Security forces in the Democratic Republic of Congo have shot dead 37 Burundian migrants who were protesting after four of their countrymen were expelled, the UN says.
Its peacekeeping mission Monusco said another 117 were injured during the incident in the east of the country.
Governor Tanko Al-Makura has held a meeting with Igbo leaders in Nasarawa state. The security meeting which was held at the government house in Lafia, the state capital, was aimed at dousing tension and fears of a communal clash and to allay any apprehension over a possible breakdown of order …
Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo on Saturday in Yola reiterated the commitment of the Federal Government to keep one, indivisible Nigeria. Osinbajo made the commitment while speaking at the reception in Yola in honour of the new President of the Lutheran World Federation, Musa Filibus.
While congratulating Filibus for being the first …
Nigeria's Vice President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo, has urged military officers to support the Federal Government's effort in the war against Boko Haram insurgency and other emerging security challenges confronting the nation.
Vice President Osinbajo spoke on Saturday during the passing out parade of military cadets of the 64 Regular Course …
Four persons have been confirmed dead and several others hospitalized with various degrees of injury after unknown gunmen invaded a market dominated by Hausa traders, popularly known as Abraka market.
Some Hausa residents in Asaba, the capital of Delta State, claimed the attackers were members of the Indigenous People of …
Uganda's health minister disguised herself as a patient and caught two medical workers demanding a bribe for free government services, she told AFP on Saturday. Health Minister Sarah Opendi said she wore a face veil and traveled to a hospital in the capital Kampala on a boda-boda (motorbike taxi) to …