A Tunisian court has sentenced lawmaker Ahmed Saidani to 8 months in prison for social media posts mocking President Kais Saied. Saidani called Saied "supreme commander of sanitation" after his...

Rear Admiral Musa Katagum, the Chief of Operations at the Naval Headquarters, has passed away after a brief illness. He was a highly respected officer who served as Chief of...

Zadna Dantani, the PDP candidate for Abuja Municipal Area Council (AMAC) chairmanship, has withdrawn from the election and endorsed APC's Christopher Maikalangu. Dantani cited "extensive consultations" with family and stakeholders,...

Award-winning Nigerian filmmaker Kunle Afolayan has signed a landmark deal with the Benin Republic government to co-produce a large-scale Orisha/Vodun-themed TV series. The partnership aims to merge Nigerian and Beninese...

Senator Barinada Mpigi, representing Rivers South-East Senatorial District, has passed away at 64 after a brief illness. He served as Chairman of the Senate Committee on Works, overseeing federal road...

An Associated Press journalist was beaten and briefly detained in Yaounde, Cameroon, while reporting on Africans deported from the US. The journalist, along with three others, was attempting to interview...

Bellarmine Mugabe, the youngest son of Zimbabwe's late former President Robert Mugabe, has been detained in South Africa following a reported shooting at a property in Johannesburg's Hyde Park suburb....

The Rivers State House of Assembly has suspended impeachment proceedings against Governor Siminalayi Fubara and Deputy Governor Ngozi Odu, following President Bola Tinubu's intervention. The decision was made during the...

The Nigerian military has made new arrests linked to an alleged plan to overthrow President Bola Ahmed Tinubu's administration. Major H. Yusuf of the Nigerian Army is among those detained,...

Nigeria and Germany are set to strengthen their bilateral relations, with President Bola Tinubu and German Chancellor Friedrich Merz pledging to collaborate on security, power, and railway development. The two...