Troops of the  Nigerian Army have dismantled their tents and withdrawn from communities in Niger State following the recent deadly ambush by terrorists, leading to the killing of six military personnel. Two officers and four soldiers lost their lives last Friday in the Allawa community in the ...

The Kenya Police Service has arrested fleeing Binance executive, Nadeem Anjarwalla, as the International Criminal Police Organisation moves to extradite him to Nigeria within the week. Government sources familiar with the case who spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorised to ...

President Bola Tinubu will on Monday open the African Counter-Terrorism Summit in Abuja. This was disclosed in a statement signed by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Ajuri Ngelale, and shared on his Facebook page on Sunday. Nigeria, with the support of the United Nations Office of ...

Those opposed to the changes fear they could allow further extensions to President Faure Gnassingbe’s rule.Lawmakers in Togo have approved changes to the constitution linked to presidential term limits and how presidents are elected, which some opposition politicians and civil society ...

The 44-year-old will be inaugurated to replace Macky Sall, who ruled the West African nation for 12 years.Senegal’s Constitutional Council has confirmed the presidential election victory of opposition candidate Bassirou Diomaye Faye. The confirmation on Friday paves the way for his ...

The central African country’s presidential election is set to take place in May.Authorities in Chad have cleared 10 candidates for this year’s long-awaited presidential election, barring two fierce opponents of the military government from standing.Chad’s Constitutional Council ...

Niger’s government announced on Saturday that it was breaking off “with immediate effect” its military cooperation agreement with the United States. The declaration came just a day after a senior US delegation left Niger, following a three-day visit to renew contact with the military junta that ...

Sudan’s military posts videos online showing its soldiers inside the headquarters in the city of Omdurman.Sudan’s army has taken control of the country’s national radio and television headquarters from the rival paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), the army said in a statement. ...

Drought crisis brought on by El Nino and climate change will affect more than a million households, President Hakainde Hichilema says.Zambia has declared the drought the country is currently going through a national disaster, with President Hakainde Hichilema saying the lack of rain ...

Places of worship and religious leaders across Burkina Faso have been targeted in attacks blamed on rebels.An attack on a mosque in eastern Burkina Faso killed dozens of Muslims on the same day as another deadly attack on Catholics attending mass, local and security sources have told ...

By Matthew Atungwu Leader of the military junta in Niger Republic, General Abdourahamane Tchiani, says none of the three Sahel countries, which recently pulled out of the Economic Community of West African States, ECOWAS, would seek re-admission to the group. Tchiani also said that the junta ...

By Ochogwu Sunday The move by Senegal’s President, Macky Sall to postpone the country’s presidential elections has continued to generate violent protests across the West African nation. DAILY POST reports that President Macky Sall had last week, unilaterally postponed presidential elections by ...

Protests erupt in Senegal after the president indefinitely postpones elections.Senegalese President Macky Sall made a surprise announcement on Saturday – indefinitely postponing elections scheduled this month.He cited controversy surrounding the disqualification of some presidential ...

Police made arrests and fired tear gas as opposition supporters protested President Macky Sall’s decision to postpone elections in Senegal.Clashes erupted on Sunday as federal lawmakers prepared to debate a bill to formalise the delay of the February 25 vote.Demonstrators rallied in the ...

The postponement of Senegal’s presidential election opens a “period of uncertainty”, the European Union has said, and the United States called for a swift new date for free polls ahead of opposition protests in the capital, Dakar, that were dispersed by police.“The European Union … calls on ...

Caroline Njau comes from a family of farmers who tend to fields of maize, wheat, and potatoes in the hilly terrain near Nyahururu, 180 kilometres (112 miles) north of the capital Nairobi. But Njau has chosen a different path in life.These days, the 30-year-old lives in Naivasha, a scenic town ...

A truck loaded with gas exploded and set off an inferno that burned homes and warehouses in Kenya’s capital early Friday, injuring more than 200 people and killing at least three with authorities expecting the death toll to rise. A number of residents were likely inside their homes when the fire ...

