President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed Nigeria's committment to further invest in the provision of infrastructure and facilities for safe, secure, environmentally friendly and sustainable civil aviation. The President said this when he received the Secretary General of International Civil Aviation…

In Burkina Faso, rescue workers have found no survivors in a rescue chamber deep inside a flooded zinc mine.  The Perkoa mine, owned by Canadian firm Trevali Mining Corp and located about 120km (75 miles) west of the capital Ouagadougou,…

For the second time in under one week, Ghana’s Ministry of National Security has urged Ghanaians to be more vigilant, warning that Ghana is a target for terrorists in the sub-region. In a statement on Tuesday, the minister Albert Kan…

Five opposition leaders were charged and jailed in Chad for disturbing public order during a Saturday demonstration. The demonstration was against France, accused of supporting the military junta. Veronic Njie reports

 There have been new arrest in Mali for financial embezzlement surrounding the purchase of some military equipment. While the case dates back to 2014 under the presidency of the late Ibrahim Boubacar Keita, the former Chief of the General Staff…

Relatives of the abducted victims from the Abuja-Kaduna attack have threatened to disrupt the resumption of rail services if the government fails to secure the release of their loved ones before its planned resumption of train services. The aggrieved relatives…

The EU says it will leave its military training mission in Mali suspended, but will not terminate it for the time being. Abdulahi Hassan reports that the Blocs foreign policy chief made this stament after a meeting with EU defence…

The latest United Nations global economy forecast released on Wednesday, says economic recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic has been disrupted by the war in Ukraine.  The UN, against the backdrop of rising inflationary pressures, revised downward the global growth estimates…

The government of the Czech Republic has allocated 10.5 million us dollars to Nigeria as research funding to foster growth and expansion of infrastructure, manufacturing and innovation. Executive Vice Chairman of the National Agency for Science and Engineering Infrastructure, NASENI,…