Burkina Faso, at least 39 "terrorists" were neutralized and two soldiers killed in "offensive actions" carried out by the Burkinabe defense and security forces.  The operations were carried out  in the region of Boucle du Mouhoun (Northwest) between Thursday and…

More than 30 people were killed after a stampede during a crowded church charity event where food was being distributed in Nigeria. The incident happened in the oil-rich city of Port Harcourt in Southern Rivers State when people tried to…

The Nigerian Customs Service, Lagos Industrial Command has given companies unregistered for payment of excise duty under its command a 14-day to comply or face sanctions. Comptroller of the Lagos Industrial Command, Queen Ogbudu gave the warning during a stakeholders’…

The world's largest civilian hospital ship, the Global Mercy was Monday inaugurated in the Senegalese capital Dakar; the vessel which arrived last week was formally received by Senegalese President Macky Sall in a ceremony that was attended by the president…

Senegalese President Macky Sall has ordered an investigation into the Wednesday fire incident in which eleven babies died, at the Mame-Abdoul-Aziz-Sy hospital in Tivaouane, West of the country. Oge Obierika has the details.

The Nigerien defence ministry in a statement Wednesday said, the country’s army killed around 40 Boko Haram jihadists in an overnight fight on the islands of Lake Chad. According to the ministry, in the fight that started Tuesday evening and…