Members of the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) and their allies, including Russia, on Monday failed to reach an agreement on production levels for February, with talks expected to

Nigerian authorities have remanded Omoyele Sowore, publisher of Sahara reporters at the Kuje Correctional Centre pending the hearing of their bail applications on Tuesday. Sowore, an activist and convener of

The Nigerian government has said it has no plans to impose a fresh lockdown as the country battles a second wave of the coronavirus pandemic. However, the country’s Minister of

A former Nigerian Vice President Atiku Abubakar has accused the President Muhammadu Buhari administration of “destroying his legitimate business that was employing thousands of Nigerians because of politics”. Abubakar, a

Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the take-off of the Special Public Works Programme, which aims at engaging 774,000 unemployed itinerant Nigerians to begin nationwide on Tuesday, January 5th. The

One hundred people were killed on Saturday in attacks on two villages in western Niger, Prime Minister Brigi Rafini said following one of the deadliest days in recent memory for

Military air strikes at the weekend struck a logistics base of terror group, Boko Haram, killing scores of terrorists in a hideout in two locations, notably, Kote Kura and Bulama

An incident, involving the British Airways Flight BA75 flight to Lagos, which was grounded due to bird strikes, has exposed the poor emergency response at the at the Murtala Muhammed

Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu has extended the stay-at- home order for all State Public Servants on Grade Levels 14 and below. The new order asked them to resume duty

Another fresh round of the Ethiopian dam talks resumed Sunday with Sudan, Ethiopia and Egypt hoping to get a solution to the water crisis that has rocked the mega-dam project

Authorities in Zimbabwe on Saturday imposed a national lockdown following a surge in Covid-19 cases, stating that only essential services, such as hospitals, pharmacies and supermarkets will remain operational for the next

Niger is set for a second round of vote as no candidate clinched the needed majority for a first-round win in the December 27 vote. Former Prime Minister and favourite

Niger’s electoral commission is set to announce the final results of the country’s presidential election on Saturday with the candidate of the ruling party set for a first-round win. Provisional results showed Mohamed Bazoum

Egypt’s foreign ministry has said it has summoned Ethiopia’s top diplomat in Cairo over comments by an Addis Ababa official regarding a controversial dam on the Nile. The Egyptian ministry

Ethiopian security forces killed more than 75 people and injured nearly 200 during deadly ethnic unrest in June and July following the killing of a popular singer, according to Ethiopia’s

At least 25 people were killed in an attack on New Year’s Eve by rebels in Congo’s eastern Beni territory. Farmers had gone to the fields in the village of

Rights group, Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has given the Nigerian government 48 hours to unconditionally release Omoyele Sowore, the publisher of Sahara Reporters and other activists arrested during

Nigeria’s military on Thursday tendered its report card in the last one year, in the efforts to keep Nigeria safe, saying it killed 4,000 terrorism suspects, including terror commanders of