Hundreds of thousands of citizens have opted for the use of a Virtual Private Network (VPN) to boycott the indefinite suspension of Twitter by the Nigerian government. The federal government

The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) has threatened legal action against the federal government if it doesn’t rescind its decision to suspend indefinitely operations of Twitter in the country. President of

Egyptian authorities say six teenage girls and at least 19 other people have been killed in a fire at a younger offenders’ institute in the country’s capital, Cairo. Officials said

Uganda’s national hospital, Mulago is reporting an unprecedented number of coronavirus patients as the East African country battles a second wave of the pandemic. The national referral hospital’s deputy executive

The Kenyan government has formally challenged a ruling by the country’s High Court that found that President Uhuru Kenyatta’s proposed constitutional reforms were illegal. The sweeping constitutional changes, popularly known

A South African mother has been arrested alongside two accomplices for allegedly attempting to sell her newborn twins, local media report. She is alleged to be a drug addict and

Nigeria’s presidency has expressed disgust over an article in Foreign Affairs magazine that described the West African country as a failed state, with the federal government accusing the US-based magazine

Some African oil-producing nations on Thursday opposed what they described as the global conspiracy to shut down the economies of the continent’s resource-dependent countries. They urged members to take urgent

France is halting joint military operations with Mali over last week’s coup in the West African country. It said the suspension would continue until it received guarantees about a return

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has defended the dismissal of the governing council of Lagos State University by the state government and instead blamed the varsity’s governing council

Nigeria’s Defence Headquarters (DHQ) on Thursday allayed concerns about possible mass retirement of top military officers superior to the Chief of Army, Maj. Gen. Farouk Yahaya. It said contrary to

Nigeria’s federal government has said it is preposterous for anyone to declare Nigeria a failed state due to the country’s security challenges. Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed,

Former Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo on Thursday expressed worry over the state of the nation and blamed bad leadership for the nation’s woes. The former president, while receiving a book

Eritrean troops involved in the war in Tigray have started pulling out of neighbouring Ethiopia as international calls for an end to hostilities and unfettered humanitarian access continue to grow.

Mauritius is set to have a presence in space following the planned launch of a small satellite onboard a rocket taking off from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida on

Nigeria’s Minister of Communication and Digital Economy, Isa Pantami says incidents of terror such as banditry and kidnapping in the country have significantly reduced owing to the enforcement of a

Nigeria’s Minister of Justice and Attorney General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami has denied ever writing a memo to President Muhammadu Buhari asking him to suspend the use of the

Uganda’s Transport Minister General Katumba Wamala has been discharged from hospital after undergoing surgery to remove a bullet in his arm. The minister was injured after gunmen riding on motorcycles