South Sudan is preparing to declare a national disaster after catastrophic floods have displaced nearly 200,000 people and caused extensive damage to essential infrastructure, including schools and hospitals. According to...

Ghana's health service has reported its first mpox case of the year, with further testing underway to determine whether it is the more concerning clade Ib variant, which is spreading...

In a landmark ruling, the Federal High Court in Abuja has barred the Directorate of Road Traffic Services, commonly known as the Vehicle Inspection Office (VIO), from stopping vehicles on...

The Rural Electrification Agency (REA) has announced that the Federal Government, with funding from the World Bank, will kick off a new rural electricity project in November. This initiative aims...

The United Kingdom has agreed to cede sovereignty over the Chagos Islands, a remote but geopolitically significant cluster in the Indian Ocean, to Mauritius. This historic decision comes after years...

Tanzania has suspended the online activities of The Citizen, a major English-language newspaper, after it released animated videos featuring President Samia Suluhu Hassan and referencing recent kidnappings and killings of...

Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has proposed a six-year single-term rotational presidency between Nigeria's northern and southern regions. In a letter to Deputy Senate President Jibrin Barau, Chairman of the...

The Kano State High Court, under the leadership of Chief Judge Justice Dije Aboki, has postponed its ruling on a critical application aimed at preventing the 15th Emir of Kano,...

Oil marketers in Nigeria are expressing their frustration over the shutdown of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC) petrol purchasing portal, which has hindered their ability to place new...

A former governor of Taraba State, Darius Ishaku, has been granted bail in the sum of ₦150 million by Justice Sylvanus Oriji of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court....