Senegal, located on the westernmost tip of Africa, is a country known for its diverse landscapes, vibrant culture, and a rich history ...source

The suspension of the former South African President comes ahead of the country’s general elections.South Africa’s ruling African National Congress (ANC) has suspended former President Jacob Zuma, weeks after he backed another party ahead of this year’s general election.“Zuma and others ...

By Ogaga Ariemu The military regimes in Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger, on Sunday, announced their immediate withdrawal from the Economic Community of West African States, ECOWAS. The leaders of the three Sahel nations disclosed this in a joint statement on Sunday. According to the military ...

By Ogaga Ariemu Ugandan foreign affairs minister, Henry Oryem’s comment calling those who have died of hunger in his country idiots has sparked outrage. Oryem had said that the country’s favourable climate and fertile land should push Ugandans to grow food for themselves. “It’s only an idiot, a ...

The army’s fight against rebels has been criticised as heavy-handed, with the HRW report being the latest instance of that criticism.International watchdog Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Thursday accused the Burkina Faso army of killing at least 60 civilians in drone strikes which the ...

Six Ghanaians, including three soldiers, were convicted on Wednesday and sentenced to death by hanging for their involvement in an alleged plot three years ago to overthrow the country’s government.The men were arrested in 2021 while testing weapons at an old shooting range in Accra, and ...

The new president is expected to tackle poverty and corruption that flourished under his predecessor, George Weah.Joseph Boakai has been sworn in as Liberia’s president on Monday following his election victory over former football star George Weah, with the challenge of tackling poverty and ...

By Racheal Ayodele Former president of Sierra Leone, Ernest Bai Koroma, charged with his alleged role in an attempted coup, arrived in Nigeria on Friday. Koroma arrived in Abuja, the Nigerian capital, on Friday afternoon and was welcomed by the president of the ECOWAS Commission, Omar Alieu ...

The Federal Government and the International Organisation for Migration evacuated no fewer than 5,219 stranded Nigerians between February and December 2023, SUNDAY PUNCH has learnt. This is according to figures obtained from the IOM and the National Emergency Management Agency. Checks showed ...

The Republic of Niger’s ousted president, Mohamed Bazoum, who has been held in detention since a July 26 coup, must be freed immediately, the court of the West African bloc, ECOWAS, ordered on Friday. The court called for his “immediate and unconditional release” and ordered that Bazoum be ...

By Rachel Osazuwa Leaders of the Economic Community of West African States, ECOWAS, have set up mechanism that would review efforts to activate a standby force for counterterrorism operations, especially in areas infested by terrorist groups. This followed a resolution at the end of the 64th ...

By Ochogwu Sunday About 20,000 refugees who fled the Republic of Cameroon are presently seeking asylum in Taraba State following the crisis rocking the Nigeria North-Western and South-Western regions of the Central African country. The Cameroonians have been camping in five local government areas ...

By Chris Johnson The death toll from weeks of relentless rain and ensuing floods has nearly doubled in Kenya. Interior Minister Raymond Omollo announced on Tuesday that at least 120 lives have been lost, with nearly 90,000 households displaced and forced to seek refuge in 120 makeshift camps. ...

By Francis Ugwu Liberian President George Weah, on Friday, conceded defeat after provisional results from the week’s runoff vote indicated opposition party candidate Joseph Boakai was beating him by just over one percentage point. Election officials said that with 99.58 per cent of ballots ...

By Ochogwu Sunday The Federal Government, in collaboration with the International Organisation for Migration (IOM), evacuated 161 Nigerian migrants stranded in Libya on Tuesday. Ambassador Kabiru Musa, Chargé D’Affaires En Titre of the Nigerian Mission in Libya, stated in Abuja that the objective ...

By Gift Habib Guinea’s ex-dictator Moussa Dadis Camara was recaptured and returned to prison on Saturday. He was recaptured hours after an apparent jailbreak led by a heavily armed commando, the army and his lawyer said. “Captain Moussa Dadis Camara has been found safe and sound and taken back ...

Britain’s King Charles III was heading to Kenya on Monday, his first visit as monarch to a Commonwealth nation, where he faces widespread calls for an apology for abuses committed during colonial rule. “The King and Queen (Camilla) are on their way to Kenya for a four-day visit which will take in ...

