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Nigeria’s Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo, has said that the 7.5 per cent value-added tax in the country, remains the lowest in Africa. Recall that the federal government increased VAT from ...

American rapper and producer, Kanye West is reportedly looking to go global with his popular ‘Sunday Service’ in 2020. He is set to tour Europe and Africa with his choir ...

London-based group, Global Amnesty Watch, has called on the United Nations as well as United States of America to join forces with Nigeria to confront terrorism in West Africa.

Lagos awakens this January with an energy that cannot be ignored. Hotels, streets, and venues pulse with anticipation as artists and delegates arrive from across Africa. The 9th All Africa ...

On October 31, 2025, US President Donald Trump declared Nigeria as a "Country of Particular Concern" (CPC) owing to suspected Christian persecution and genocide in the West African country. The ...

Few days ago, the United Nations ranked Nigeria as the lowest life expectancy country in the world. The ranking is released by UN agency in its 2025 population data from ...

Ethiopia, Somaliland reached MoU on use of Ports in Berbera, others Somalia condemns the agreement, says it is an act of “aggression” Tension brews in the region as Somaliland seeks ...

Two Sudanese Army leaders, Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, Abdel Fattah al-Burhan in conflict of supremacy in Sudan Rapid Support Force, RSF gains upper hand against the country’s Army, SAF, as thousands ...

Niger, Gabon deposed their leaders within one month Gabon coupists accused the leaders of corruption, irresponsibility Analyst said Africa may slide into military rule if coups persist In the early ...

“Ghana Must Go” - a phrase synonymous with the famed African zipped tote bag, used during the mass exodus of Ghanaians from Nigeria. The bag, made from cheap woven mat ...

By: Samuel Agbelusi On 21 February 2022, the Russian Federation Council unanimously authorised Putin to use military force outside Russia's borders. Two days later, Russia launched a large-scale invasion of ...

Many leading casino operators and software providers are turning their attention to markets of the African continent. As a lucrative region, more and more companies are tending to spread their ...

Eventually, the Year 2020 grudgingly dragged to an end. It was a difficult and tough year for all Africans. From economic meltdown to wars, conflicts and the blight of the ...

Cyril Ramaphosa, South African President has announced that the country will move back to lockdown level 3, taking effect from tonight, December 28. This was contained in an address released ...

Death sentence for a 34-year-old man who stabbed his pregnant girlfriend to death has been demanded by angry South Africans. During a disagreement outside her mother’s house in the North ...

Three students from Rethusegile Secondary school in Lethabong Village near Rustenburg, South Africa have lost their lives in a fatal taxi accident after celebrating their graduation. According to the provincial ...

In September of 2020, the World Health Organisation, WHO, endorsed testing traditional herbal medicine against Covid19. Back in May, Hamish Ganga, a US based African health care entrepreneur did not ...

Controversial millionaire preacher and the founder of Enlightened Christian Gathering church, Prophet Shepherd Bushiri and his wife Mary have fled to his native country Malawi from South Africa, in contravention ...

The United States has barred Nigerians from participating in its visa lottery in 2022. This was disclosed in a document titled ‘Instructions for the 2022 diversity immigrant visa program (dv-2022)’ obtained ...

Dr.  Goodluck Jonathan, former President of Nigeria has said that the country and other African countries should adopt the use of electronic voting, if they must achieve credible elections. Jonathan, ...