According to a top UN official, Sudan's conflict is increasingly damaging the region with overflowing consequences into neighbouring South Sudan and the occupied Abyei region. According to Martha Pobee who is an Assistant Secretary-General for…
Toll Gates To Return To Nigerian Roads Soon…
The federal government has concluded designs for the return of toll plazas on federal roads, Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, has said. Mr Fashola disclosed this while briefing State House correspondents after the…
Cameroon: Committees of Major National Dialogue submit reports…
The eight Commissions of the Major National Dialogue are expected to submit their proposals and recommendations on how to restore peace in Cameroonâs two English speaking regions today to be adopted by Prime Minister Joseph…
Cameroon: Agbor Balla insists form of State should…
Barrister Agbor Balla has insisted the form of the State should be looked into at the ongoing Major National Dialogue for things to return to normalcy in the two crisis-hit Anglophone regions of the country.…
President Will Honour His Promise To Mugabe Family:…
Following the death of Zimbabwe's founding father, Cde Robert Mugabe, the President, Cde Emmerson Mnangagwa has made a commitment to transfer the properties of the late national hero to the family. Permanent Secretary for the…
Matiang’i Slams Judiciary for ‘Derailing War on Drugs’
The Akasha brothers would still be walking free on our streets and recruiting more Kenyans into their business if Americans had not charged them, Interior CS Fred Matiang'i has said. Baktash and Ibrahim Akasha have…
Katsina Government Rescues 31 Nigerians Trafficked to Burkina…
The Katsina State government has rescued 31 victims of human trafficking, sold in Benin Republic and taken to Burkina Faso. The Director General, Media and publicity to the state government, Abdu Labaran Malumfashi, in a…
Bobi Wine describes Uganda’s ban of red berets…
Ugandaâs popular opposition lawmaker and presidential hopeful Bobi Wine has denounced the governmentâs banning of civilian use of red berets, a symbol of his âPeople Powerâ movement. The government this month gazetted the red beret…
Will Buhari’s govt ban Islamic schools in Nigeria?
Nigeriaâs government is under pressure to regulate the activities of Islamic schools, following the raid and rescue of over 300 boys and men from a building that purported to be an Islamic school in the…
Kenya Ferry Servicesâ Tweet, Hours After Horror Accident,…
The Kenya Ferry Services (KFS) has been on the receiving end of social media backlash over an insensitive Tweet it posted on Monday morning. âWe are serving you with four ferries at the Likoni channel…
Dialogue in Cameroon: Anglophone separatist leaders boycott first…
Key leaders of the Anglophone separatist movement in Cameroon boycotted the first day of a national dialogue that government hopes will resolve the decades-old conflict in the Northwest and Southwest regions of the country. Nearly…
Uganda bans wearing of Bobi Wine’s signature red…
Authorities in Uganda announced on Monday that the red beret and tunic would henceforth be designated as official military clothing, essentially banning the uniform of opposition leader Bobi Wine and his supporters. The pop star…
NTSA suspends 9 matatu saccos
NTSA has suspended nine matatu saccos for failing to operate a minimum of 30 serviceable vehicles. In a statement on Monday, NTSA director general Francis Meja, said Section 5(1) of the National Transport and Safety…
Why I weep for Nigeria â Fani-Kayode
Former Aviation Minister, Femi Fani-Kayode says he weeps for Nigeria because of the way things have degenerated in the country. He said on Monday that in the last few days happenings in the nation called…
C.A.R: Minusca starts military operation against armed group
The United Nations Mission in the Central African Republic (Minusca) has begun a military operation against an armed group that has signed a peace agreement with Bangui but is âcontinuing to increase its illegal activities,â…
Cameroon: Paul Biya Commiserates with families of Douala…
The Head of State Paul Biya has extended his condolences to the families of victims of the road accident in the Littoral region that claimed at least eight lives last week. In a letter addressed…
Boat carrying over 50 people capsizes off Libyan…
A boat with more than 50 people on board has capsized off the Libyan coast, the United Nations said on Saturday, the latest accident involving migrants trying to reach Europe. The exact location of the…
President Mnangagwa Back From New York
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has returned from New York where he attended the 74th Ordinary Session of the United Nations General Assembly. He arrived at the Robert Gabriel Mugabe International Airport on Friday night and was…
Ghana, Nepal Establish Diplomatic Ties
Ghana has officially established diplomatic ties with Nepal. A communique to that effect was signed by Ghana's Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration Minister, Ms Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey and her Nepalese counterpart, Pradeep Kumar Gyawali in…
