A state governor's office in Nigeria says one of the Nigerian schoolgirls kidnapped by Boko Haram militants more than seven years ago is free and has been reunited with her family.  Nearly 300 schoolgirls, most aged between 12 and 17, were…

The man described as the most fertile in Benin by the magazine "Records du Bénin" has passed away. Akohoué Rachidi Houéssou who fathered 157 children died at the age of 77 after a short illness, according to a source close…

The Medical and Dental Council (MDC) with assistance from the police have arrested 18 quack and one unregistered medical practitioners between January and July 2021. The 18 include 12 fake dentist and six quack doctors who have practiced the medical…

Ivorian Minister of Defense, Téné Birahima Ouattara who was reportedly in contact with a COVID-19 positive patient has gone into self-isolation.  The details in an official note published on Wednesday comes a day after a press release from the Ivorian…

The Ghana Health Service says seventy-nine per cent of all the new COVID-19 cases fuelling Ghana’s third wave are of the Delta variant.  During a news conference in Accra on Wednesday, the Director-General of the Health Service Dr Patrick Kuma-Aboagye…

The Media Rights Agenda (MRA) has said that it has no confidence in the proposed investigation by the Department of State Services (DSS) into the reported assault on Vanguard newspaper photojournalist, Oluwagbemiga Olamikan, by officials of the agency. Describing it…

The first ever presidential debate in the Gambia was held on Wednesday between the party leader of Peoples Democratic Organisation for Independence and Social (PDOIS) Halifa Sallah and the party leader of Citizens Alliance Dr. Ismail Ceesay. The debate was…

The Federal High Court, Abuja, on Wednesday, granted bail to 12 associates of Yoruba nation separatist, Sunday Adeyemo, also known as Sunday Igboho. During the courts hearing, the State Security Service urged the court not to grant bail to four…