The Nigerian Senate on Thursday passed the 2021-2023 Medium Term Expenditure Framework (MTEF) and Fiscal Strategy Paper (FSP) shortly before it adjourned plenary. The passage of the document was sequel

Nigerian jihadist group Boko Haram has reportedly released a video showing dozens of young boys in a forest begging for the Nigerian armed forces to stop looking for them. Earlier

The Economist Newspaper has named Malawi the country of the year for “reviving democracy in an authoritarian region”, citing the nullification of the 2019 presidential election results that were marred by irregularities.

Federal authorities have unsealed an indictment charging a Kenyan man with trying to stage a 9/11-style attack on the United States on behalf of the terrorist organization al-Shabab. Cholo Abdi

Families of the 333 schoolboys abducted last Friday in Kankara, Katsina State, have expressed concerns that they may be brainwashed or held for years. A report Wednesday by Reuters quoted

The Democratic Republic of Congo has announced that a curfew will be imposed from 21:00 to 05:00 after a spike in cases of coronavirus. The government says the restriction will

Yoweri Museveni Uganda’s President has reappointed his eldest son, Lieutenant General Muhoozi Kainerugaba as head of the country’s Special Forces Command, an elite unit with the responsibility of guarding the president and first family.

Nigeria’s House of Representatives has ordered the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) to extend the two-week deadline given to citizens to update their SIM card registration with their National Identification Number (NIN)

The Kano State government in northwestern Nigeria has ordered the closure of all schools —including private and public schools. The order was contained in a statement issued by Sanusi Kiru,

The Kano State government in northwestern Nigeria has ordered the closure of all schools —including private and public schools. The order was contained in a statement issued by Sanusi Kiru,

Global rights organisation, Amnesty International, on Tuesday said education in northern Nigeria is under threat in the wake of rising insecurity in the region. It attributed the recent abduction of

Kano State Governor, Dr. Abdullahi Ganduje, on Tuesday gave reasons why he dethroned Alhaji Lamido Sanusi as the Emir of Kano. The governor said he took the decision to save

Guinea’s President Alpha Condé is taking the fight against corruption to another level ordering all ministers to declare their assets and those of their relatives. He’s also ordered that any company

Following last weekend’s abduction of more than 300 boys in a government secondary school in Katsina state, the governor of Zamfara State Bello Matawalle, has ordered the closure of boarding schools in the state to

The Nigerian Senate has summoned the country’s service chiefs, the Minister of Defence, the Inspector-general of Police and the Director of the Department of State Service over the worsening security situation in the country. The upper chamber’s

Several human rights activists say Saudi authorities are holding hundreds of mostly Ethiopian migrant workers in appalling conditions, and they’ve been subjected to beatings. The campaign group, Human Rights Watch,

Nigerian singers Omah Lay and Tems are set to be released from police custody in Uganda after charges against them for breaching Covid-19 rules were dropped on Tuesday. In court

The World Bank says it has approved a $1.5 billion loan package for Nigeria to help build a resilient recovery post-COVID19. The World Bank Group has also entered a new