by Nurat Uthman Egypt is expected to change its foreign, finance, petroleum, electricity and supply ministers in a long-awaited cabinet overhaul, with Ahmed Kouchouk promoted to lead the finance ministry,...

by Nurat Uthman Sierra Leone officially banned child marriage on Tuesday with President Julius Maada Bio signing into law a bill to end the practice that remains widespread. Advocates hope...

by Nurat Uthman The Transmission Company of Nigeria has suspended the planned power outage on the Osogbo/Akure and Ado-Ekiti 132KV lines. The outage was earlier scheduled for two months according...

by Nurat Uthman The Mauritanian authorities cut access to mobile internet services early Tuesday after protests took place the previous evening in several cities against presidential election results. Protesters took...

by Nurat Uthman The Supreme Court has struck out an appeal filed by Micheal Onakoya against the decision of the Lagos Division of the Court of Appeal which affirmed the...

by Nurat Uthman The National Centre for the Control of Small Arms and Light Weapons has said the large cache of arms and ammunition intercepted by the Nigerian Customs Service...

by Nurat Uthman The Chief of Defence Staff, Gen. Christopher Musa, has called for reinforcement of ties between the Armed Forces of Nigeria and the South African National Defence Force...

by Nurat Uthman The Kogi State Government has confirmed two cases of cholera in the state. The two cases were detected in Lokoja and Omala Local Government Areas The confirmation...

by Nurat Uthman Cape Town has asked the nuclear regulator for extra time to decide on Koeberg power plant's request to operate for 20 more years, as authorities fret over...

by Nurat Uthman Mauritania’s President Mohamed Ould Ghazouani has been re-elected to office after winning 56.12 per cent of the vote, provisional results showed. His main rival, Biram Dah Abeid,...