, at $60 per barrel, hit a new high since February 2020. The analysts, however, urged the

Lawyers for Donald Trump have responded to his impeachment charges, saying supporters of the former US president stormed Congress in Washington DC on 6 January of their own accord. Trump’s

The Chairman and Founder of the BUA Group, Alhaji Abdulsamad Rabiu, has called for the liberalisation of Nigeria’s cement policy to boost production and subsequently crash the price of the

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