Nigerian Army troops of Sector 2 Joint Task Force North East Operation HADIN KAI in conjunction with the Air Task Force on Sunday 20 June 2021 inflicted heavy casualty on Boko Haram and Islamic State West...

The Priest Spiritual Director of the Adoration Ministry Enugu Nigeria (AMEN) last week paid of hospital bills of patients at the Annunciation Hospital, Emene, Enugu. The priest known very widely...

South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa has declared 10 days of mourning to honour the late former Zambian President, Kenneth Kaunda. The founding father of Zambia succumbed to pneumonia while in...

A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos on Friday discharged Senator Peter Nwaoboshi of the N322million money laundering charge filed against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). Justice...

No fewer than four persons have been confirmed killed in a gas tanker explosion in the Ikeja area of Lagos State. Several other people  sustained different degree of burns. Some of the victims are currently...

A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has upheld the power of the President to extend the tenure of a retiring Inspector General of Police pending the completion of the process for the appointment of a...

The World Bank has announced that it has approved $3bn in funding to cover vaccination in 32 countries, 15 of which are in Africa. In a statement made at the G7 Leaders’ Summit in the United Kingdom,...

President Muhammadu Buhari has arrived Maiduguri, the Borno State capital amidst tight security. The President whose jet touched down at the Nigerian Air Force base in Maiduguri around 10.10am was received...

Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Abdulrasheed Bawa has said former Abia State governor who is now a serving senator, Orji Uzor Kalu will be prosecuted by the agency all...

Kenneth Kaunda, Zambia’s founding president and liberation hero, has died aged 97, his son Kambarage said on Wednesday. Kaunda’s death comes days after reports that he was admitted at the Maina...

Unknown gunmen suspected to be bandits have stormed Federal Government College, Birnin-Yauri in Kebbi State and abducted an unspecified number of students and staff. The abduction is the latest in a series...

The United States will soon have a new federal holiday commemorating the end of slavery. The House voted 415-14 on Wednesday to make Juneteenth, or June 19th, the 12th federal holiday, and President...

Nigeria’s Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has fixed upcoming governorship elections in Ekiti and Osun states for Saturday June 18 and Saturday July 16, 2022 respectively. INEC Chairman,...

A former presidential aide in DR Congo who had been sentenced to 20 years in a high-profile corruption case has had his term reduced by seven years on appeal, his lawyer said. Vital Kamerhe, 62, who was...

Israel carried out air strikes on the Gaza Strip early Wednesday after Palestinian groups sent incendiary balloons into the south of the country, in the first major conflict between the two sides since...

European Union member states have agreed to lift coronavirus travel restrictions on travellers from eight countries and territories including the United States, officials and diplomats said Wednesday. The...

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has announced the addition of 56,872 more polling units in various parts of the country. INEC Chairman, Professor Mahmood Yakubu, made the announcement...

Kenya will reopen its embassy in Somalia “as soon as possible”, Nairobi authorities announced on Monday, responding favorably to a proposal from their neighbour for the normalization of diplomatic...

Chairman of Nigeria’s Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Mr  Abdulrasheed Bawa has said that 90 percent of money laundering which affects the country is done through the real estate sector. Speaking...

The Nigerian Federal Government on Tuesday confirmed that Twitter has formally written to seek for dialogue on issues leading to the indefinite suspension of its operations in the country. The Minister...