Goodluck Jonathan Gets Appointed As Chancellor Of Cavendish University Uganda
Former Nigerian President, His Excellency, Dr. Goodluck Ebele Azikiwe Jonathan has been recently recognized and appointed as Chancellor of Cavendish...
Eko Innovation Centre Partners Africa Agility To Train 10,000 Girls In Tech
In furtherance of its commitment to bridging the technology gap and ensuring more inclusion of women in technology, Eko Innovation...
Nigerian Hit-And-Run Driver Nabbed After Killing A Teacher In Ghana
The Ghanaian police have arrested a 42-year-old Nigerian hit-and-run driver, Emeka Adams for killing a teacher, NaijaCover Reports. From The...
#FreeSenegal: Senegal blocks social media apps after the death of a protester in scuffle with police
Senegal, a West African country that is hardly in the news for political unrest, has restricted social media apps after...
Google Launches Second Google News Initiative In Africa, The Middle East, And Turkey
Google today announced the second Google News Initiative Innovation Challenge in Africa, the Middle East and Turkey with an open...
Libya’s Minister Narrowly Escapes Assassination
The powerful interior minister of Libya’s unity government survived an assassination attempt Sunday, an aide said, sparking fears of resurgent...
‘Benin Republic Ready To Be Nigeria’s 37th State’ – Minister Confirms
The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama, said the President of Benin Republic, Patrice Talon, had expressed readiness for his...
Biden To Offer $4 Billion To Fund Coronavirus Vaccinations In Developing Countries
President Joe Biden is committing billions of dollars to a cash-strapped global project aiming to send coronavirus vaccines to poor...
Uganda Election: Bobi Wine Rejects Results, Declares Himself “President-Elect”
Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu (popularly known as, Bobi Wine), the National Unity Platform’s flagbearer has rejected early results from the January...
Google People Cards Now Available In Africa
Google today introduced a new mobile-only feature that makes people more discoverable on Google Search. People Cards allow people to...
Millions At Risk As Coronavirus Disrupts Immunization Campaigns – UN
Millions of people, including in Africa’s most populous country Nigeria, risk contracting diseases such as polio and measles as the...
New Google-IFC report estimates Africa’s Internet economy could be worth $180 billion by 2025
e-Conomy Africa 2020, a new report released today by Google and the International Finance Corporation (IFC), estimates that Africa’s Internet...
Africa’s Confirmed COVID-19 Cases Pass 1.82 Million
The number of confirmed cases in the African continent reached 1,827,034 with a death toll of 43,913 as of Thursday...
ECOWAS Tells Nigerian Govt. What To Do To End #EndSARS Protests
I ECOWAS Commission has expressed concern over the continued widespread violent demonstrations by youth in Nigeria over police brutality. The...
Togo Prime Minister Klassou Resigns
Togo Prime Minister Komi Selom Klassou has resigned. President Faure Gnassingbe congratulated prime minister Komi Selom Klassou and his team...
Ousted Mali President Keita Down With Stroke
Ousted President of Mali, Ibrahim Boubacar Keita, has been hospitalized after suffering a stroke-like illness. Keita, 75, was admitted to...
WHO Declares Africa Polio-Free
The World Health Organization has declared Africa as polio-free. Polio usually affects children under five, sometimes leading to irreversible paralysis....
Talks Between ECOWAS, Mali Junta End In Deadlock
Efforts to resolve the political crisis in Mali by the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) on Monday proved...
Mali Junta Wants 3-Year Rule, Agrees To Free President
The Military government that seized power in Mali has requested for a military-led transitional body to rule the country for...
Ousted Malian President To Be Deported To Senegal
The ousted Malian President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita will be deported to Senegal, a Malian military source told Sputnik. “There are...