West Africa

Mon, 13 May 2024 07:19:26 GMT
Senegal: Senegal Buys Back Library of Poet-President Léopold Senghor From France
[RFI] More than 300 books collected by the first president of independent Senegal, Léopold Sédar Senghor, will be transferred to Dakar after the Senegalese government stepped in to stop them being auctioned off in France.

Fri, 10 May 2024 16:12:55 GMT
Nigeria: Gunmen Kill Dozens In Zamfara
[Premium Times] Terrorists have killed "at least 20" residents including men, women and children in a village in north-west Nigeria, in an attack that lasted over two hours.

Fri, 10 May 2024 12:58:21 GMT
Nigeria: Just in - Police Release Nigerian Journalist, Ojukwu, After Nine Days Detention
[Premium Times] However, conditions of Mr Ojukwu's release are still sketchy as of the time of filing this report.

Fri, 10 May 2024 11:16:47 GMT
Liberia: In Rural Areas Giving Birth Means Risking Death
[FrontPageAfrica] Norris Town -- The physical challenges of pregnancy are difficult for women everywhere. But in rural Liberia pregnancy is dangerous.

Fri, 10 May 2024 15:43:05 GMT
Africa: 'Judicial Institutions Are Susceptible to Corruption'
[Liberian Observer] While corruption has direct damaging consequences in general on the functioning of state institutions, and in particular on the administration of justice, it decreases public trust in justice and weakens the capacity of judicial s...

Fri, 10 May 2024 11:45:28 GMT
Ghana: Inflation Drops Marginally to 25.0 Percent in April
[Ghanaian Times] The country's year-on-year inflation rate fell to 25.0 per cent in April from 25.8 in March, the Ghana Statistical Service (GSS) has announced.

Fri, 10 May 2024 11:19:52 GMT
Liberia: 100 Days of GMW Vs. Jnb - Frontpageafrica Gauges Liberians' Views From All Walks of Life
[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- President Joseph Boakai last week clocked one hundred days in office, bragging of undertaking massive developments during the period, including undertaking major road corridor projects totaling about 783.5 km in Bong, Lo...

Fri, 10 May 2024 07:45:39 GMT
Nigeria: Watt a Mess - How the Power Sector Spent Billions to Generate Darkness
[Premium Times] Why a government will opt to liberalise its key economic sector, jeopardise the security of the nation, and push its economy to the brink beats my imagination!

Fri, 10 May 2024 16:27:43 GMT
Ghana: 11th Edition UMB-GTA Tertiary Awards Launched
[Ghanaian Times] The 11th edition of the Universal Merchant Bank Ghana Tertiary Awards (UMB GTA) 2024 was launched in Accra Wednesday, to celebrate outstanding student's achievements.

Fri, 10 May 2024 16:27:05 GMT
Nigeria: Two Abducted As Kidnappers Storm Kogi Community Market
[Daily Trust] Kidnappers raided Ejiba community in Yagba west local government of Kogi state, on Wednesday, and abducted two persons.

Fri, 10 May 2024 16:25:54 GMT
Nigeria: Obaseki Speaks On Court Case Against Oba of Benin
[Daily Trust] The Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki, says he has no hand in the court case against the Oba of Benin, Omo N'Oba N'Edo Uku Akpolokpolo, Oba Ewuare II.

Fri, 10 May 2024 16:25:27 GMT
Nigeria: Detained Journalist Regains Freedom
[Daily Trust] A reporter with the Foundation of Investigative Journalism (FIJ), Daniel Ojukwu, who was detained by the Police has regained freedom.

Fri, 10 May 2024 16:23:09 GMT
Nigeria: Rivers PDP Crisis May Become National Conflagration - Bode George
[Vanguard] A former Deputy National Chairman of the People's Democratic Party, PDP, Chief Olabode George, on Friday, urged elders and stakeholders of the party to intervene in the political crisis rocking Rivers State, warning that it may become a na...

Fri, 10 May 2024 16:22:38 GMT
Nigeria: Nigerian Army Pulls Out 29 Infantry Corps Generals
[Vanguard] The Nigerian Army on Friday pulled out 29 Generals of the Infantry Corps who retired from active military service.

Fri, 10 May 2024 16:15:19 GMT
West Africa: Minister Jobe Presides Over West Africa Ecotourism Network Annual Summit
[The Point] The West Africa Ecotourism Network (WAEN) on Tuesday ended its two-day Annual Summit in Banjul.

Fri, 10 May 2024 15:57:23 GMT
Nigeria: Senate Panel Defends 0.5 Percent Cybercrime Levy
[Premium Times] The Senate Committee on National Security and Intelligence said the levy is not meant to punish Nigerians but to protect the national security and the economy.

