Shell agrees 95m euro payment over 1970 Nigeria spills
Abuja – Oil giant Shell has agreed to pay around 95 million euros to communities in southern Nigeria over... Read more
13 Aug, 2021
Ghana’s president in tight spot over anti-LGBT law
Abuja – Opposition lawmakers in Ghana are pushing President Nana Akufo-Addo into a tight spot by promoting an anti-LGBT... Read more
13 Aug, 2021
Ex-Golden State assistant Mike Brown named Nigeria Afrobasket coach
Abuja – The Nigeria Basketball Federation (NBBF) has appointed three-time former NBA winner with Golden State Warriors Mike Brown to... Read more
13 Aug, 2021
At least three gendarmes killed in Burkina Faso
Ouagadougou – Suspected jihadists killed at least three gendarmes in eastern Burkina Faso on Sunday and several more officers are... Read more
13 Aug, 2021
Burkina ex-president’s brother denounces ‘political’ moves against him
Ouagadougou – Francois Compaore, brother of Burkina Faso’s ousted president, on Monday condemned attempts to tie him to the murder... Read more
10 Aug, 2021
Ivory Coast’s Laurent Gbagbo announces push for new party
Abidjan – Ivory Coast ex-president Laurent Gbagbo on Monday proposed setting up a new political party, his deeply divided... Read more
10 Aug, 2021
Suspected jihadists kill 40 villagers in Mali, 12 troops in Burkina
Bamako – Suspected jihadists massacred more than 40 civilians in northern Mali and killed 12 troops in an ambush in... Read more
9 Aug, 2021
Gunmen kidnap Swiss national after opening fire on his police escort in Nigeria
Lagos – Nigerian gunmen have kidnapped a Swiss national after opening fire on his police escort in the southwest of... Read more
8 Aug, 2021
Kidnapped girl freed, united with her family after seven years
Lagos – One of the Nigerian schoolgirls kidnapped by Boko Haram militants more than seven years ago is free and... Read more
8 Aug, 2021
At least 26 Chadian troops killed in suspected jihadist attack
N’Djamena – At least 26 Chadian soldiers were killed in an attack by jihadist fighters in the troubled Lake... Read more
6 Aug, 2021
