Countries WATCH | Nigeria’s VP announces run for president in 2023 Lagos – Nigerian Vice President Yemi Osinbajo on Monday declared he would run for the nation’s top job next year... Read more 11 Apr, 2022
Countries Gunmen in Nigeria train attack show more hostages Kano – Gunmen who carried out a high-profile attack on a train in northwest Nigeria last month have released... Read more 11 Apr, 2022
Countries Who’s behind Nigeria’s high-profile train attack? Lagos – For a decade, northwest and central Nigeria have been ravaged by criminal gangs known as bandits who raid... Read more 9 Apr, 2022
Arts and Leisure Here is why Pearl Thusi doesn’t take Grammys ‘too seriously’ Cape Town – South African actress and TV host Pearl Thusi recently took to Twitter to reveal that she... Read more 8 Apr, 2022
Coronavirus Nigeria lifts Covid restrictions, midnight curfew Abuja – Nigeria’s government has lifted a nationwide midnight curfew and limitations on gatherings along with other restrictions imposed more... Read more 6 Apr, 2022
Countries Nigerian atheist sentenced to 24 years in ‘blasphemy’ case Kano – Nigerian atheist activist Mubarak Bala, detained in April 2020, was sentenced on Tuesday to 24 years after pleading... Read more 5 Apr, 2022
Countries More than 150 still missing after Nigeria train attack Lagos – One week after gunmen attacked a train with explosives in northwestern Nigeria, the whereabouts of 168 passengers are... Read more 4 Apr, 2022
Countries Clashes kill seven in flashpoint Nigerian region Jos – At least seven people have been killed in the Nigerian state of Plateau where tit-for-tat violence between Muslim... Read more 4 Apr, 2022
Chad Chad transition on course, says president Abuja – Chadian President Mahamat idriss Deby Itno, on a trip to Abuja, on Friday, assured that the transition... Read more 2 Apr, 2022
Countries MSF says 5 workers freed in Nigeria after Cameroon kidnap Libreville – The French medical charity Doctors without Borders (MSF) said on Thursday that five employees who were kidnapped more... Read more 2 Apr, 2022