Politics

Equatorial Guinea’s ruler set to be nominated for sixth term

Malabo – Equatorial Guinea’s president Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo, the longest ruling head of state in the world excluding monarchs,... Read more

20 Nov, 2021

News

Ivory Coast probes rape claims against security forces

Abidjan – Ivory Coast is probing claims its security forces raped five women during a crackdown on illegal gold mining... Read more

20 Nov, 2021

Politics

Gambia’s ex-dictator Yahya Jammeh defies president ahead of polls

Banjul – Gambia’s former dictator Yahya Jammeh, now in exile, has defied outgoing president Adama Barrow from afar as the... Read more

20 Nov, 2021

News

Surrendered Nigeria jihadists riot in tense northeast

Kano – Hundreds of Nigerian Boko Haram jihadists who are being held in a camp after surrendering to the military... Read more

18 Nov, 2021

News

US diplomat Antony Blinken heads to Nigeria facing calls to rethink ties

Nairobi – Secretary of State Antony Blinken heads to Nigeria on Thursday as persistent unrest and human rights concerns prompt... Read more

18 Nov, 2021

News

Mali’s PM among some 150 hit by fresh Ecowas sanctions, document shows

Bamako – West African bloc Ecowas issued sanctions against members of Mali’s transitional government, including its prime minister, but not... Read more

18 Nov, 2021

Business

PICS | Aliko Dangote’s brother Sani laid to rest in Kano, Nigeria

Cape Town – The vice chairperson of the  Dangote Group of Companies, Sani Dangote, who is also the younger... Read more

17 Nov, 2021

Countries

Nigerian engineers say design of collapsed Lagos high-rise altered

Lagos – Nigerian engineers said the 21-storey building that collapsed in Lagos early this month was originally designed only for... Read more

17 Nov, 2021

Business

‘Our aircraft didn’t crash-land,’ says West Africa’s leading airline Air Peace as it dismisses social media reports

Cape Town – The management of West Africa’s leading airline, Air Peace has reportedly dismissed reports that its Lagos-Johannesburg... Read more

17 Nov, 2021

Business

Arrival of Nigerian businessman Sani Dangote’s body from US delayed – report

Cape Town – The arrival of the remains of Sani Dangote, younger brother of the Chairperson of Dangote Group,... Read more

17 Nov, 2021