Scientists in the UK have developed the world’s most effective malaria vaccine with 77 percent efficacy against the disease. Researchers at the Jenner Institute of Oxford University and their partners,

 Those pushing for the removal of the Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr Isa Pantami, were on Thursday rebuffed by the presidency, which told them that the minister will

The US has urged its nationals in Chad to exercise caution on Friday, the day of the funeral of the late Chadian President Idriss Déby. A post on the US

The World Health Organization (WHO) has urged African countries not to destroy Covid-19 vaccines that may have passed their expiry date.  Countries have been told to keep hold of them

Nigeria’s federal government said on Thursday that Nigeria is the most hit by the death of President Idriss Deby of Chad given its dire security implications, assuring Nigerians, however, that

President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday met with six Northern governors at the State House, Abuja, where he reiterated his commitment towards ending the security challenges facing the nation. The meeting

Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari says the public discourse around his Communications Minister, Isa Pantami is a “cancel campaign” instigated by Information and Communications Technology (ICT) companies who seek his removal.

Foreign leaders began to arrive in Chad on Thursday for the funeral of slain president Idriss Deby as France backed the country’s new military leaders in the face of threats

Nigeria’s National Economic Council (NEC) has refuted claims by Edo State Governor Godwin Obaseki that the federal government printed money to support allocations to states in March. A statement by

Nigeria’s minister of defence Bashir Magashi, says the West African country has strengthened security at her borders to avoid mass infiltration of Chadian refugees into the country. There are concerns

France is calling on the Chadian military council to make the immediate stability of the country its priority. The French foreign minister in an interview with French TV Jean-Yves Le

Authorities in Ghana have shut down forty-nine TV stations operating illegally in the West African country. The National Communications Authority (NCA) says the closure of the unlicensed stations is designed

Unknown gunmen have kidnapped eighteen passengers who were travelling along the Eruwa/Igbo-Ora road, in the Ibarapa area of Nigeria’s southwestern Oyo state. Information around the kidnap remains sketchy but the

Jacob Zuma lawyers have filed a notice of withdrawal from representing the former South African President The lawyers have not given reasons for doing so. The notice filed on Wednesday follows last

Reports suggest motorbike-riding gunmen have killed dozens of people and burnt down a number of homes in a series of raids targeting remote villages in Nigeria’s northwest Zamfara state. The

Displaced people from Ethiopia’s western Tigray region report cases of rape, looting and extrajudicial killings allegedly perpetrated by Amhara forces. The months-long conflict has forced more than 1.7 million people

Nigerian security analysts on Wednesday expressed outrage over the news of the deployment of 144 personnel of the Nigeria Police in Somalia under an African Union (AU) peace keeping mission,

Nigeria’s military Wednesday dismissed concerns that the death of the President of Chad, Idriss Deby, may escalate the insurgency war in the northeast region of the country. Deby, who was

The leader of the pan-Yoruba socio-political organisation, Afenifere, Chief Ayo Adebanjo, on Wednesday renewed his call for the restructuring of Nigeria, saying it will take the wind out of the