West Africa
West Africa
Mon, 30 Dec 2024 07:30:35 GMTGhana: Ghana's President Faces Tough Start As Economic Crisis Drives People to Leave
[RFI] Ghana's president-elect John Mahama, due to be inaugurated on 7 January, will have his work cut out, as the country suffers its worst economic crisis in a generation and a study finds more than 60 percent of Ghanaians want to emigrate.
Mon, 30 Dec 2024 09:35:30 GMTNigeria: NDLEA Intercepts 2 Boats With Illicit Drugs, Arrests 6 Ghanaians, Beninese
[Leadership] Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, the Marine Command, at 2:30 am on Christmas Eve, Tuesday, December 24, intercepted two boats loaded with 1,960 kilograms of Ghanaian Loud, a potent strain of cannabis, at the...
Mon, 30 Dec 2024 09:35:25 GMTNigeria: NAFDAC Destroys Over N120bn Worth of Fake Products in 6 Months
[Leadership] The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has announced the seizure and destruction of over N120 billion of substandard and falsified medicines (SFs) and unwholesome food products between July and December...
Mon, 30 Dec 2024 07:29:11 GMTNigeria: Illegal Gypsum Mining in Yobe Denies Govt Revenue, Harms Humans, Animals, Environment
[Premium Times] Mining pits are left unfilled, turning farmland into dangerous wastelands.
Mon, 30 Dec 2024 06:18:12 GMTNigeria: Federal Government, Stakeholders Move Against Kidnapping in Nigeria
[Leadership] The National Counter Terrorism Centre (NCTC) under the office of the National Security Adviser at a recently concluded Multi-Agency Kidnap Fusion Cell (MAAKFC) launched in Abuja said Nigerians will feel safer in 2025.