West Africa
Tue, 04 Oct 2022 07:02:41 GMTCameroon: Marchers Call for Peace, But Warring Sides At Odds On Talks
[VOA] Yaounde, Cameroon -- In Cameroon, thousands of people are marching to call for peace in the country's separatist conflict. The daily peace marches, which began on Friday and are slated to continue through Tuesday, come on the third anniversary ...
Tue, 04 Oct 2022 06:23:07 GMTGhana: Ghana's Petroleum Sector Management Is a Mess - What's Gone Wrong?
[The Conversation Africa] After three decades of prospecting Ghana discovered commercially viable quantities of petroleum in 2007. Within 3.5 years, it exported its first barrels of crude oil. The progression from discovery to extraction and export w...
Tue, 04 Oct 2022 04:58:52 GMTNigeria: Assess. Learn. Improve - Enugu State's Journey to Closing Health Security Gaps
[Nigeria Health Watch] The re-emergence of infectious diseases is inevitable, as humans continue to interact with the environment in different ways and live in closer proximity to animals. Given that infectious diseases can often start in communities...
Tue, 04 Oct 2022 04:45:25 GMTWest Africa: Ousted Burkina Faso Leader Damiba in Togo After Coup - Govt
[DW] Togo's government has confirmed reports that Burkina Faso's ousted coup leader Paul-Henri Damiba fled there following a mutiny of junior officers. Meanwhile, ECOWAS envoys were being sent to Ouagadougou.
Tue, 04 Oct 2022 06:29:11 GMTNigeria: Despite Policy, Nigeria's Senior Citizens Abandoned to Hunger, Deprivation
[Premium Times] Nigeria's National Senior Citizens Centre Act mandates the state to direct its policy towards ensuring "that old age care and pensions, and unemployment, sick benefits and welfare of the disabled are provided for all citizens."
Tue, 04 Oct 2022 07:39:24 GMTNigeria: Govt Agrees to End Military Detention of Children
[HRW] Pledges Swift Reintegration Support for Boko Haram Suspects
Tue, 04 Oct 2022 05:46:27 GMTNigeria: 'Oruka', 'Yahooze', 'Do Me', 15 Other Nigerian Songs Turning 15 This Year
[Premium Times] 15 years ago, Nigerian music was witnessing a transformation. The year was 2007, and several albums were topping the charts with multiple hit songs.
Mon, 03 Oct 2022 12:25:21 GMTNigeria: Again, U.S. Court Postpones Sentencing of Hushpuppi
[Premium Times] Hushpuppi, in July 2021, pleadef guilty to the multi-million-dollar fraud charges slammed against him by the American government.
Mon, 03 Oct 2022 12:25:00 GMTNigeria: Nigerian Govt Says Port Harcourt Refinery Will Restart in December. That's Unlikely
[Premium Times] Officials had previously said the start-off date will be the first quarter of next year.
Tue, 04 Oct 2022 08:15:12 GMTNigeria: Flood Takes Over Lokoja-Abuja Highway, Sacks Community in Jigawa
[Daily Trust] Motorists and other road users had a hectic moment on the Lokoja-Abuja highway on Monday as flood took over the road around the new bridge being constructed before Koton-Karfe town, making it almost impassable.
Tue, 04 Oct 2022 08:02:27 GMTNigeria: Forex Reforms Critical to Unlocking Nigeria's Growth - Razia Khan
[Vanguard] Nigeria's quest for rapid economic growth and increased foreign exchange inflows is tied to the implementation of foreign exchange reforms to restore investors' confidence in the economy.
Tue, 04 Oct 2022 08:02:26 GMTNigeria: Tinubu/Shettima - Sanwo-Olu, Hamzat, APC Chieftains Lead Women's March in Lagos
[Vanguard] Women in their large numbers, yesterday, shut down vehicular movement as they stormed various parts of Lagos in support of presidential candidacy of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Bola Tinubu/Kashima Shettima.
Tue, 04 Oct 2022 08:02:23 GMTNigeria: Obasanjo Congratulates Eruani On National Honour
[Vanguard] Abeokuta -- Former President Olusegun Obasanjo, yesterday, expressed delight over the conferment of national honours in the rank of the Commander of the Order of the Federal Republic, CFR, on the Chief Executive Officer of Azikel Refinery,...
Tue, 04 Oct 2022 07:33:39 GMTNigeria: List of National Honours Nominees Fake - Govt
[Vanguard] The Federal Government, yesterday, described the purported list of nominees for national honours being circulated by some online media organisations as fake.
Tue, 04 Oct 2022 07:33:37 GMTAfrica: Affordable Housing - Shelter Afrique Approves U.S.19.5 Million Credit to Nigerian Firm
[Vanguard] Shelter Afrique has extended a USD19.5 million line of credit to Lagos-based real estate firm, Mixta Real Estate PLC.
