.africa Joins The Internet

With the launch of .africa, the continent has "finally got its digital identity," AU officials say

In the beginning was .com, followed by a host of other .somethings, but on Friday, 32 years after the world's first domain name was registered, the African Union has launched .africa for the continent.

UPDATED: Buhari Arrives Nigeria, Arrives Aso Rock, Meets Osinbajo, Others

President Muhamadu Buhari has returned to Nigeria, after 51 days on vacation in London, United Kingdom.

Buhari Arrives Nigeria After Vacation

President Muhammadu Buhari arriving Nigeria

President Muhammadu Buhari has finally returned to Nigeria after spending about 50 days in London on medical vacation.

INEC Announces Dates For 2019 General Elections

The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has announced dates for 2019 general elections.

Recession-Hit Nigeria Details Economic Recovery Plan

Nigeria is looking at more than just the oil sector to fuel its recovery under a new economic plan

Nigeria's government this week launched a master plan to lift it out of recession, hoping to hit 7.0 percent growth by 2020, but economists believe the programme sets the bar too high.

Archbishop Of Canterbury Visits Buhari In Abuja House, London

Image credit: Twitter @MBuhari

President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday hosted Justin Welby, Archbishop of Canterbury, at the Abuja House in London.

Guardiola Bemoans Extortionate Price Of English Players

Pep Guardiola spent big on signing John Stones last summer Getty

The high premium that English players command in the transfer market represents a serious obstacle to Manchester City's plans to fill the team with domestic talent, manager Pep Guardiola has said.

Medics To Investigate Mysterious Disease In Zamfara

Illegal gold mining has previously caused lead poisoning in Zamfara. AFP

Authorities in Nigeria's north-western state of Zamfara have dispatched a team of medics to a village to investigate the causes of a mysterious disease that has killed several people in close succession there. 

₦541.8 Billion Debt: Three Nigerian Banks Set To Take Over Etisalat

Despite the intervention of the Nigerian Communication Commission, NCC, to broker a peaceful resolution between Etisalat Nigeria and a consortium of banks, it appears the effort may not have yielded a truce, as the banks are set to take over the telecoms firm today (Wednesday).

Osinbajo Swears In Onnoghen As Chief Justice Of Nigeria

Acting President Yemi Osinbajo swore in Walter Onnoghen as the 17th Chief Justice of Nigeria today

Chief Justice of Nigeria, Walter Onnoghen being sworn in as CJN by Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo.

Guinean Authorities Apprehend The Biggest Trafficker Of Monkeys In Africa

Abdourahamane Sidibe in the hands of the police in Conakry. Image source: Alwihda Info

The notorious primate trafficker has been on the run since his conviction in 2015. Abdourahamane Sidibe was sentenced in absentia to 5 years' imprisonment following the trial which found him guilty of trafficking in many protected species including 130 chimpanzees and 18 Gorillas that he illegally shipped to China and other countries.

How Nigeria Lost US$30b To Foreign-Controlled Monopoly

Experts Seek Urgent Intervention In Local Content Development

Nigeria may have lost in excess of US$30 billion in the past 30 years to poor infrastructure and foreign- controlled monopoly playing out in the country’s oil and gas sector, stakeholders said in Lagos.

The Donkeys Kenyan Families Need To Survive Are Heading To China For Medicine Promising Longer Life

In demand. (Reuters/Siegfried Modola)

While other African countries are banning the export of donkey skins, Kenya is doing a brisk trade in the commodity so sought after in China.

A traditional Chinese medicine clinic in Singapore. (Reuters/Edgar Su Auni)

UN Diplomats Meet With Displaced People In Nigeria

U.S. Deputy UN Ambassador Michelle Sisson talks to women in the Maiduguri camp. (M.Besheer/VOA)

Representatives of United Nations Security Council member countries visited a target of Boko Haram militants on Sunday.

Nigeria To Close Airport In Abuja, The Capital, For Repairs

Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja. AFP

Nigeria on Monday announced the imminent closure of Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, the capital, for six weeks to repair the runway.

Independence Day: Ghana Celebrates Six Decades Of Freedom

Troops matching in Independence Day parade. Image source: BBC

Ghana is marking 60 years of independence from the UK today with the main celebrations taking place at the Black Star Square in the capital, Accra. 

President Nana Akufo-Addo inspecting an Independence Day parade. Image source: BBC

Nigerians Told To Avoid Non-Essential Travel To US

Passenger planes pictured at Murtala Mohammed International Airport in the Nigerian commercial capital Lagos on October 23, 2005

Nigeria is advising its citizens against all but essential travel to the United States because of the lack of clarity on new immigration rules, the government said on Monday.

Jonathan Denies Snubbing Rescue Of Chibok Girls

Most of the Chibok girls kidnapped in 2014 remain in captivity. AFP

Nigeria’s former President Goodluck Jonathan has denied a report by a UK newspaper that he snubbed an offer by the British air force to rescue more than 200 girls abducted by the Boko Haram in April 2014 from a boarding school in the town of Chibok.

Former President Goodluck Jonathan. Photograph: Bloomberg via Getty Images

CBN Directs Banks To Honour School Fees And Medicals Dollar Application Within 48 Hrs

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has directed Money Deposit Banks to henceforth process and meet the demand for dollars and other foreign currencies within 48 hours.

Sirleaf Leads African Leaders, Others To Commission Obasanjo’s Library

Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential Library in Abeokuta Ogun State, first Presidential Library in Africa

The chairperson, Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) and Liberian president, Mrs Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, led current and past leaders on the African continent and beyond to the commissioning of the President Olusegun Obasanjo library in Abeokuta, Ogun State.

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo (1st right) Former Ghanaian President John Kuffor (2nd right), President Faure Gnassingbe of Togo (3rd right), Acting President of Nigeria, Prof Yemi Osinbanjo (centre), President Ernest Bai Koroma (centre, behind) President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf of Liberia (2nd left), Former President Goodluck Jonathan (1st left) during the Grand Opening of the Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential Library in Abeokuta, Ogun State