West Africa
Fri, 03 Sep 2021 14:14:17 GMTNigeria: How Power Sector Fared Under Former Minister, Saleh Mamman
[Premium Times] In a rare cabinet reshuffle, President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday sacked the Minister of Agriculture, Sabo Nanono, and the Minister of Power, Saleh Mamman, about two years after they took office.
Fri, 03 Sep 2021 12:16:22 GMTNigeria: Dilemma in Borno As Military Releases 565 Boko Haram Members
[Daily Trust] Borno government and its people are in a dilemma following the release of 565 Boko Haram members to the state by the military authorities that reportedly profiled them.
Fri, 03 Sep 2021 14:22:07 GMTNigeria: Professor Discovers Use of Eggshell to Tackle Pollution
[Vanguard] Professor Omodele Eletta of the Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Ilorin, has discovered the use of eggshell, coconut shell, sawdust and croaker fish scales for the prevention of environmental pollution.
Fri, 03 Sep 2021 14:14:20 GMTLiberia/Nigeria: World Cup 2022 - Super Eagles Begin Race to Qatar Against Liberia
[Premium Times] In 17 previous clashes against Liberia's Lone Star, the Super Eagles have won 10 matches.
Fri, 03 Sep 2021 14:14:20 GMTNigeria: Lagos Covid-19 Cases Surpass 73,000
[Premium Times] The total number of COVID-19 tests conducted in the state since the inception of the pandemic stands at 690, 562.
Fri, 03 Sep 2021 10:28:21 GMTNigeria: Nigerian Governors Ask Minister to Reverse Payment Instruction for Suspicious $418 Million Debts
[Premium Times] The governors are accusing the finance minister of "corruption and lawlessness" by initiating the process of paying the $418 million suspicious judgment debts in disregard for court processes.
Fri, 03 Sep 2021 09:56:55 GMTNigeria: New Law Will Make Nigeria's Petroleum Industry Attractive to Investors
[The Conversation Africa] Nigeria's journey to the Petroleum Industry Act started in 2000 under President Olusegun Obasanjo, who inaugurated an oil and gas sector reform implementation committee. The committee's report formed the basis of the first P...
Fri, 03 Sep 2021 14:20:59 GMTNigeria: Flood Destroys 4 Houses, Church in Akwa Ibom
[Vanguard] Heavy rainfall at Eket in Akwa Ibom on Thursday destroyed four houses and a church.
Fri, 03 Sep 2021 14:14:20 GMTNigeria: NCC Releases Draft Guidelines On SIM Registration, Replacement
[Premium Times] The publication is to enable users make contributions ahead of the release of a final regulation.
Fri, 03 Sep 2021 14:14:20 GMTNigeria: 2023 - Only Tinubu Can Consolidate Buhari's Achievements - Group
[Premium Times] The group described Mr Tinubu as a leader of leaders, a political colossus, and an embodiment of progressive politics.
Fri, 03 Sep 2021 13:03:00 GMTGhana: President Akufo-Addo Begins 4-Day Tour of Western and Western North Regions
[Ghana Presidency] The President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo will from Friday 3rd September 2021 resume his regional tour starting with the Western and Western North regions.
Fri, 03 Sep 2021 12:50:09 GMTNigeria: Shettima Is One of Nigeria's Democracy Success Stories - Buhari
[Vanguard] President Muhammadu Buhari has described former Governor of Borno, Kashim Shettima, as one of Nigeria's success stories "since the beginning of the recent democratic journey."
Fri, 03 Sep 2021 12:44:23 GMTNigeria: Trafficking - NAPTIP Reunites 22 Tripoli-Bound Victims With Families
[This Day] The National Agency for the Prohibition of Traffic in Persons (NAPTIP), Sokoto State Command, has reunited 22 victims of human trafficking rescued from Niger Republic recently.
Fri, 03 Sep 2021 12:16:20 GMTNigeria: Medview May Resume Operations After 2 Years in Limbo
[Daily Trust] There are plans by Med-View Airline PLC to restart operations after over two years of inactivity, Daily Trust can report.
Fri, 03 Sep 2021 12:16:19 GMTNigeria: AfDB, Others to Raise $520m for Nigeria's Agro Zones
[Daily Trust] Nigeria's federal and state governments have expressed overwhelming support for an initiative to create Special Agro-industrial Processing Zones (SAPZ).
Fri, 03 Sep 2021 12:16:18 GMTNigeria: Nigeria's Power Supply Threatened Over Compensation for Land, Naming of Zungeru Dam
[Vanguard] A MAJOR crisis capable of disrupting power generation to the national grid and throwing the nation into prolonged darkness appears to be brewing as no fewer than 30 communities in Shiroro Local Government Area of Niger State hosting the Fe...
