Personnel records of members of Nigeria’s top spy agency – including home addresses and names of family members – have been leaked onto the internet.

Nigeria’s labour unions and government have failed to end a paralysing strike over high petrol costs, potentially sparking an oil production shutdown.

The chairperson of West Africa’s regional bloc on Tuesday criticised SA for sending a warship to the region amid Côte d’Ivoire’s political crisis.

The expansion by Bharti Airtel into Africa underscores the rise of India on the continent, at a time when the focus on investment has been on China.