In what seemed to be his first official task, Nigeria’s 16th President and Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has declared an end to fuel subsidy in the country. Tinubu made the…
Many question whether 70-year-old will be able to revive ailing economy, heal divisions and provide security ola Ahmed Tinubu has been sworn in as Nigeria’s 16th president, having been tasked with reviving Africa’s largest economy,…
ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Ruling party candidate Bola Tinubu was declared winner of Nigeria’s presidential election early Wednesday, with the two leading opposition candidates already demanding a revote in Africa’s most populous nation. Bola Tinubu…
With millions of citizens in Ukraine fleeing the country after Russia initiated a deadly attack on Feb. 24, there have been reports of racism against Black people in Ukraine as they try to leave the country. African…
LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — Temitope Balogun Joshua, one of Africa’s most popular televangelists who was known as T.B. Joshua, has died. He was 57. The Nigerian-born pastor was founder of the mega church Synagogue Church…
GENEVA (AP) — U.N. agencies said Friday that tens of thousands of Nigerians are fleeing deadly attacks by armed groups and the continuing clashes between the rebels and national forces in the country’s troubled northeastern…
LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — Gunmen have attacked a school in northwestern Nigeria and kidnapped 39 students just weeks after a similar mass abduction in the region, authorities said Friday. The latest kidnapping took place late…
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Another new variant of the coronavirus appears to have emerged in Nigeria, Africa’s top public health official said Thursday, but he added that further investigation was needed. The discovery could add…
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to stop the push for registration of Nigerians for National Identity Number (NIN), and withdraw the threat to block SIM cards. The Human Rights…
LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — Nigeria’s top police official on Saturday ordered the immediate mobilization of all officers to “reclaim the public space from criminal elements masquerading as protesters” after days of peaceful demonstrations over police abuses…