The west Africa-Sahel region has seen a proliferation of militant Islamist groups since the 1990s. One of the most vicious groups operating in the region is Jama'at Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin ...

The Pan-African Dialogue Institute (TPADI) has called for legislation that would bar former political officeholders from seeking reappointment or election into any public office for a period of 10 to ...

The Economic Community of West African States, ECOWAS, has said that the ongoing withdrawal of Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger ...

Analysis - Political party bans by military authorities in Burkina Faso and Niger have met little resistance, but in Mali ...

Rivers Hoopers have arrived in Abuja to continue preparations for the Basketball Africa League (BAL) playoffs which begins in ...

The Nation Newspaper 'Fire in the Sahel’ ...

As countries in Africa continue to grapple with violent extremism, terrorism and other threats from armed non-state actors, ...

It’s the convulsive power of jazz that helps one to understand the house of power in Nigeria and its ill-assorted occupants.

Poet and businessman KAYODE ADERINOKUN muses on Secretary General of the Committee for Relevant Arts, Toyin Akinosho, who ...

Abike Dabiri-Erewa, has stressed the need to tackle human trafficking by ensuring a government and society approach. Naija News reports that Dabiri-Erewa, represented by the Secretary of the ...

A leading Nigerian prelate says faith-based organizations in the Sahel region have become soft targets for extremists.