Seven members of the electoral commission in the Niger Republic have been killed in a landmine explosion. The team’s car drove over an improvised explosive device in the Tillaberi region in

Polls have opened in Niger where more than 7 -million citizens began voting on Sunday in the second round of the presidential election. Mohamed Bazoum, an ally of incumbent President Mahamadou

Nigeria’s Senate President Ahmad Lawan has said the country’s Southwest governors should be blamed for the recent ethnic violence, which erupted in some states in the region and targeted the

No person, however highly placed he or she may be, is permitted to forcefully acquire land and settle on it by force and arms in any state in Nigeria, a

Popular Islamic cleric, Sheikh Ahmed Gumi, who last week met some of the bandits that kidnapped 42 people including 27 students of the Government Science Secondary School Kagara in Niger

Despite speculations, which went viral about possible negotiations to free the abducted students of Government Science College, Kagara, in Niger State, the 27 schoolboys, 15 members of staff of the

Prominent cleric and former Catholic Archbishop of Abuja, John Onaiyekan has warned that Nigeria will soon be overpowered by bandits if the government continues to dialogue with non-state actors. The

Chairman of the Nigerian Governors Forum and Ekiti State Governor Kayode Fayemi and his Kaduna State counterpart Nasir El-Rufai have called for the immediate devolution of powers between the federal

Carine Kanimba, the daughter of Paul Rusesabagina, the hero of the movie, “Hotel Rwanda” has denounced the “unfair trial” her father received in Rwanda calling on Belgium to intervene and repatriate her father who is of

in Nigeria, Bauchi State Governor, Bala Mohammed, on Friday said citizens do not need the permission of his Ondo State counterpart, Rotimi Akeredolu, to live in the forests in the

New details have emerged about the case against Instagram influencer Ramon Abbas, who wowed the internet with pictures of his clothes, cars, money and lifestyle between 2012 and 2020. In

United Nations human rights experts have said there are continuous staggering levels of violence in South Sudan. In their latest report to the UN Human Rights Council, the experts say

Heavy gunfire has broken out in Somalia’s capital as opposition leaders defied a ban on public gatherings to protest about delayed elections. At least one explosion was reported at the

Africa has surpassed 100,000 confirmed deaths from Covid-19 as a second wave of infections overwhelms hospitals.   Praised for its early response to the pandemic, the continent now struggles with a dangerous

The Ethiopian government has accused Sudan of provoking a conflict and making an attempt at pushing the two countries into a war. There have been rising tensions between the two

Militiamen  in Somalia have attacked army positions in the capital, Mogadishu, close to the Presidential Palace, the country’s government has said. In a short statement, the security minister said the