The Chandler Good Government Index has ranked Nigeria as the third worst governed country in the world.

United States Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken on Tuesday participated in a virtual visit to Nigeria, where he met with President Muhammadu Buhari and Foreign Minister Geoffrey Onyeama. Secretary Blinken, President Buhari, and Foreign Minister Onyeama discussed continuing joint efforts to counter terrorism and insecurity, strengthen health systems, support democratic institutions, bolster economic growth, advance gender equality, and boost bilateral trade between the United States and Nigeria. Two fact sheets released on Tuesday by the United States government unveil the gains of U.S.-Nigeria relations:

After being assailed by unrelenting insecurity across the regions of the country and yielding to calls for international collaboration, President Muhammadu Buhari yesterday sought the help of the United States government to contain the situation in the country.

- President Uhuru Kenyatta and his counterpart Felix Tshisekedi of DR Congo signed a deal on promoting peace and security in the latter nation

Blinken will explore both Kenya and Nigeria while engaging with the youth through a video program.

The Kenyan government faces a hard decision over whether to encourage shipping lines to make use of the new Lamu Port, which is set for commissioning in June. If traffic shifts to Lamu, the government risks failure to generate enough revenue from its main gateway facility, Mombasa Port.

President Cyril Ramaphosa says that tackling climate change is a national priority for South Africa, even as it continues to fight the Covid-19 pandemic.

A working delegation of the Vietnamese Embassy in South Africa led by Ambassador Hoang Van Loi visited KwaZulu-Natal province from April 20-24 to seek measures to strengthen economic and trade partnership between the two countries.

South Africa has two of the world’s most successful mobile operators – Vodacom and MTN – which are dominating telecoms in Africa.

Secretary of State Antony Blinken will hold talks Tuesday with the leaders of Nigeria and Kenya as President Joe Biden's administration seeks to demonstrate an early interest in Africa.

The federal government yesterday rejected a World Bank’s report, which indicated that over 78 per cent of electricity consumers in Nigeria received less than 12 hours of electricity supply daily.

At least 31 Nigerian soldiers were killed when IS-aligned jihadists ambushed a military convoy escorting weapons and overran a base in northeast Nigeria’s Borno state, military sources said yesterday.

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Nigeria recorded the third-worst score in the inaugural Chandler Good Government (CGGI) Index launched on Monday in Singapore.

Five security officers including two soldiers were killed at the weekend by suspected separatists in Nigeria’s oil hub of Port Harcourt, according to a police memo seen Monday by AFP.

The federal government has suspended a leading media outfit in Nigeria, Channels Television.

The detained leader of the Islamic Movement, Sheikh Ibraheem Zakzaky has distributed foodstuffs worth millions of Naira to the Zamfara and Sokoto States Internally displaced persons, IDPs, and Christian widows in Kaduna.

Dollar inflows from African countries into Kenya dropped 65.9 percent in the first three months this year, with Tanzania overtaking South Africa as the biggest source of remittances.

Kenya has signed crucial agreements on transport, security and trade with the Democratic Republic of Congo, signalling a push to improve low figures of business between them.

Kenya has now taken over the leadership of the East African Community (EAC) bloc with new Secretary General Peter Mathuki assuming office on Friday.

He said Kenya's target is to fully move to renewable energy by the year 2050.