Tue, 04 Oct 2022 07:33:35 GMTNigeria: PDP Campaigns - Anxiety Over Composition of Sub-Committees, Release of Timetable
[Vanguard] -Don't allow anyone to use you, ex-BoT Chairman tells PDP NWC
Tue, 04 Oct 2022 07:33:33 GMTNigeria: Anger Wells Up in APC Over Party Leaders Wooing Wike
[Vanguard] Stakeholders of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in the South-South, especially in Rivers State, including candidates for the 2023 elections, have called on the presidential candidate of the party, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, and governors of ...
Tue, 04 Oct 2022 07:33:30 GMTNigeria: Scores Feared Dead After Stepping On Ieds Along Maiduguri-Damboa-Chibok Road
[Vanguard] Scores of motorists and travellers were, yesterday, feared dead as they stepped on Improved Explosives Devices, IEDs, planted by terrorists, suspected to be members of the Boko Haram sect, on the Maiduguri-Damboa-Chibok road.
Tue, 04 Oct 2022 07:33:28 GMTNigeria: Climate Change, Air Pollution Cause 1 in 4 Cardiovascular Disease-Related Deaths - NHF
[Vanguard] As Nigeria joined the rest of the World to mark this year's World Heart Day with the theme; "Climate Change and Health Inequality, a Deadly mix for the Most Vulnerable", experts have decried the increasing number of deaths from cardiovascu...
Tue, 04 Oct 2022 07:33:26 GMTNigeria: Renegotiate Nigerians' Terms of Staying Together, Emiaso Tells Political Leaders
[Vanguard] Retired President of the Delta State Area Customary Court, Miakpo Emiaso, yesterday, urged political leaders in the country to renegotiate Nigerians' terms of staying together, warning that "a forced union is bound to implode no matter how...
Tue, 04 Oct 2022 07:31:18 GMTNigeria: Tinubu in Same League As Awolowo, Azikiwe, Ahmadu Bello, Says Ex-Nasarawa Gov, Al-Makura
[Vanguard] The senator representing Nasarawa South, Umaru Al-Makura, has likened the presidential candidate of All Progressives Congress, APC, Bola Tinubu, to leaders of the First Republic, including Obafemi Awolowo, Dr. Nnamdi Azikiwe and Ahmadu Bel...
Tue, 04 Oct 2022 07:31:12 GMTNigeria: Lynched Herders Were 'Terrorist' From Sudan - Birnin-Gwari Villagers
[Vanguard] The Birnin-Gwari Emirate Progressives Union, BEPU, yesterday said available records to villagers in Birnin-Gwari show that the 'herders' lynched by a mob in Kaduna State on Sunday were terrorists mercenaries from the Republic of Sudan.
Tue, 04 Oct 2022 07:28:45 GMTNigeria: Health Commissioners Hold Forum On Primary Healthcare Funding
[Premium Times] An official observes that Nigeria had witnessed marked improvement in primary healthcare delivery.
Tue, 04 Oct 2022 06:39:13 GMTNigeria: Commuters Stranded As Minna-Bida Highway Collapses Again
[Vanguard] The Bida-Minna Highway has collapsed for a second time this year following torrential rainfall in the area in the last few weeks, forcing users of the ever busy highway to resort to bush path as an alternative route.
Tue, 04 Oct 2022 06:33:24 GMTNigeria: Burkina Faso Coup Raises More Concerns About Democratic Stability in Africa
[Premium Times] "The world is increasingly moving from democracy to illiberalism, and in West Africa's case, the pace of the slide towards illiberal democracy, and now into full-blown military dictatorship is alarming..."
Tue, 04 Oct 2022 06:29:12 GMTNigeria: Alleged Perjury - Zamfara Governor Faces Disqualification Threat
[Premium Times] Northern Youth Assembly (Majalisar Matasan Arewa) drag Matawalle to court
Tue, 04 Oct 2022 06:05:15 GMTNigeria: Take Ownership of AfCFTA, Afreximbank, Stakeholders Tell State Govts, Others
[This Day] The African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) and other stakeholders at the just concluded second edition of the African Sub-sovereign Governments Network (AfSNET) conference in Abuja have unanimously called on states in Nigeria and other s...
Tue, 04 Oct 2022 05:36:16 GMTNigeria: United Airlines Allegedly De-Boards Nigerian Passenger Over Complaint of Poor Aircraft Facility
[This Day] A Nigerian passenger, Taylor Alfred Oladotun was allegedly de-boarded from a flight operated by United States mega carrier, United Airlines on Sunday because he complained about a non-functional lavatory in the aircraft.
Tue, 04 Oct 2022 05:36:13 GMTNigeria: Despite Global Volatility, Nigeria's Stock Market Appreciated By N4.15trn in Nine Months
[This Day] The stock market of the Nigerian Exchange Limited (NGX) maintained its positive momentum in the first nine months of 2022, gaining N4.15 trillion to outshine global markets that have witnessed severe volatility.
Tue, 04 Oct 2022 05:36:10 GMTNigeria: OPEC Mulls Highest Cut in Two Years, May Reduce Oil Production By 1 Million Bpd
[This Day] The Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) may cut oil production output by as much as 1 million barrels per day when they meet tomorrow, some delegates said yesterday.