The remains of former Ghanaian President, Jerry John Rawlings, has been buried at the military cemetery on Wednesday 0following a burial service at Ghana’s Independence Square.…
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Nigeria’s President, Muhammadu Buhari, on Tuesday, announced a list of new service chiefs after years of calls for the sacking of the now retired service chiefs.…
The African Union (AU) on Tuesday urged the International Community to help obtain resources necessary for a proper anti-terrorism effort in Mali and to support the…
The new Service Chiefs are: Major-General Leo Irabor, Chief of Defence Staff; Major-General I. Attahiru, Chief of Army Staff; Rear Admiral A.Z Gambo, Chief of Naval Staff; and Air-Vice Marshal I.O Amao, Chief of Air Staff.
No fewer than 600 stranded Nigerians will be evacuated from Saudi Arabia next week, the federal government has said. Abike Dabiri-Erewa, the Chairman, Nigerians in the…
Nigeria’s Supreme Court on Friday dismissed an appeal by one Ali Abacha, a brother to the late Head of State, Sani Abacha, to unfreeze accounts traced…
No fewer than one million Nigerians are to benefit from the Federal Government’s COVID-19 Cash Transfer Project which aims to lift the urban poor affected by…
Opposition parties in Ivory Coast have asked the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) to postpone parliamentary elections. News central reports that the legislative elections are due to…
A court in Guinea has sentenced two critics of President Alpha Conde to a year in jail for inciting an insurrection, as rights groups fear a…
The current political transition period in Mali offers an opportunity to “break out of the vicious circle of political crises followed by coups d’etat,” the UN…