A deal is close that would allow Russian mercenaries into Mali, extending Russian influence over security affairs in West Africa and triggering opposition from former…
Nigeria’s Health Minister, Dr Osagie Ehanire, has said that the Delta variant of the COVID-19 virus is the dominant strain in the country. Speaking at…
Putschists who seized power in Guinea at the weekend have pledged to release “political detainees” held under ex-president Alpha Conde and repeated a vow to…
Nigeria’s Federal Inland Revenue Service is in court trying to assert its right to collect, and redistribute some taxes. However, the country’s states are not…
A bill seeking to empower the state government to collect value-added tax (VAT) has scaled the first and second reading at the Lagos State House…
Three residents of Maryland in the United States, have been indicted over allegations of exporting arms and ammunition to Nigeria. According to a statement issued…
Ondo Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu (SAN) has signed into law the Anti-Open Grazing Bill passed by the state legislature. Information Commissioner, Donald Ojogo, made this known…
Algeria announced on 24 August that it was officially severing ties with neighbouring Morocco “starting today”, after months of tensions between the two countries. Algerian…
Gunmen killed two Nigerian military personnel and abducted another in an attack on an army training college in Kaduna on Tuesday, a spokesman said, highlighting…
America’s longest war has come to a messy and chaotic end. With the withdrawal of US troops from Afghanistan, the Biden administration chose to bring…