The International Police (Interpol) have arrested a man believed to be the kingpin of a human trafficking ring operating from Ghana, Togo, Benin, Nigeria to Spain.…
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At least 10 people have been killed in suspected jihadist attacks on villages in northern Burkina Faso. According to security sources and local officials, Unidentified armed…
At least 20 Chadian soldiers were killed on Thursday by suspected Boko Haram insurgents following an attack on their patrol around the Lake Chad area. Army…
A Kaduna State High Court judge, Justice Gideon Kurada has acquitted and discharged the leader of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN), Sheikh Ibraheem El- Zakzaky,…
The congresses and national convention of the parties in Nigeria to elect party officers, especially the two major political parties, are usually an intricate, tense, ding dong affair, full of intrigues, horse-trading, alliances, and betrayals.
Burkina Faso has received a shipment of more than 150,000 Johnson and Johnson COVID-19 vaccines doses from the U.S. this week. A gift from the U.S.…
The Nigeria Bureau of Statistics (NBS) in its Consumer Price Index report for June showed a 0.18% fall in the inflation rate. The inflation rate fell…
Authorities in Cameroon have provisionally released two transgender women sentenced to five years in prison for “attempted homosexuality,” public indecency and failure to carry identification. The…
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has denied the suspension of Rochas Okorocha, a former governor of Imo State.
Five persons, suspected to have engaged in homosexuality, have been arrested in Kano State, North-West Nigeria. The five of them were arrested on Monday at Sheka…