MTN Nigeria has raised the prices of its data plans following the implementation of a 50% tariff hike recently approved by the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC). The updated prices show...

The Islamic State (IS) launched a coordinated attack on military bases in Somalia's northeastern Puntland state overnight, using suicide car and motorbike bombs, according to a Puntland military official. Puntland...

Nigerian troops under Operation Fansan Yanma have eliminated a notorious arms supplier in Zamfara State during a stop-and-search operation. The suspect, identified as an arms trafficker from Anka, was intercepted...

More than 35 civilians were killed in a violent attack by CODECO militants on a cluster of villages in Djugu territory, Ituri province, eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. Local authorities...

Kenneth Okonkwo, former spokesperson for the Labour Party (LP) presidential campaign council, has announced his resignation from the party, citing internal and leadership crises. Okonkwo, who played a key role...

Amos Magaji, a member of the House of Representatives representing Zangon Kataf/Jaba federal constituency in Kaduna State, has defected from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the All Progressives Congress...

The Special Offences Court in Ikeja, Lagos, has granted bail to former AMCON Managing Director, Ahmed Kuru, in the sum of ₦50 million with two sureties. The court also convicted...

Uganda's health ministry has confirmed that the number of Ebola cases in the country has risen to nine, up from three, amid an outbreak of the deadly Sudan strain of...

The International Criminal Court (ICC) has launched an inquiry into Italy’s decision to release a Libyan warlord suspected of torture, murder, and rape instead of extraditing him to The Hague....

South Africa is mourning the loss of Senamile Masango, the country’s first black female nuclear scientist, who passed away at the age of 37. The cause of her death remains...