Fri, 03 Sep 2021 12:16:15 GMTNigeria: BBNaija Whitemoney in 'King of Boys' 2?
[Vanguard] Nigerian filmmaker, television director and music video director, Kemi Adetiba, has hinted on social media that Whitemoney, the Big Brother Naija Shine Ya Eyes housemate could be appearing on "King of Boys" Season 2, KOB2.
Fri, 03 Sep 2021 11:11:18 GMTNigeria: Cracks in 2Baba, Annie Idibia's Marriage Surface On Social Media
[Vanguard] Lagos -- The seemingly perfect marriage between legendary singer, Innocent 2Baba Idibia and Annie, which was solemnised in 2012, appears to be showing some cracks if the Instastory posted by Annie Idibia, which has since been deleted, is a...
Fri, 03 Sep 2021 10:42:05 GMTNigeria: 2023 Presidency - Diaspora Group Urges Collective Support for Tinubu
[Vanguard] The Nigeria Diaspora for Asiwaju (NDA), a support group, says support for former governor of Lagos State, Sen. Bola Tinubu to run for presidency in 2023, is a collective task.
Fri, 03 Sep 2021 09:22:40 GMTNigeria: Police Recover Stolen Dangote Truck, 900 Bags of Cement
[Premium Times] The suspects have been arrested, the police said.
Fri, 03 Sep 2021 09:22:38 GMTNigeria: Govt Approves N25bn for Identity Infrastructure Upgrade
[Daily Trust] The Federal Government has approved N25bn for upgrade and replacement of the Nigeria's Identity Infrastructure, the Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Isa Ibrahim Pantami, has said.
Fri, 03 Sep 2021 09:22:34 GMTNigeria: Ban Big Brother Naija, Onuesoke Appeals to Govt
[Vanguard] Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, chieftain and former Delta State gubernatorial aspirant, Chief Sunny Onuesoke, has appealed to the Federal Government to ban the ongoing reality television show, Big Brother Naija.
Fri, 03 Sep 2021 09:22:33 GMTNigeria: African Informal Trade Worth $93bn Annually - Osinbajo
[Daily Trust] Vice President Yemi Osinbajo Thursday left Abuja, on a short visit to Arusha, Tanzania, where he was expected to be received by his Tanzanian counterpart, Dr Philip Mpango.
Fri, 03 Sep 2021 09:22:27 GMTNigeria: FUTA Don Ranked 'Nigeria's Best Researcher'
[Premium Times] The AD Scientific Index (Alper-Doger Scientific Index) is a ranking and analysis system based on the "scientific performance and the added value of the scientific productivity of individual scientists".
Fri, 03 Sep 2021 09:21:46 GMTWest Africa: AFRIMA Receives Most Entries From West Africa
[This Day] Of the 8,800 entries received for the 2021 edition of the All Africa Music Awards (AFRIMA), West Africa leads the pack with 30.4%, followed by Eastern Africa with 28.8%. Southern Africa, Central Africa and North Africa and international ac...
Fri, 03 Sep 2021 09:21:46 GMTNigeria: Zamfara Students' Abduction Is Horrifying - UNICEF
[This Day] Abuja -- United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund (UNICEF), has described as horrifying, the recent abduction of some 100 students and a teacher of the Government Day Secondary School, Kaya, Maradun Local Government Area of Z...
Fri, 03 Sep 2021 09:21:45 GMTNigeria: 'King of Boys - the Return of the King' Slightly Loses Thrust With Overly Ambitious Plot Twists
[This Day] The Kemi Adetiba standalone 2018 film 'King of Boys' returns as a seven-part series 'King of Boys: The Return of the King' on Netflix last weekend.
Fri, 03 Sep 2021 09:21:44 GMTNigeria: El-Rufai Bans Transportation of Livestock 'In and Out' of Kaduna
[This Day] Kaduna -- The Kaduna State government has banned the transportation of livestock from the state to other parts of the country as part of efforts to tackle insecurity.
Fri, 03 Sep 2021 09:21:44 GMTNigeria: Govt to Carry Out Civil Servants Verification From September 9
[This Day] Abuja -- The federal government will from September 9, 2021, commence the nationwide verification of all civil servants recruited by the Federal Civil Service Commission from 2013 to 2020.
Fri, 03 Sep 2021 09:21:44 GMTNigeria: Nigeria's Security Forces Overstretched, Poorly Armed - Masari
[This Day] In his relentless effort to keep Katsina State safe, Governor Aminu Bello Masari of the state, yesterday, identified as part of the problems, the facts that nation's security forces were not properly armed and largely overstretched as a re...