Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari says the growth and development of the internet has come with a rise in threats posed by cybercriminals, online financial fraudsters, and cyber terrorists which is being witnessed in the country. According to President

The electoral commission in Niger says the ruling party’s candidate Mohamed Bazoum has won the presidential election with more than 55% of the vote. His opponent, former president Mahamane Ousmane,

A court in South Africa has said a corruption case against former President Jacob Zuma and French defence company Thales over a $2 billion state arms deal will start in

Rwandan Hutu rebels Tuesday denied allegations they were behind the killing of the Italian ambassador to the Democratic Republic of Congo and instead accused the armies of the DRC and

The Nigerian Senate on Tuesday confirmed the appointment of the immediate past service chiefs as non-career ambassadors. The confirmation of the former service chiefs followed the senate’s consideration of the

A team from the Congolese presidency will be deployed to Goma to support investigations into the killing of Italy’s ambassador, the Italian military police officer travelling with him, and a

South Africa’s unemployment rate jumped to a record high in the fourth quarter of last year, the statistics agency said on Tuesday, as the economy was further battered by the

Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, has ordered the immediate reopening of the popular Sasha market after Yoruba and Hausa residents and traders in the community welcomed peace. Mr Makinde stated

The Director General of the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA), Captain Musa Nuhu, has said that the federal government will on Tuesday write a protest letter to the governments of

The United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) has placed a purchase order for four million doses of Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccines to be supplied to Nigeria. The Executive Director of the

The elimination of tariff following the introduction of the African Continental Free Trade Area Agreement (AfCFTA) is expected to boost intra-African trade by 52 per cent and help Nigeria and

The Niger State government on Monday clarified that it is negotiating directly with the abductors of 27 students of the Government Science College, Kagara, their teachers and family members, insisting

Governors of Nigeria’s southwestern states on Monday took on the senate president Dr. Ahmad Lawan, over his attack on them for allegedly inciting the recent ethnic violence, which erupted in

In Nigeria, the Benue State Governor, Mr. Samuel Ortom, has accused his Bauchi State counterpart, Senator Bala Mohammed, of being part of the Fulani terrorist organisation terrorising Nigeria. Ortom, who

Guinea has postponed an Ebola vaccination roll out that was to begin on Monday due to bad weather. The plane carrying 11,000 World Health Organization vaccines was unable to land

No less than six students are feared dead after an attack on a bus in Ethiopia’s northern region of Tigray, according to survivors. Eyewitnesses said there were clashes between soldiers

The Italian ambassador to Kinshasa was on Monday shot dead in an attack that targeted a convoy of the World Food Program (WFP) during a visit near Goma in the

The Ugandan opposition leader Bobi Wine has said he is withdrawing his election petition case challenging the results of last month’s presidential election. Bobi Wine, whose real name is Robert

Tanzania’s president is finally acknowledging that his country has a coronavirus problem after claiming for months that the disease had been defeated by prayer. Populist President John Magufuli on Sunday

Fifty-three abducted persons were set free on Sunday by bandits operating in Niger State even as the outlaws held on to the 27 pupils of Government Science College, Kagara and