by Nurat Uthman The International Air Transport Association has praised the Nigerian government for its swift action in clearing the backlog of foreign airlines’ trapped funds, amounting to over $831m....

by Nurat Uthman A commercial motorcyclist, Mr Edward Bamidele, was on Wednesday crushed to death by a water-laden tanker in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital. The incident occurred at the...

by Nurat Uthman Two Nigerian students have been selected among the top 30 students in the Architecture Engineering and Construction Management Industry sector in New Zealand.  The Nigerians, Angela Odiete...

by Nurat Uthman Three people have died after being arrested during riots in southern Mauritania, the government said on Tuesday, July 2, as the election victory of incumbent President Mohamed...

by Nurat Uthman Unidentified armed men have killed around 40 people in an attack on a village in insurgent-plagued central Mali, local officials said on Tuesday. The attack took place...

by Nurat Uthman Egypt is expected to change its foreign, finance, petroleum, electricity and supply ministers in a long-awaited cabinet overhaul, with Ahmed Kouchouk promoted to lead the finance ministry,...

by Nurat Uthman Sierra Leone officially banned child marriage on Tuesday with President Julius Maada Bio signing into law a bill to end the practice that remains widespread. Advocates hope...

by Nurat Uthman The Transmission Company of Nigeria has suspended the planned power outage on the Osogbo/Akure and Ado-Ekiti 132KV lines. The outage was earlier scheduled for two months according...

by Nurat Uthman The Mauritanian authorities cut access to mobile internet services early Tuesday after protests took place the previous evening in several cities against presidential election results. Protesters took...

by Nurat Uthman The Supreme Court has struck out an appeal filed by Micheal Onakoya against the decision of the Lagos Division of the Court of Appeal which affirmed the...