West Africa
Wed, 07 Sep 2022 06:51:35 GMTNigeria: Nigeria Arrests Woman with 15 Trafficked Children
[Vanguard] Fifteen suspected trafficked children were rescued by operatives of the Rivers State Police Command from the residence of one Maureen Wechinwu, who claimed to be a Reverend Sister, in Aluu Community, Ikwerre Local Government Area of the St...
Wed, 07 Sep 2022 06:13:44 GMTNigeria: Women and Girls Suffer in Nigeria's War With Biafra Group
[Premium Times] Gender-Based Violence has become a painful fallout of the Nigerian government's efforts to quell a secessionist bid by the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) in the South East states of Nigeria.
Wed, 07 Sep 2022 05:09:58 GMTCentral Africa: Cameroon, Chad Truckers Protest Bad Roads, Govt Ban On Heavy Trucks
[VOA] Yaounde -- Hundreds of truckers have stopped working on Cameroon's border with Chad to protest a ban on heavy trucking into Chad, which depends on Cameroon for 80% of its imported goods.
Tue, 06 Sep 2022 11:33:22 GMTNigeria: Govt Suspends Proposed Tax On Phone Calls
[Premium Times] The communications minister says the planned excise duty on telecommunication services has been suspended.
Tue, 06 Sep 2022 10:57:28 GMTNigeria: Nigerian Police Search for More Than 30 Travelers Abducted in Southwest
[VOA] Abuja, Nigeria -- Police in Nigeria's southwest Ondo state are searching for more than 30 people abducted Saturday as they were returning home from a funeral. The mass abduction came just a day after gunmen seized scores of worshippers at a mos...
Wed, 07 Sep 2022 05:52:09 GMTNigeria: Tribunal Raises Hope Over 'Pay-As-You-View' TV Subscription Plan
[Premium Times] Two petitioners had demanded that MultiChoice, the operator of DSTV and GOTV, should be ordered to adopt a 'pay-as-you-view' TV subscription regime in Nigeria as it does in other countries.
Wed, 07 Sep 2022 05:52:02 GMTNigeria: Govt Constitutes Another Committee to Review Briggs-Led Team's Report
[Premium Times] The newly constituted 14-man committee is to be chaired by the Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu, said the Federal Ministry of Education Spokesperson, Ben Goong, on Tuesday.
Wed, 07 Sep 2022 05:51:57 GMTNigeria: International Literacy Day - Adult Illiteracy in Nigeria Now 31% - Minister
[Premium Times] Last year, while marking the annual event, the Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu, put the figure at 38 per cent.
Wed, 07 Sep 2022 05:51:54 GMTNigeria: ASUU Strike - Nigerian Govt May Withdraw From Future Negotiations, Vows to Resolve Current Impasse
[Premium Times] The minister made this disclosure on Tuesday during a meeting with the pro chancellors and vice-chancellors of federal government-owned universities.
Wed, 07 Sep 2022 08:30:16 GMTNigeria: LAWMA to Begin Enforcement of Waste Bin Usage
[Premium Times] The agency said each household in Lagos ought to have two waste bins
Wed, 07 Sep 2022 08:30:14 GMTNigeria: Truck Driver Kills Motorcyclist in Anambra - FRSC
[Premium Times] The driver was driving against the traffic, according to an FRSC official.
Wed, 07 Sep 2022 08:30:12 GMTNigeria: Owo Attack - Three Months After, Ondo Govt Donates to Victims
[Premium Times] The government said it would continue to disburse funds to the victims as more funds are received
Wed, 07 Sep 2022 08:21:50 GMTLiberia: U.S. Ambassador Mccarthy Urges LBDI Bank to Attract More Investors to Liberia
[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- The United States Ambassador to Liberia, Michael McCarthy on Tuesday paid a visit to Mr. Deo Delaney, the new President & CEO of the Liberian Bank for Development and Investment (LBDI).
Wed, 07 Sep 2022 08:21:47 GMTLiberia: Collaborating Political Parties Rejects NEC's Designated One-Month Campaign Period
[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- The opposition CollaboratingPolitical Parties(CPP) has rejected the dates designated as campaign period by the National Elections Commission (NEC) for the 2023 Presidential and Legislative Elections.
Wed, 07 Sep 2022 08:21:43 GMTLiberia: Rights Groups Seeks EPA's Intervention in Mafra River Pollution, Says It's Affecting Women and Girls
[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- Liberia's quest for a revamped economy after 14 years of civil war launched an economic reconstruction strategy. This included the exploration of its rich mineral deposits including iron ore, gold, and diamonds. Unfortun...
Wed, 07 Sep 2022 08:21:41 GMTLiberia: Liberian BAR Association Contemplates Suspending Us-Sanctioned Lawyer Cyrenius Cephus
[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- The sanctioning of now suspended Solicitor General Cllr. Sayma Cyrenius Cephus by the U.S. Government's Treasury Department Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), based on the Global Magnitsky Act has dealt him more se...
