The 2023 Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi, has emphasized the connection between Africa’s insecurity and poverty, unemployment, corruption, and inequality. According to a press statement...
Nigeria, Africa’s most populous nation, faces persistent challenges in improving life expectancy. Despite a steady increase from 32.62 years in 1950 to 56.05 years in 2024,...
By Fred Zindi
In 1984, Debbie Metcalfe, Musekiwa Kumbula, Stanley Gumbe, Jeffery John Chavunduka, Mike Mhundwa and myself, formed an organisation which we called the Zimbabwe Music Promoters Association...
The withdrawal of Justice Binta Nyako from Nnamdi Kanu’s terrorism trial marks a pivotal moment in the ongoing saga. Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of...
Due to the pricing mechanism in the oil sector, independent oil marketers may not be able to buy petrol for sale from the Dangote Refinery. The...
Prosecutors in Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso have launched investigations into the activities of a French Journalist, Wassim Nasr. The countries are concerned over his links...
Rokia Traore, a renowned Malian singer and guitarist, is set to be extradited from Italy, following a long-standing custody dispute. Traore, who was sentenced to a...
The remains of 42 South African freedom fighters who died while exiled in Zimbabwe and Zambia during the struggle against white minority rule arrived in the...
The recent announcement by the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Minister, Nyesom Wike, regarding the Federal Executive Council’s (FEC) approval for the construction of 40 luxurious houses...
Three men in Benin, including a former minister and the man in charge of President Patrice Talon’s security, have been arrested on suspicion of plotting a...
The Nigerien junta has ordered the country’s Arm Forces to return to the Multi-National Joint Task Force (MNJTF) after pulling out one year ago. The MNJTF...
Nigerian medical doctor, Julius Oni has revealed the reason behind quitting his job at John Hopkins in the United States to return to Nigeria after 25...
Nigeria’s inmate population presently stands at 84,738—27,217 convicted inmates and 57,521 awaiting trial. Article 5 of the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights states that...
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), the umbrella body for Nigerian university lecturers, has issued the Nigerian government a 14-day ultimatum to meet its demands...
A Federal Capital Territory Court sitting at Bwari, Abuja, Nigeria, has dismissed Frederick Odorige’s motion seeking to set aside the Court order dated July 10, 2023...
By Promise Audu
The Taraba State government is set to launch the “Kefas International Palliative Market” in October 2024; a critical infrastructural project aimed at alleviating the economic pressure...
An ambush was in the offing! It was just after dawn when Troops of Sector 1 Dansadau, began their routine patrol along the dusty, narrow road...
Mali marked on Sunday (Sep. 22) the 64th anniversary of its indepedence. Events took place across the nation as well as in the capital where the...
The 12th edition of Africa’s largest aerospace and defense exhibition and air show which ended Sunday (Sep. 22) in South Africa drew aviation experts, companies and...
Nigeria’s Suleja Dam, located in Niger State, is a remarkable feat of engineering that has transformed the region’s water resources management. Constructed in 1988, this impressive...
Notorious bandit commander, Kachalla Tukur Sharme, linked to kidnap of 121 Bethel Baptist High School pupils in Kaduna State and two members of a rival gang...
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has directed security and law enforcement agencies to scale up efforts at cracking down individuals or organisations involved in cybercrime and transnational...
For a second week, crowds of Tunisians took to Tunis’ main avenue to denounce president Kais Saied, not long before the presidential election on October 6th....
In what became a historic day in the Nigeria Premier Football League (NPFL), no home team experienced a win across five centres on Sunday. Three draws...
Somewhere in the majestic hills of Taraba State in Northern Nigeria, Gembu, a quaint town in Sardauna Local Government Area, remains an enigma to many Nigerians....
