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The secretary to the government of the federation (SGF), Boss Mustapha, says $2.3 trillion is needed to bridge the infrastructure deficit in Nigeria over the next 22 years.

Coronavirus: PSC cautions INEC, states, parties on political mega rallies

17 hours ago

Students continue protest at the University of Kinshasa campus in the Democratic Republic of Congo where, police are regularly accused of harassment and of pocketing mask fines they collect.

DR Congo students protest police killing of maskless classmate

5 days ago

The Nigeria Police Force says its investigation shows that Boko Haram, Ansaru and other terror groups are getting support from some Nigerians.

Sallah: Vehicular movement restricted in Maiduguri

2 weeks ago

The Senate of University of Port Harcourt (UniPort) has expelled eight students over alleged misconduct bordering on plagiarism, extortion and examination malpractices.

UNIPORT directs compulsory use of face mask

2 weeks ago

Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has pleaded with residents of the state to adhere strictly with the COVID-19 protocol, as the third wave of the pandemic is already raging in the country.

Lagos governor begs residents to comply with coronavirus protocol

2 weeks ago

A passenger wearing a face mask sits on bus called Car Rapide, amid the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Dakar, Senegal. REUTERS-Zohra Bensemra

Senegal’s daily coronavirus cases double overnight, new restrictions likely

2 weeks ago

The Nigeria Center for Disease Control (NCDC), has confirmed 476 new cases of the Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in the country.

Nigeria records 154 new coronavirus infections

3 weeks ago

Hong Kong exile pro-democracy activist Nathan Law wearing a face mask holds a rally with other activist groups during China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi's visit in Berlin, Germany September 1, 2020. REUTERS-Michele Tantussi-File Photo

Amnesty: Hong Kong security law ‘a human rights emergency’

June 30, 2021

A Carabinieri paramilitary police officer gives a protective face mask to a migrant who is queuing to embark a ferry to the mainland, in the Sicilian island of Lampedusa, Italy, June 22, 2021. REUTERS-Guglielmo Mangiapane-File Photo

Seven migrants drown as boat capsizes off Italy’s Lampedusa

June 30, 2021

The ultrastructural morphology exhibited by the 2019 Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV), which was identified as the cause of an outbreak of respiratory illness first detected in Wuhan, China, is seen in an illustration released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. January 29, 2020. Alissa Eckert, MS; Dan Higgins, MAM/CDC/Handout via REUTERS

Nigeria records 65 new coronavirus cases

June 29, 2021

A supporter holds a poster of former Ivorian president Laurent Gbagbo during the preparation of his return after being acquitted by the International Criminal Court on charges of war crimes, at his party's headquarters in Abidjan, Ivory Coast June 16, 2021. The poster reads "With your return, the Ivorians are hoping for a real reconciliation". REUTERS/Luc Gnago

Former president Laurent Gbagbo touches down in Ivory Coast after decade of exile

June 17, 2021

A supporter holds a poster of former Ivorian president Laurent Gbagbo during the preparation of his return after being acquitted by the International Criminal Court on charges of war crimes, at his party's headquarters in Abidjan, Ivory Coast June 16, 2021. The poster reads "With your return, the Ivorians are hoping for a real reconciliation". REUTERS/Luc Gnago

Ivory Coast: Police fire teargas as crowds mass to welcome back ousted president Laurent Gbagbo

June 17, 2021

FILE PHOTO: Emma Coronel Aispuro, the wife of Joaquin Guzman, the Mexican drug lord known as "El Chapo", exits the Brooklyn Federal Courthouse, following the sentencing of Guzman in the Brooklyn borough of New York, U.S., July 17, 2019. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid/File Photo

El Chapo’s wife could face decade in U.S. prison after guilty plea

June 10, 2021

Belarusian prisoner Stepan Latypov, who was arrested during a security crackdown on mass protests following a contested presidential election in 2020, lies on a bench after an attempt to cut his throat inside a defendant's cage in a courtroom in Minsk, Belarus June 1, 2021. Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL)/Handout via REUTERS TV

Belarusian prisoner tries to cut own throat in court hearing

June 1, 2021

Australia's Ambassador to China, Graham Fletcher, walks outside the Beijing No. 2 Intermediate People's Court where Australian writer Yang Hengjun is expected to face trial on espionage charges, in Beijing, China May 27, 2021. REUTERS/Carlos Garcia Rawlins

Australia says blogger under ‘arbitrary detention’ in China after espionage verdict postponed

May 28, 2021