by Nurat Uthman About 68 million people in Southern Africa are suffering the effects of an El Nino-induced drought which has wiped out crops across the region, the regional bloc...

by Nurat Uthman Equatorial Guinea’s President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo has named a former bank chief as prime minister, according to a decree published nearly three weeks after the previous...

by Nurat Uthman Electorates in Bauchi State have trooped out in their numbers to elect their local representatives today. The local government council elections, originally scheduled to begin at 8...

by Nurat Uthman The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Ltd. (NNPC Ltd.) has denied reports alleging it was selling employment slots to the public. A statement by the company’s Chief Corporate...

by Nurat Uthman The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has demobilised 54 “graduates” that were illegally mobilised for youth service by the University of Calabar. The Director-General, NYSC,  Brig.-Gen. Yusha’u...

by Nurat Uthman  Johannesburg elected a new mayor on Friday, the seventh in three years to lead South Africa's biggest city as residents complain of worsening crime and basic services....

by Nurat Uthman Uganda handed over the almost 100 Congolese police officers who had fled across the border to Kanungu district in southwestern Uganda to escape fighting between M23 rebels...

by Nurat Uthman Following the recent promotion by the Police Service Commission (PSC), based on the recommendation of the Inspector General of Police, Kayode Adeolu Egbetokun, fifty two fifty two...

by Nurat Uthman About 20 medical students have been kidnapped in Benue State, the police authorities said on Friday The victims were on their way to Enugu State, passing through...

by Nurat Uthman The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has called on the Federal Government not to take steps to interfere in the tenure of union leaders in the country. Mr...