The United Nations has called on authorities in Mozambique to investigate reports that militants massacred at least 50 villagers and beheaded women and children in the restive northern region of Carbo del

A former governor of Kaduna state Balarabe Musa has died. He was 84 years old. Musa’s daughter also confirmed that his death occurred on Wednesday morning and will be buried

Nigeria’s Chief of Air Staff, Sadique Abubakar has said the country will soon receive the six Super Tucano aircraft from the United States. The six aircraft are part of the

Nigeria’s bid to set aside the P&ID Limited’s arbitration award has suffered a setback as VR Capital Group Limited has secured a United States’ court ruling to block the federal

Borno State Governor, Prof. Babagana Zulum, has urged the federal government to build on the conviction of six Boko Haram sponsors by the United Arab Emirate (UAE) by setting up

The United Nations (UN) has boosted Nigeria’s Economic Sustainability Plan with $250 million. The offer, which is aimed at complementing Nigeria’s COVID-19 economic recovery efforts under the Nigerian Economic Sustainability

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) on Tuesday unveiled guidelines for the operation of the Private Sector-led Accelerated Agriculture Development Scheme (P-AADS) to facilitate increased private sector agricultural production of

Former Malian president Amadou Toumani Toure, who won acclaim as a champion of democracy, has died at the age of 72. Toure died in Turkey on Monday night, according to

The African Union has called for a ceasefire in Ethiopia’s northern Tigray region, where federal troops are engaged in an offensive against the local government that they accuse of attacking

A criminal complaint has been filed before a Chief Magistrate’s court in the Nigerian capital Abuja by an activist, Kenechukwu Okeke, against Nigeria’s top celebrities and individuals connected to the

Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu has announced plans by his administration to repeal the Public Office Holder (Payment of Pension Law 2007), which provides for payment of pension and other

Twenty-five years after the execution of renowned Nigerian environmental activist Ken Saro-Wiwa, his daughter Noo Saro-Wiwa has called on the Nigerian government to grant her father a posthumous pardon. Nigeria’s

Economist and entrepreneur Atedo Peterside has criticised the Nigerian government’s decision to exempt Dangote Industries Limited from its land border closure, calling the move “rigged in favour of a handful of

The Nigerian government has allowed Dangote Cement to resume exports across its land borders, raising hopes that Africa’s most populous nation may be opening up trade with neighbors after a

The United Nations (UN) on Monday reiterated its support for the #EndSARS protesters’ agitations for social justice and good governance, describing the peaceful campaign, which later snowballed into violence when

More than 50 people have been beheaded in northern Mozambique by militant Islamists, state media report. The militants turned a football pitch in a village into an “execution ground”, where

Ethiopia’s prime minister stepped up a military offensive in the northern region of Tigray on Sunday with air strikes as part of what he called a “law enforcement operation”, increasing

The Kaduna state governor, Mallam Nasir El-Rufai has presented the staff of office to the 19th Emir of Zazzau (Zaria), Amb. Ahmad Nuhu Bamali. Making the presentation on Monday in