Around a dozen soldiers have been arrested in Benin following an attempted coup, including the ringleaders of the foiled ...

Nigerian Afrobeats musician, Crown Uzama, popularly known as Shallipopi, has been named TikTok’s 2025 Artiste of the Year. This is contained in a statement by TikTok and made available to the News ...

Ivory Coast President Alassane Ouattara has been sworn in for a fourth term following a landslide victory in October elections from which his main rivals were barred from running. Ouattara, 83, who ...

Nigeria has withdrawn the fighter aircraft earlier deployed to the Benin Republic after authorities concluded that the ...

The Federal Government has secured the release of 100 pupils abducted from St. Mary’s Private Catholic Primary and Secondary School, Papiri, in the Agwara Local Government Area of Niger State. The ...

The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has launched precision airstrikes on fleeing members of the foiled military coup in the Benin Republic, neutralising several suspected plotters and destroying their ...

The Economic Community of West African States has ordered the deployment of military troops from Nigeria, Ghana, Sierra Leone and Ivory Coast to Benin Republic. ECOWAS said the measure is aimed at ...

A coup that was announced in Benin on Sunday has been “foiled,” the interior minister said in a video on Facebook. “In the ...

The Nigerian Army has indefinitely suspended all statutory and voluntary retirements for specific categories of officers, in ...

The African Democratic Congress (ADC) has urged Peter Obi, the 2023 Labour Party (LP) presidential candidate, to make up his ...

Controversial Nigerian clergyman, Prophet Odumeje has stirred fresh reactions after boldly proclaiming himself the greatest ...

The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has commended two of its Alpha Jet pilots for their exceptional courage and professionalism ...