At least seven people have been killed during a crackdown on protests in Togo, according to civic rights groups, as demonstrators call for President Faure Gnassingbé to step down and...

A 22-year-old street vendor, Boniface Kariuki, who was shot in the head by police during protests in Nairobi two weeks ago, has been declared brain dead by doctors. Kariuki's family...

Kogi Central Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan has been arraigned at the Federal High Court in Abuja on six counts bordering on alleged cybercrime against Senate President Godswill Akpabio and former Governor...

An oil tanker carrying approximately 1 million barrels of crude oil suffered an explosion in its engine room off the coast of Libya on June 27, but fortunately, no injuries...

Cameroon's Tourism Minister Bello Bouba Maigari has accepted his party's nomination to seek the presidency in the expected October election, amid uncertainty over whether long-serving President Paul Biya plans to...

There is a heightened security presence at the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) national headquarters in Abuja, with armed policemen deployed ahead of the party's crucial National Executive Committee meeting scheduled...

President Bola Tinubu and Prime Minister Philip Pierre of Saint Lucia have committed to establishing formal diplomatic relations between Nigeria and the Caribbean nation. During Tinubu's courtesy visit to Pierre's...

Renowned Nigerian filmmaker Kayode Peters has passed away after a prolonged illness in Canada, as announced by his family on Instagram. Peters was a pivotal figure in shaping modern Nigerian...

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has affirmed to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) that Arch. Setonji Koshoedo remains the party's Acting National Secretary, citing a resolution by its National...

Somali forces, backed by international allies, have eliminated more than 37 al-Shabaab terrorists in a coordinated operation in the village of Maqooqaha, located west of Buulo Xaaji in the southern...