A former President of Ghana, John Jerry Rawlings has expressed his disappointment and sadness over the corruption ratings of Nigeria and Ghana as released by Transparency International. Rawlings stated...

The gender gap in Kenya’s political scene seems to be narrowing with the election of Anne Waiguru as the first ever female governor in the country who is now set to pilot the affairs of Kirinyaga County...

The death toll from the 6.5 magnitude earthquake that struck the southwestern Sichuan province of China on Tuesday has risen to 19. Twelve bodies, including two local residents and six tourists who were...

The Executive Governor of Anambra State, Willie Obiano has said that the National Chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Chief John Odigie-Oyegun is a virus in the party which has left...

Former Minister of Transport and member of the Board of Trustees (BoT) of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Ebenezer Babatope has said the party wants President Muhammadu Buhari to...

The Vatican on Wednesday condemned the attacks on Christians living in Nigeria and the Central African Republic (CAR). Pope Francis made the condemnation while speaking at the end of his weekly public...

Kenya’s Electoral Commission has said it will immediately commence investigations into claims of hacking of its systems by opposition presidential candidate, Raila Odinga. The Independent Electoral...

Former Nigerian President, Olusegun Obasanjo on Saturday visited jailed Zambian opposition leader, Hakainde Hichilema in prison. Obasanjo, who visited Hichilema at the Mukobeko Maximum Security Prison...

Authorities in the Democratic Republic of Congo have ordered that the nation’s internet capacity be slowed down to prevent further transmission and exchange of images across major social media sites. The...

A former governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Abia State, Mr. Uche Ogah has said he decided to dump the opposition party because the party structure is being operated like that...

The South African Parliament on Monday said it would secretly conduct  a motion of no-confidence on the country’s  embattled President, Jacob Zuma. The revelation was made by Baleka Mbete, the Speaker...

The rising wave of kidnapping cases in Nigeria took a new dimension on Monday morning as 15 passengers travelling to Lagos aboard a God Is Good (GIG) transport company bus were abducted at Elibrada, Emohua...

Nigeria’s Acting President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo has said that the problems bedeviling the country are a result of mismanagement of funds not their inavailability as believed in many quarters. According...

The Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS) has said it will deport 18 illegal immigrants from neighbouring Benin Republic and Togo for residing and working in the country illegally. The illegal immigrants...

It was like a tale of the unexpected yesterday, Sunday, when a vehicular accident on a busy street named Great Challenge Road in the Iba area of Lagos claimed the lives of three persons. Two of the victims...

The Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Comrade Timi Frank has said that the recent statements credited to Nigeria’s Senate President, Bukola Saraki and former...

A former member of the House of Representatives and governorship candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in the forthcoming elections in Anambra State, Chris Okey Enemuo has reportedly been kidnapped. Enemuo,...

The tension surrounding the forthcoming November 18 gubernatorial elections in Anambra State heightened over the weekend as the Movement for the Actualisation of the Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB)...

At least 11 persons have died and about 80 others have been wounded in what looks like a gun battle inside a church this Sunday. The police are still trying to unravel the mystery behind the heavy exchange...

The Federal Capital Territory Command of the Nigeria Police has dismissed four policemen for stealing and selling traditional attires and domestic property belonging to Nigeria’s former president, Goodluck...