President Alassane Ouattara has secured a fourth term in office after winning 89.7 percent of votes in Côte d’Ivoire’s October 27 election, extending his rule to nearly two decades. The country’s...

A small passenger plane en route to Kenya’s famed Maasai Mara National Park crashed early Tuesday, killing all 11 people on board, including foreign tourists, officials confirmed. The Mombasa Air Safari...

A tragic building collapse early Monday on Coast Street, Oyingbo, Lagos, has claimed the life of one person, while 26 others were rescued from the debris, according to the Lagos State Emergency Management...

Cameroon’s Constitutional Council on Monday declared long-serving President Paul Biya the winner of the October 12 election, securing another term in office despite mounting public anger and violent...

Nigeria’s Dangote Group has announced plans to expand the capacity of its refining hub from 650,000 barrels per day (bpd) to 1.4 million bpd, in what would make it the largest single-train refinery in...

A global financial crime watchdog, the Financial Action Task Force (FATF), has removed four African countries — South Africa, Nigeria, Mozambique and Burkina Faso — from its “grey list” of nations...

President Bola Tinubu has executed a significant shake-up of Nigeria’s top military leadership, terminating the appointments of several service chiefs and immediately installing new commanders in a move...

U.S. President Donald Trump announced late Thursday that the United States is ending all trade negotiations with Canada, citing a Canadian-provincial government’s advertisement that criticised American...

Nigeria has arrested 11 suspects in a sweeping crackdown on terrorism financing as part of INTERPOL’s continent-wide Operation Catalyst, a coordinated effort targeting illicit financial networks across...

The United States has imposed sanctions on Russia’s two largest oil companies—Rosneft and Lukoil—as part of a renewed strategy to curb Moscow’s funding of the Ukraine war, sparking a sharp 5% rise...

The Nigeria Police Force has confirmed the arrest of Omoyele Sowore, the 2023 presidential candidate of the African Action Congress (AAC), stating that he was taken into custody for allegedly leading protesters...

The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has confirmed that 35 people lost their lives on Tuesday in a devastating fuel tanker explosion along the Bida–Lapai route, near Badegi in Niger State. According...

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has suspended its two-week warning strike, granting the Federal Government a one-month window to conclude the renegotiation of the 2009 FGN/ASUU Agreement...

The Senate on Tuesday passed a bill establishing the Nigeria Mines Rangers Service (NMRS), a specialised security agency designed to curb illegal and artisanal mining across the country. Sponsored by Senator...

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has unveiled a new digital platform aimed at streamlining its drug integrity test and visa clearance procedures, a move the agency says will enhance transparency,...

Sanae Takaichi has been elected as Japan’s first-ever female prime minister after winning a majority in both houses of parliament on Tuesday. The 64-year-old secured 237 votes in the Lower House and...

Nottingham Forest have confirmed the appointment of Sean Dyche as their new head coach, signing him on a deal expected to run until the summer of 2027. The former Everton and Burnley manager replaces Ange...

The Nigeria Police have arraigned Nnamdi Kanu’s lawyer, Aloy Ejimakor, his brother Prince Emmanuel Kanu, and 10 other individuals in connection with the #FreeNnamdiKanuNow protest held in Abuja on Monday. Their...

Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy has begun serving a five-year prison sentence after being convicted of criminal conspiracy in connection with illegal financing of his 2007 presidential campaign. The...

Amazon Web Services (AWS) has restored most of its services following a widespread outage that affected millions of users and disrupted major platforms worldwide for much of the day. The outage, which...