Strengthning Bilateral Relations: Nigeria Signs MOU With UK To Tackle Corruption
The Nigerian Government and the Government of the United Kingdom and Northern Ireland has signed a Memorandum of Understanding, MOU, in Abuja, Nigeria’s capital,...
Fishing Vessel Accident: Canadian Rescue Services Recover 10 Bodies From Sunk...
Sea rescue services from the Canadian city of Halifax found and recovered 10 bodies from a Spanish fishing trawler that sank in rough sea...
Pay Dispute: Zimbabwe Govt Suspends 135,000 Out Of 140,000 Public Schools...
Rural Teachers Union of Zimbabwe said it has counted the numbers of suspended teachers in Zimbabwe at 135,000 out of the roughly 140,000 employed...
Burkina Faso: Coup Leader, Lt-Colonel Sandaogo Damiba, Sworn In As President
Burkina Faso coup leader, Lieutenant-Colonel Paul-Henri SandaogoDamiba was inaugurated as president on Wednesday, just over threeweeks after he led a coup to topple elected head of...
EU-AU Summit: President Buhari Off To Belgium
President Muhammadu Buhari has departed Abuja, today Tuesday, to join European and other African leaders as well as heads of multilateral organisations at the...
Women’s Football: Asisat Oshoala Hits Brace In Landmark 100th Game For Barca
Super Falcons captain Asisat Oshoala has made history for Barcelona Femeni after reaching a landmark 100 appearances for the Spanish giants and scoring twice...
Tackling Corruption: Angola Has Recovered Looted Assets Worth $11bn – Justice...
Angola has recovered assets worth more than $11 billion that had been looted from state coffers and stashed in countries around the world, the...
Egypt: First Coptic Christian To Head Country’s Highest Court Sworn In
Egypt’s first-ever Coptic Christian judge to head the country’s highest court was sworn in on Wednesday, an appointment called historic by rights activists.Judge Boulos...
Cameroon: 32 Dead In Cholera Outbreak
Thirty-two people have died in an outbreak of cholera in the central- western African state of Cameroon.The water-borne disease was first detected in the...
Madagascar: Death Toll From Cyclone Batsirai Rises To 30
The death toll from Cyclone Batsirai, which left Madagascar on Monday morning, has risen to 30 and could rise further as bodies continue to...
Morocco: Little Rayan Who Died Trapped In Well, Buried
Moroccans on Monday attended the funeral of Rayan, a five-year-old boy who spent five days trapped down a well, sparking a vast rescue operation...
Somalia: At Least 10 Killed As Bus Hits Landmine
At least 10 people were killed and two others wounded on Friday when the bus they were travelling in struck a landmine in Somalia,...
Liberia: President Weah Orders Printing Of New Banknotes To Address Cash...
Liberia has approved a scheme to print new banknotes in a bid to address long-running cash shortages in the West African nation.The central bank...
Guinea-Bissau: Calm Returns To Capital After President Survives Gun Attack
Guinea-Bissau’s capital appeared calm on Wednesday a day after President Umaro Sissoco Embalo survived a gun attack, as France joined condemnation for what has...
Abyei Conflict: Nigeria’s Maj. Gen. Benjamin Sawyer Appointed As United Nations...
UN Secretary-General António Guterres has announced the appointment of Maj. Gen. Benjamin Sawyerr of Nigeria as the Force Commander for the United Nations Interim...
Guinea-Bissau: President Umaro Assures Of Thwarting Coup Attempt
Guinea-Bissau’s President Umaro Sissoco Embalo says he survived an attempted coup after assailants armed with machine guns and AK-47s attacked the government palace, while...
African Union Suspends Burkina Faso After Coup
The African Union said Monday it had suspended Burkina Faso in response to the January 24 coup that ousted President Roch Marc Christian Kabore.The...
ECOWAS To Discuss Burkina Faso Crisis Friday
The West African bloc ECOWAS will meet virtually to discuss the crisis in Burkina Faso, where army officers have ousted President Roch Marc Christian...
Madagascar Disaster: United Nations Agency Says 34 Die In Tropical Storms
The Minister of Youth and Sports Sunday Dare has hosted the Super Eagles at a breakfast session on their arrival from Cameroon where the...
UN Chief Urges Burkina Faso Coup Leaders To Lay Down Arms
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres strongly condemned any attempt to take over government by the force of arms in Burkina Faso.His call followed Sunday’s...
