A building collapse in the Kuntau area of Gwale Local Government Area of Kano State has left an unknown number of workers trapped. Excavation efforts are ongoing, and some corpses...

The Ogun State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun has appointed National Chess Master, Tunde Onakoya, the Sports Ambassador of the State following his world record-breaking chess marathon campaign at the Times...

Benin, Liberia and Sierra Leone, on Thursday, launched large-scale malaria vaccine programmes under an Africa-focused initiative that hopes to save tens of thousands of children’s lives per year across the continent....

Dozens of American military personnel are expected to withdraw from Chad in coming days, three senior U.S. officials said Thursday, amid a broader, involuntary reconfiguration of Washington’s security policy in...

Kenya Airways (KQ) has accused the Democratic Republic of Congo's army of holding two of its employees since last week, despite a court ruling to release them. The two were...

Former Ondo State deputy governor Agboola Ajayi announced on Thursday that she would be the Peoples Democratic Party's (PDP) nominee for the state's November 16 governorship election. Ajayi won the...

Severe drought caused by the El Nino weather phenomenon is threatening southern Africa with grain shortages and food insecurity, a UN food agency said Wednesday. The recurring El Nino weather...

At least 70 al-Shabaab terrorists were killed and 30 others wounded in a military operation in Somalia’s northern Mudug region, the country’s Information Ministry said on Thursday. The operation took...

The Oyo Police Command has confirmed the killing of one Iyanfa Damilola at a nightclub in Ogbomoso on Monday and also detained officers involved in the incident.  Police operatives were...

Former President Thabo Mbeki is hitting the campaign trail for the African National Congress (ANC) on Thursday afternoon with a walk-about in Soweto. Mbeki, who has been critical of the...