Africa

The National Assembly has suspended all official visits to South Africa and directed its members and officials to boycott legislative activities hosted or organised by South African authorities until further notice The decision was contained in a statement issued by ...

  Married father of two arrested in Kenya for posing as Catholic priest and conducting Mass, administering sacraments A married father of two has been after allegedly posing as a Catholic priest and conducting Masses in several churches in Turkana ...

  ECOWAS to award N91m to startups ECOWAS Acting Director, Private Sector and Industry, Peter Oluonye, speaking at the news conference on Monday in Abuja . THE Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) says it is strengthening Micro, Small ...

  Nigeria targets local production of cancer equipment by 2030 – Salako NIGERIA is targeting technology transfer and local production of radiotherapy and imaging equipment by 2030 to strengthen cancer care, Dr Iziaq Salako has said. The Minister of State ...

  Airtel Africa inaugurates Starlink mobile service in DRC AIRTEL Africa has commercially inaugurated Starlink Mobile satellite-to-mobile service in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), making it the first operator in Africa to deploy the service commercially. Airtel DRC ...

  Chadian lady who carried out murder in Chad and fled to Nigeria arrested in Kano and repatriated The Nigeria Police Force, through operatives of the INTERPOL National Central Bureau (NCB), Abuja, has arrested and repatriated Mahadijiria Abdoulaye, a Chadian ...

  Zenith Bank Expands West African Presence With Entry Into Cote d’ Ivoire Market ZENITH Bank Plc has announced the opening of its Côte d’Ivoire subsidiary, marking a pivotal achievement in the Group’s Pan-African expansion strategy. The official opening ceremony, ...

  JUST IN: UK Lures Nigeria Into Migration Deal To Return Failed Asylum Seekers And Foreign Crimiŋals The United Kingdom has secured a new migration partnership with Nigeria that will facilitate the return of failed asylum seekers and foreign criminals ...

  Ghana Police Arrest Nigerian Drug Trafficker, Reject $20,000 Bribe The Ghana Police Service has arrested a Nigerian national, Charles Adekunle, for alleged drug trafficking after intercepting him with illicit substances valued at ₦134.7 million along the Accra–Sogakope Highway. Adekunle, ...

  Ugandan opposition leader Bobi Wine was placed under house arrest on Friday, a day after elections in which early results showed President Yoweri Museveni holding a commanding lead as he seeks to extend his four-decade rule Museveni, who has ...

  Togo, Niger, And Benin Owe Over N25 Billion To Nigeria For Electricity Supply — NERC Togo, Niger, and Benin collectively owe Nigeria $17.8 million (over N25 billion at the current exchange rate) for electricity supplied under bilateral arrangements, the ...

  JUST IN: Burkina Faso Frees 11 Nigerian Air Force Personnel After Diplomatic Talks Burkina Faso has released 11 Nigerian Air Force (NAF) pilots and crew members, nine days after their detention, following intensive diplomatic efforts by the Nigerian government. ...

  Intelligence agencies in Niger, Burkina Faso, and Mali are reportedly preparing to expose top Nigerian politicians allegedly supporting militants terrorising the country According to German news outlet DW, these foreign agencies have compiled the names of politicians accused of ...

  Liberia says it is set to partner with Jigawa State government on rice farming to boost domestic production, reduce importation, and enhance food security in the West African region. This came to light when the Deputy Minister of Agriculture ...

  Six people have been confirmed d3ad after a small medical aircraft crashed into a residential building in the Utawala area of Nairobi, Kenya, on Thursday, August 7 According to a statement from Emile N. Arao, Director General of the ...

  A Ugandan military helicopter with eight people on board crashed and caught fire at the main international airport in Somalia’s capital, Mogadishu, a Ugandan army spokesman has told the BBC Three people escaped with burns but the other five were “yet ...

  Eight arrested in Ghana-Nigeria joint operation as police rescue two women in viral kidnapping video The Ghana Police Service, in a joint operation with the National Signals Bureau (NSB) and the Nigerian Police Force, has successfully rescued two female ...

  Mauritius’s former finance minister was arrested Wednesday over a second fraud case, two days after having been released on bail over another affair, police said. The latest arrest of Renganaden Padayachy concerns alleged fraud against the Mauritius Investment Corporation ...

  The United States government has issued a stern warning to Nigerian travellers about the severe consequences of overstaying their visa, emphasising that violators could face permanent bans from re-entering the country. The US Mission in Nigeria posted the warning ...

  Akinwunmi Adesina conferred with Kenya’s highest national honour The President of Kenya, William Ruto, has conferred the country’s highest national honour, the Chief of the Order of the Golden Heart, on the president of the African Development Bank, our very ...

  Nigeria and Jamaica are in talks to establish a direct flight route as part of efforts to enhance their Bilateral Air Services Agreement (BASA). This was revealed in a statement on Wednesday by Tunde Moshood, Special Adviser on Media ...

  The Chief of the Air Staff, Air Marshal Hassan Abubakar, has said that the recent withdrawal of Burkina Faso, Niger, and Mali from the Economic Community of West African States has significantly increased the security burden on Nigeria’s military. ...

  The European Union has held discussions with private sector players, in Lagos, with a view to forging collaborations and ramping up investments to strengthen Nigeria’s digital economy ecosystem. In line with the Global Gateway Strategy, the EU-Nigeria Digital Economy ...

  World’s ‘first openly gay’ imam sh0t d3ad in South Africa The world’s ‘first openly gay’ Imam, Moegsien Hendricks, has been sh0t d3ad in the Eastern Cape, South Africa. The cleric was k!lled near the southern city of Gqeberha where ...

  EXPANDING FOOTPRINT – NIGERIA’S FIRSTBANK SETS SIGHTS ON ETHIOPIA, ANGOLA, CAMEROON   Building on its long-standing presence in sub-Saharan Africa, First Bank of Nigeria Limited is gearing up for its next growth phase as financial systems across the continent ...