Nigeria and the rest of Sub-Saharan Africa now account for 60 percent of the 389 million people in extreme poverty, World Bank‘s Poverty and Shared Prosperity Report launched on Wednesday in Washington DC has said.

Ukraine said its forces have retaken more settlements in Kherson, one of four partially Russian-occupied regions that President Vladimir Putin formally incorporated into Russia in Europe’s biggest annexation since World War II.

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, (NDLEA) and the International Criminal Police Organization (Interpol), have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) that would enable the agency contribute to the pool of global criminal data.

Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo says African countries must evolve strategies for the sustainable development of the continent’s blue economy through exploration and exploitation of seabed minerals.

North Korea fired two short-range ballistic missiles into the sea on Thursday in the direction of Japan, after the return of a U.S. aircraft carrier to the region and a UN Security Council meeting in response to the North’s recent launches.

Chief Executives of African news agencies are converging on Rabat, Morocco, ahead of the formal opening of the Sixth General Assembly of the Atlantic Federation of African Press Agencies (FAAPA) on Thursday.

No fewer than 40 leaders from all over Europe are expected in Prague on Thursday to attend the inaugural meeting of the European Political Community.

The Advertising Regulatory Council of Nigeria, ARCON, has said it filed a lawsuit at the Federal High Court, Abuja against Meta Platforms Incorporated - owners of Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp - and its agent AT3 Resources Limited.