11 people have been killed and four wounded in a school shooting in the Russian city of Kazan.   According to the Interfax news agency, two gunmen opened fire in

For the tenth time, Nigeria’s entrepreneurial giant and richest black man on earth, Mr. Aliko Dangote, has retained his position as the richest man in Africa with a net worth

Nigeria’s main opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is demanding the removal of the country’s transportation minister, Rotimi Amaechi, and the suspended Managing Director of the Nigeria Ports Authority (NPA), Hadiza Usman, over unremitted

The Nigerian government has declared Wednesday and Thursday as public holidays to mark this year’s Eid-el-Fitr celebration. Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Interior, Shuaib Belgore disclosed this in a statement on Monday. Mr Belgore quoted

Suspended managing director of the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), Hadiza Bala Usman says media reports claiming she solely awarded ports contract during her tenure is irresponsible and mischievous. Ms Usman stated this in a statement she personally

Kenyan police authorities are investigating a case of a female police officer complaining about mistreatment and sexual harassment, in a video shared widely. In the video, the officer is asking

Six people including senior police officers were killed after a suicide bomber detonated explosives at a police station in the Somali capital, Mogadishu. The bomber detonated the bombs at Waberi District Police Station killing

The Joint Action Civil Society Coalition/Nigeria Mourns has called on Nigerians to participate in a series of mass action across the country on May 26 against the administration of President

The disturbing security situation in Nigeria appears to have turned two governors against each other as the Kaduna State Governor, Malam Nasir El-Rufai and his Benue State counterpart, Samuel Ortom

The eldest son of South Africa’s late Zulu King Goodwill Zwelithini has been chosen as successor to the throne, amid a bitter family feud. Prince Misizulu, 46, was named in

The suspension of Ms Hadiza Bala-Usman as the Managing Director of the Nigerian Ports Authority last Thursday by the Minister of Transportation, Chibuike Amaechi, against civil service rules for the

Former Minister of Women Affairs of Nigeria, Aisha Jummai Al-Hassan has died at the age of 61.   The ex-minister, popularly known as Mama Taraba, was said to have passed away at

Minister of Transportation, Hon. Rotimi Amaechi’s two-year plot to shove aside Managing Director of Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), Ms Hadiza Bala-Usman, Thursday night as President Muhammadu Buhari approved his request

Parents of the 27 students of Federal College of Forestry Mechanisation, Afaka, Kaduna, who were freed on Wednesday after 55 days in kidnappers’ den, have called for the rehabilitation of

President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday described National Identification Number (NIN) registration by Nigerians as key to win the ongoing war against insecurity. He, therefore, called on Nigerians to fully participate

Ethiopia’s federal government has replaced the head of the interim administration of Tigray, a region racked by more than six months of catastrophic conflict. Mulu Nega had held the position

A former Ugandan child solider who became a commander in a notorious rebel group has been jailed for war crimes.   Dominic Ongwen, now 45, was sentenced to 25 years

Organised labour under the auspices of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) Wednesday condemned the moves by the federal government to review payrolls as part of measures to reduce the cost