A fuel tanker lorry has overturned and exploded near the airport in Niger's capital, Niamey, killing at least 58 people, authorities say.
Many of the...
Police in Ghana on Sunday arrested eight persons who they accuse of attempting to declare an independent state out of Ghana.
Those arrested belong to...
Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari on Sunday returned home from his recent trip to the UK for holidays.
Buhari's aircraft touched down at the Nnamdi Azikiwe...
Authorities at a public University in Ghana, the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, (KNUST) have placed a ban on sports betting and...
Nigerian officials have arrested a couple, identified as Chinonso Anyanwu and Oluebube Anyawu for allegedly selling their three-day-old son for $830 (N300,000).
Local media reports...
The Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA) is calling for submissions for the third edition of the West Africa Media Excellence Conference and Awards...
Over a dozen people in some villages in Nigeria's north-western state of Katsina were slaughtered on Tuesday by unknown gunmen.
Police and local officials say...
Saudi Arabia authorities have freed a Nigerian student who was arrested in 2018 for carrying Tramadol, a strong pain killer.
The Nigerian government confirmed Zainab...
Some new apartments built at the residence of the Nigerian High Commissioner in Ghana’s capital city Accra, have been demolished by bulldozers.
The apartments have been constructed to...
Ghanaian health officials on Saturday said over 10,000 persons infected with the coronavirus have now recovered.
The significant number of recoveries means the country now...
Zimbabwe's Health Minister Obadiah Moyo has been arrested over corruption allegations related to procurement of medical equipment worth $60 million.
Moyo is accused of illegally...
