Niger floods claim 35 lives, leave over at least 26 000 homeless
Niamey – Heavy rains lashing arid Niger since June have killed 35 people and made more than 26 500... Read more
1 Aug, 2021
Nigerian sprinter Blessing Okagbare fails drug test, out of Olympics
Tokyo – Nigerian sprinter Blessing Okagbare has been barred from the Olympics after failing a drug test, the first... Read more
31 Jul, 2021
Nigeria investigates cop indicted in US fraud trial
Lagos – Police in Nigeria say they have ordered an investigation after a social media celebrity standing trial in the... Read more
31 Jul, 2021
Six French soldiers detained at Equatorial Guinea airport
Malabo – Six French soldiers were detained at the Bata airport in Equatorial Guinea on Thursday morning while stopping... Read more
30 Jul, 2021
Nigeria body admits ‘lapses’ over athletes’ drug tests
Abuja – The Athletics Federation of Nigeria (AFN) on Thursday admitted “lapses” on its part over the disqualification of... Read more
30 Jul, 2021
Waste pickers fear for future at Senegalese mega dump
Dakar – Scores of pickers move along a raised platform of rubbish, scooping up pieces of plastic with iron... Read more
29 Jul, 2021
‘Hard part’ lies ahead for Ivory Coast after ex-foes hold warm meeting
Abidjan – Ivory Coast’s press on Wednesday gushed over an upbeat meeting between President Alassane Ouattara and Laurent Gbagbo,... Read more
29 Jul, 2021
Nigerian cleric detained since 2015 acquitted, freed, says lawyer
Kano – Shiite Muslim leader Ibrahim Zakzaky and his wife detained for murder since 2015 in Nigeria have been... Read more
29 Jul, 2021
Liberian police arrest ‘main suspect’ over German businessman’s murder
Buchanan – Liberian police said on Wednesday that the “main suspect” in the 2020 murder of a German businessman... Read more
28 Jul, 2021
Nigerian police ordered to free 5 anti-Buhari activists
Abuja – A Nigerian court has ordered the secret police to release five suspects detained for wearing T-shirts criticising... Read more
28 Jul, 2021
