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By John Ikani  A Tunisian court has sentenced former President Moncef Marzouki in absentia to four years in prison for “assaulting” the security of the state, according to state media. Local media on Wednesday said he...

By Olusegun Adeniyi Within days of the passage of the 2021 Electoral Bill, it became obvious that the presidency was uncomfortable with the provision that makes it mandatory for political parties to nominate their candidates only...

By Emmanuel Nduka 2021 was a year of highs and lows for Africa’s most populous nation. Faced with the popular Coronavirus pandemic, scarce/dwindling resources and insecurity, Nigeria and Nigerians still managed to pull through. Here are...

By Emmanuel Nduka Islamic police, Hisbah has invited the parents of newly crowned Miss Nigeria for questioning for allowing their daughter, Shatu Garko participate in the beauty pageant, which it described as illegal. Commander of Hisbah...

By Ebi Kesiena Over 13 million people were ordered to stay home in the Chinese city of Xi’an, which imposed a strict lockdown on Wednesday and dramatically tightened travel controls to fight a growing Covid-19 outbreak....

Nigeria recorded 2,123 new COVID-19 infections on Tuesday, its highest ever daily infection since the outbreak of the virus in February 2020. It is the highest daily case tally in the country since January 27th, 2021....