The Federal Government has received 108 irregular Nigerian migrants stranded in Niger Republic.This is contained in a statement by Mr Alexander Oturu, Southwest Zonal Coordinator, National Commission For Refugees Migrants and Internally Displaced Persons (NCFRMI) on Tuesday in Abuja. ...

The French army said Tuesday it had begun withdrawing its troops from Niger after being ordered out of the country by the leaders of a coup that ousted a pro-Paris president.The move kicks off a complex and sensitive process that Paris expects to be completed by the end of the year, drawing the ...

Liberia’s Incumbent President George Weah casts his vote at a polling station in Monrovia on October 10, 2023 during the presidential vote. – Liberians began voting Tuesday on whether to give football legend George Weah a second term as president, with peace among voters’ main concerns in a nation ...

By Ishola Oludare The United States Consul General in Nigeria, Will Stevens, said the growing trend of military takeover of government in Africa was because some leaders in the continent refused to relinquish power after their tenure in office. Stevens expressed concern that Africa is facing ...

No fewer than 90 schoolgirls in a Kenyan school have been reported ill after having difficulties walking, BBC reports Wednesday.Kenyan health authorities say the health crisis is currently under investigation as the students have been admitted to hospital.The female students from Eregi ...

Mali has said it “will not stand idly by” if foreign governments intervene in neighouring Niger, Bamako’s top diplomat warned the United Nations on Saturday, after both countries’ juntas joined a mutual defence pact.Rebel elite soldiers overthrew Niger’s President Mohamed Bazoum on July 26 and ...

The death toll from Storm Daniel, an “extreme weather event,” that caused the Sunday Libya flooding stands at 6,000, CNN has reported. Saadeddin Wakil, the health ministry undersecretary of the Unity Government in Tripoli, one of two rival governments operating in the country, said, “The death ...

Agency ReportVillagers wept for lost relatives in the rubble of their homes on Monday as the death toll from Morocco’s deadliest earthquake in more than six decades rose to almost 2,700 and rescuers raced against time to find survivors.Search teams from Spain, Britain and Qatar were joining ...

Using  heavy equipment and even their bare hands, rescuers in Morocco yesterday stepped up efforts to find survivors in flattened villages as the interior ministry said the powerful earthquake that hit the North African country over the weekend has killed at least 2,122 people, with 2,421 injured, ...

Nearly 300 people have died after a powerful earthquake rattled Morocco Friday night, according to a preliminary government count, as terrified residents of Marrakesh reported “unbearable” screams followed the 6.8-magnitude tremor. “According to a provisional report, the earthquake killed 296 ...

Gabonese General, Brice Oligui Nguema, who last week led a coup ending 55 years of rule by the Bongo dynasty, was sworn in on Monday as interim president, AFP journalists saw. Oligui, head of the elite Republican Guard, led officers in a coup on Wednesday against President Ali Bongo Ondimba, scion ...

The West African Elders Forum, WAEF, has urged African leaders to respect constitutions and put citizens’ welfare, peace, and security at the centre of governance.The Communications Officer of Goodluck Jonathan Foundation, Wealth Ominabo, in a statement, said the forum gave the advice during a ...

A video of ousted Gabon President Ali Bongo calling for his “friends” to speak up following a successful military coup in the oil-rich central African country has emerged. Bongo in the video asked his friends to “make noise” about the people who arrested him and his family. He said, “I’m sending ...

Lagos has emerged as the fifth best African city with high desirability by people to live, work, and invest, according to a report by Brand Finance City Index 2023.The report puts Lagos (Nigeria) at 56.7 per cent behind Cape Town (South Africa), Cairo (Egypt), Johannesburg (South Africa), and ...

The Federal government with the support of the International Organisation for Migration on Monday evacuated 139 Nigerian irregular migrants freed from detention centers across Libya. Amb. Kabiru Musa, Charge D’Affaires En Titre in a statement made available to the News Agency of Nigeria, on Monday ...

The Economic Community of West African States, ECOWAS, said yesterday in Accra, Ghana, that it will not hesitate to invade Niger Republic, if all efforts to reverse the coup in the country fail. This came as the German government said it is in support of sanctions imposed on the military junta in ...