The presidency has just circulated the statement below announcing the placement of 50 high-profile Nigerians on travel restrictions.
The individuals, whose identities were not disclosed, include...
President Muhammadu Buhari has ordered full implementation of Executive Order 6 (EO6) and with the implementation of the presidential directive, 50 high-profile persons have...
A 32-year-old farmer identified as Rilwan Salisu has been remanded in prison for raping a 78-year-old grandmother.
The suspect who pleaded guilty to the charge...
Ethiopia's prime minister has done press-ups with dozens of protesting soldiers, who had marched into his office in the capital, Addis Ababa.
Abiy Ahmed was...
Death-row inmate Celestine Egbunuche has been dubbed Nigeria's "oldest prisoner" amid a campaign calling for his release.
He is 100 years old and has spent...
The Director of Public Prosecutions has ordered criminal charges against TV anchor Jacque Maribe and her boyfriend Joseph Irungu alias Jowie over the murder...
Police in Zambia arrested two Chinese nationals over the weekend over allegations that they were giving illegal military training to members of a local...
A variety of “festering” causes and effects surround crises around the world, Nigeria’s President, Muhammadu Buhari, said on Tuesday, speaking on the first day...
Kenyan law professor and former director of the anti-corruption commission, PLO Lumumba was on Saturday refused entry to Zambia due to "security considerations", authorities...
Separatists in Cameroon’s restive English speaking regions staged a prison break leading to the escape of about 70 prisoners, the BBC reported on Wednesday.
The...
Pirates have kidnapped 12 crew members from a Swiss cargo vessel in Nigerian waters.
Massoel Shipping said its vessel, MV Glarus, was carrying wheat from...
Wife of Reggae Icon Ras Kimono, Efe Okedi is dead. Efe reportedly passed on on Sunday 23rd from an undisclosed ailment.
According to Leadership Newspaper,...
Nigerian musician, Davido has been spotted in a political campaign costume amidst the several Osun state rallies he is currently featuring in.
The attire which...
Pro-marijuana activists cheered in the public gallery and chanted “Weed are free now” when the Constitutional Court gave its landmark ruling.
In a unanimous ruling,...
A demonstration by elite sniffer dogs in Kenya's capital, Nairobi, on Monday went awry when the animals failed to detect illicit goods.
Kenya Revenue Authority's...
Two Bombardier Dash 8 Q300 aircraft formerly used by Topbrass Aviation Services Limited, a local operator, have been allegedly stolen in Lagos.
The airplanes (registration...
Kweku Adoboli, the former UBS trader convicted of fraud, has been given a temporary reprieve from deportation to Ghana, where he was born.
Adoboli was...
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Ahead of the Nigerian elections next year, a politician has been caught naked...
Rwanda has decided to immediately free Victoire Ingabire, an opposition leader jailed for 15 years, after President Paul Kagame exercised his power to grant...
The Rwandan cabinet has approved a presidential pardon of over 2,000 convicts in a move that will benefit two prominent persons currently serving jail...
