Algeria’s election authority has registered 22 candidates for a December presidential election, including two former prime ministers under former president Abdelaziz Bouteflika, the official APS agency reported Sunday. Former premiers Ali Benflis and Abdelmadjid Tebboune had submitted their candidacies for…
The Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS) says it will soon introduce various categories of visas for the country as part of its visa reform. The Comptroller General of Immigration (CGI) Mohammad Babandede disclosed this in an interview with News Agency of…
For close to three hours, eyes blearied with watch, somberly, sometimes, when rain descended like truthful lies gnawing. The ferocity of the rains was rising and ebbing like angry ocean. The surging flood in streets of Benin did not stop…
The Lagos state house of assembly has summoned Akinwunmi Ambode, former governor of the state, a second time to give account of some financial dealings under his administration. Two weeks ago, the assembly invited the former governor, but he did…
Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, leader of Islamic State, is believed to have been killed in a US military operation. Reuters reports that a US official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said Baghdadi was targeted in the overnight raid but that he…