President Goodluck Jonathan has cancelled a visit to the parents of more than 200 kidnapped schoolgirls, heading instead to a security summit in Paris for discussions on a strategy ... Read more »
The Department of State Services has arrested five suspected masterminds of the bombing at Nyanya bus terminal that claimed at least 74 lives and injured many others. Read more »
The government has ordered the closure of an illegal mine which collapsed, killing more than ten miners. Read more »
The police has dismissed allegations by Human Rights Watch that a number of people have gone missing or are victims of forcible disappearances in the north and west of the country. Read more »
African and Western leaders have agreed to combine their intelligence information and defence mechanisms in a bid to reduce the security risk posed by Boko Haram and other ... Read more »
Over 30 victims are still undergoing treatment at the Kenyatta National Hospital following twin blasts at the Gikomba open air market which left ten people dead and 70 others ... Read more »
Key witness Captain Paul Bismark Loest testified that there was an eight-second gap between the teargas and rubber bullets fired by public order police officers against the ... Read more »
A Sudanese court has sentenced a 27-year-old woman to death for leaving her Muslim faith by converting to Christianity, a case that has drawn international condemnation. Read more »
Government officials, legislators and civil society will meet in Arusha, Tanzania to deliberate on how to contain security threats in the region following an increase in terror ... Read more »
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has voiced concern over death sentences passed by an Egyptian court on dozens of people accused of taking part in riots after former ... Read more »
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