Fri, 10 May 2024 15:44:10 GMT
Liberia: Stand Intervenes in Keh-Keh, Pem-Pem No-Go Zones
[Liberian Observer] The Liberia National Police has temporarily suspended restrictions on the No-Go Zone for Bike and keh-keh riders, influenced by the intervention of Solidarity and Trust for A New Day (STAND), the civil society group.

Fri, 10 May 2024 13:06:30 GMT
Nigeria: Kogi Govt Deploys Security Operatives, Hunters to Rescue Abducted University Students
[Premium Times] Nine students have been reported missing so far after the invasion of the university in Kogi State by the abductors.

Fri, 10 May 2024 13:05:45 GMT
Nigeria: Results of Nigeria's Key University Exam Cannot Be 'Upgraded', Testing Agency Warns
[Africa Check] Results of Nigeria's key university exam cannot be 'upgraded', testing agency warns

Fri, 10 May 2024 11:20:30 GMT
Liberia: Judiciary 'Marginalized' in Budgetary Allotment, Chief Justice Yuoh Alarmed Over Discrepancy
[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- Chief Justice Sie-A-Nyene Gyapay Yuoh has expressed concern over what she describes as an imposed budget allocation for the Judiciary Branch of Government. According to her, while the Executive and Legislative branches e...

Fri, 10 May 2024 11:18:58 GMT
Liberia: Weah's Royal Communications Inc. Goes Bankrupt - Aggrieved Employees Stage Go-Slow Action Over Five Months' Unpaid Salaries
[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- Aggrieved employees of the Royal Communications Incorporated (RCI), owned by former Liberian President George Manneh Weah, have staged a go slow action in demand for the payment of their nearly five months' salary arrear...

Fri, 10 May 2024 11:17:41 GMT
Liberia: Mayor John Siafa Says Street Sellers Fail to Use Common Sense to Keep the City Clean
[FrontPageAfrica] Churak Siafa has questioned the intelligence of citizens who sell along the streets of the city, saying had they applied their common sense; the MCC would not stress itself with instituting extra mechanisms to keep the city clean.

Fri, 10 May 2024 11:10:48 GMT
Nigeria: Employment Not Govt's Priority Now, Says Abia Gov
[Vanguard] Gov. Alex Otti of Abia says it is not on the front burner of his administration to employ new people in the state's civil service.

Fri, 10 May 2024 10:18:57 GMT
Nigeria: Prince Harry and Meghan Markle Jet Off to Nigeria
[Fame Frenzy] Nearly four years after stepping away as senior working royals, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex are set to land in Nigeria later today (Friday) for a three-day visit.

Fri, 10 May 2024 07:46:54 GMT
Nigeria: Tariff Hike - Labour Threatens to Picket Offices of Electricity Regulatory Agency On Monday
[This Day] Organised labour, under the auspices of Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and Trade Union Congress (TUC), has given the federal government and the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) a May 12 deadline to reverse the hike in elect...

Fri, 10 May 2024 07:20:24 GMT
Nigeria: Davido Hints At Quitting Music After Next Album
[Daily Trust] Nigerian Afrobeat singer, David Adeleke, popularly known as Davido, has hinted at quitting music.

Fri, 10 May 2024 07:45:09 GMT
Nigeria: Army Hands Over Rescued Chibok 'Girl' - Now 27 Years Old - With 3 Children
[Premium Times] The Nigerian Army said troops of the 82 Division Task Force Battalion rescued the lady with six-month-old pregnancy alongside her three children on Wednesday.

Thu, 09 May 2024 09:50:15 GMT
Liberia: 'Lack of Media Control Denting Confidence in Justice System'
[New Republic] The Chief Justice of the Supreme of Liberia, Sie-A-Nyene G. Yuoh has said the lack of effective oversight/supervision of competing Social media platforms is one of the most significant game changer in mass communication and the lack of...

Fri, 10 May 2024 16:05:49 GMT
Nigeria: Foreign Military Bases in Nigeria - the Dynamics of the Geopolitics, By Jibrin Ibrahim
[Premium Times] Nigeria has missed the opportunity to be a founding member of BRICS, that has been seeking doors for our countries to opt out of neo-colonial control.

Fri, 10 May 2024 15:56:14 GMT
Nigeria: Malabu Case - Italian Judiciary Demotes Prosecutor for Lack of Impartiality
[Premium Times] There had been complaints about the Italian prosecutor's conduct in the handling of the case at the Italian Ministry of Justice.

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