Wed, 07 Sep 2022 08:21:40 GMTLiberia: Nyonblee Karnga-Lawrence Eyes Vice Standard Bearer Post On UP Ticket Despite Lacking Party Legitimacy
[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- The Chairman of Liberty Party, Musa Bility, has flayed attention being attached to the potential choice of Senator Nyonblee Karngar-Lawrence to go as running mate to Unity Party standard bearer Joseph Boakai ahead of the...
Wed, 07 Sep 2022 08:21:38 GMTLiberia: Firestone Liberia Graduates 206 Senior High School Students
[FrontPageAfrica] Harbel -- Two hundred and six senior high school students attending the Firestone Liberia School System on September 4, 2022, received high school diplomas upon completion of their studies.
Wed, 07 Sep 2022 08:21:35 GMTLiberia: UP-U.S./Canada Chaplain General Calls for Unity Among Partisans
[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- Rev. Theo Ephraim Bracewell has urged partisans of the USA/Canada chapter to put its house in order ahead of a retreat in Philadelphia next month October 27-29.
Wed, 07 Sep 2022 08:21:33 GMTLiberia: Financial Intelligence Unit, Justice Minister Call for Straight Adherence to Domestic Laws, Global Best Practice Regulations
[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- The Financial Intelligence Unit of Liberia and Liberia's Justice Minister, Cllr. Frank Musah Dean, have jointly issued statements calling for straight adherence to domestic laws and practices in Liberia that aligned with...
Wed, 07 Sep 2022 08:21:26 GMTAfrica: Europe Is Africa's Partner for Building Our Joint Future
[FrontPageAfrica] I am traveling this week to Africa, a vibrant continent that is preparing its future: pushing ahead the digital transformation, making farming more efficient and sustainable, building new infrastructure to reinforce connections betw...
Wed, 07 Sep 2022 08:11:10 GMTLiberia: Hundreds of Less Fortunate Children to Get Tuition Free Education in Soul Community
[New Republic] The Founder of Patricia Fumbah Kennedy Elementary and Junior high school located in Soul clinic, new Guinea Community Paynesville Aaron Kennedy has disclosed of a tuition free for less fortunate children.
Wed, 07 Sep 2022 07:12:42 GMTNigeria: Falana Sues Govt, NASS Over Absence of CCTV At Kuje Prisons
[Vanguard] Activist and lawyer, Mr. Femi Falana, SAN, has dragged President Muhammadu Buhari, the National Assembly and Controller General of Prisons before a Federal High Court, sitting in Lagos, for failing to provide monitoring devices, close circ...
Wed, 07 Sep 2022 07:12:39 GMTNigeria: Trade Volume Between Nigeria, Poland Now $291m - Omotosho
[Vanguard] Nigerian businessmen and women have been urged to avail themselves of the opportunities that abound in many aspects of the Polish economy.
Wed, 07 Sep 2022 07:12:37 GMTNigeria: 30 Arrested in Gboko Over Weekend's Bloody Cult Clash
[Vanguard] No fewer than 30 suspects have been arrested in connection with the weekend's bloody rival cult clash that claimed three lives and left several others injured in Gboko Local Government Area of Benue State.
Wed, 07 Sep 2022 07:12:32 GMTNigeria: World's 2nd Terrorised Nation Ranking - It's Leadership Failure - CSOs
[Vanguard] WITH insecurity engulfing Nigeria, civil society organisations, CSOs, yesterday, said it was not surprising that Nigeria was ranked world's second most terrorised nation, as they alleged sheer leadership failure.
Wed, 07 Sep 2022 06:03:21 GMTNigeria: INEC Denies Breaching Electoral Act On Display of Voter Register
[Leadership] Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, has denied the claim by a coalition of civil society organisations that it violated some aspects of the 2022 Electoral Act by not publishing a comprehensive...
Wed, 07 Sep 2022 05:58:34 GMTNigeria: ASUU Strike - Govt Will Not Sign Agreement It Cannot Implement, Says Minister
[This Day] Against the background of the ongoing faceoff with the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) over alleged government failure to fulfil agreements reached with the union, the federal government has said it will not sign any other agre...
Wed, 07 Sep 2022 05:04:12 GMTNigeria: Buhari to Address UN General Assembly Sept 21
[Leadership] President Muhammadu Buhari will address the 77th session of the high-level General Debate of the UN General Assembly at the United Nations (UN) headquarters in New York on Wednesday, September 21, 2022.
Wed, 07 Sep 2022 05:04:09 GMTNigeria: Citing Involvement in Oil Theft, Federal Govt Disbands Anti-Vandal Squad Nationwide
[Leadership] The federal government has ordered the immediate dissolution of all Anti-vandal Squads of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) nationwide following allegations of misconduct and corruption against its officers