The Nigerian government has said the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) through its demands “is placing itself above the law of the land and no government will encourage it

President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday signalled Nigeria’s readiness to reopen its land borders which it shut in August 2019 to curb commodity and small arms’ smuggling. According to him, since

During the emergency meeting of All Progressives Congress (APC) National Executive Committee (NEC) at the State House, Abuja, a prominent South-west governor put Speaker of the House of Representatives Femi

A US official and other diplomatic sources have backed accusations that Eritrean soldiers are fighting alongside Ethiopian troops to help Abiy Ahmed’s government in the war on the Tigray People’s

Ethiopian troops shot at and detained UN staff after they drove through check-points in the conflict-hit northern Tigray region, government spokesman Redwan Hussein has confirmed. The UN team ignored instructions

World human rights body, Amnesty International has said that older people have borne the brunt of insecurity in northern Nigeria caused by numerous Boko Haram attacks with many starved or

For the second day running, fighting broke out in parliament in the Democratic Republic of Congo as police were called in to break up supporters of President Félix Tshisekedi and

Somalia’s state radio is reporting that the country’s immigration department has issued a directive stopping the issuance of visas to Kenyans on arrival in a bid to “ensure security and improve

Ugandan presidential candidate and musician, Robert Kyagulanyi, popularly known as Bobi Wine has said he survived assassination attempts in the last two weeks ahead of next month’s elections The politician last week

As Ghanaians await who leads them for another four years, electoral officers in the West African country are currently counting votes following the presidential and parliamentary elections on Monday. Despite the

Ghana’s New Patriotic Party (NPP) claims it has taken over regions that were formally controlled by the National Democratic Congress (NDC) in the just-concluded general elections. General Secretary of the NPP, John Boadu

South Africa’s economy rebounded in the third quarter of 2020 (July–September), coinciding with the easing of COVID-19 lockdown restrictions. All industries recorded an increase in economic activity compared with the

Nigeria’s Federal Government has caved in to demands by the organised labour by slashing the pump price of premium motor spirit by N5. By this reduction, the new price of

Operatives of the Lagos State Police Command and soldiers from 81 Division Nigerian Army were on Monday deployed in strategic areas of the state to enforce the ban placed on

Ethiopian Airlines has announced the launch of a cold chain air freight to transport temperature-sensitive medicines, including a potential Covid-19 vaccine and comes amidst concerns of who will handle the

Prominent northern Nigeria group, the Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) says northern children have turned to violence as a means of livelihood, observing that the elites in the region have nothing

Residents of the Bimbagu South electoral area in the Bunkprugu/Nakpanduri constituency of the North East Region have boycotted the 2020 Ghana presidential election citing the failure of successive governments to bring developmental

Opposition Candidate in Ghana’s Presidential election, John Mahama has expressed worry over hitches that have been recorded in some of the polling stations during the election. Mahama, of the National Democratic

South Africa’s president and African Union chairperson Cyril Ramaphosa has reiterated the need for the continent to steer its own matters of security without seeking external help. Ramaphosa said this

Borno state governor Babagana Zulum has said based on records despite recent killings in the state, “the security situation in Borno state and indeed the entire Northeast sub-region is still far