[allAfrica]

[This Day] Africa's richest man, Aliko Dangote, yesterday remained upbeat about the take-off of his $16 billion Lamu Refinery in Kenya despite a court ruling directing parties to maintain the status quo on the disputed site, with the company insistin...

[MFWA] More than a year after his arrest, Ali Moumouni, a former journalist with private broadcaster Canal 3, remains detained at Cotonou Civil Prison, with no judgment delivered in his case.

[Premium Times] According to a statement by the Burkina Faso government's Information Service, Mr Traore said Burkina Faso has "reached a historic milestone in its quest for economic independence."

[RFI] Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger are stepping up their joint media push with Tafouk TV, a new television channel aimed at challenging Western coverage and promoting the three military-led Sahel states' own account of events.

[This Day] Abuja -- President Bola Tinubu on Tuesday ended his four-week working vacation and has already departed Paris, France, for the homeward journey to Nigeria.

[Premium Times] The AON said a repeat of the 11 August disruption of Air Peace operations would lead its member airlines to suspend flights nationwide.

[RFI] Mali's armed forces and Russian Wagner Group personnel committed war crimes including killings and torture of civilians during joint operations between 2023 and 2025, Amnesty International has said in a new report documenting abuses across seve...

[CyFrica] As Nigeria's digital economy accelerates towards an estimated $18.3 billion in 2026, the country is confronting an equally urgent challenge: protecting the digital infrastructure, data and financial ecosystems powering that growth.

[Vanguard] Tanzania has removed Nigerian nationals from its referred visa category, ending the requirement for special clearance before they can obtain visas to enter the country.

[Premium Times] PREMIUM TIMES reports that the Nigerian leader left the country on 30 August, intially for a three weeks vacation, which was later extended.

[Foroyaa] There has been no formal boundary demarcation exercise between The Gambia and Senegal for more than a century, according to Hassoum Ceesay, Director General of the National Centre for Arts and Culture (NCAC).

[Vanguard] Abuja -- The House of Representatives has called for intensified and coordinated security operations to secure the immediate and safe release of 116 schoolchildren abducted in different communities in Borno State, alongside other victims s...

[Vanguard] Public servants under the Joint National Public Service Negotiating Council (JNPSNC) have reaffirmed their September 30, 2026, ultimatum to the Federal Government over the rising cost of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS), the demand for a wage aw...

[Capital FM] Nairobi -- The ownership and operations of the Dangote East Africa Refinery, whose construction will be launched tomorrow, will be open and transparent, President William Ruto has said.

[Leadership] Some victims have narrated how nine hours of rainfall flooded their houses in Makurdi, the Benue state capital, on Monday, leaving many of them stranded.

[Liberian Observer] Political Leader of the opposition Alternative National Congress (ANC), Alexander B. Cummings, says Liberia's billion-dollar national budget has yet to translate into meaningful improvements in the lives of ordinary citizens, blam...

[Liberian Observer] Trade between Liberia and China surged 16 percent year-on-year during the first seven months of 2026, reaching a new high as the two countries deepen their strategic partnership and expand efforts to increase Liberian exports to t...

[Vanguard] The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has revealed that the nation's Net External Reserve had plunged to a mere $859 million as of the second quarter of 2023, a clear negative position unprecedented in the history of the bank, and also less th...

[Vanguard] Zamfara State Government said it deployed reliable internet to the Gusau International Airport ahead of the commencement of commercial flights in October.

[Daily Trust] At least three people were feared dead after a flood ravaged parts of Ado-Ekiti, the Ekiti State capital, following a heavy downpour that lasted for almost two hours on Monday.

[Daily Trust] Severe funding cuts are threatening vital protection and assistance programmes for 8.3 million refugees and other forcibly displaced people worldwide, the United Nations refugee agency has warned.

[Premium Times] However, this does not mean Nigeria has solved the challenges it faces in holding credible elections. It would simply change where the biggest problem lies.

[Daily Trust] The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), FCT Council, will hold an emergency administrative meeting today (Wednesday) as the ultimatum issued to the FCT Administration over the vacancy precondition for teachers' promotion expires.

[Daily Trust] The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) has approved the immediate renovation, rehabilitation and upgrading of the 14 general hospitals in the territory, with work also set to resume on the long-abandoned Utako District Hosp...

[Capital FM] Nairobi -- Sports Cabinet Secretary Salim Mvurya has received Benin President Romuald Wadagni ahead of the groundbreaking ceremony for the East African Refinery in Lamu.

[This Day] Abuja -- President Bola Tinubu has dismissed fears in some quarters about his health saying he is fit as fiddle, sound and ready to resume work following his return to Nigeria from a four-week working vacation in Europe.

[This Day] For the fourth time, the Senate yesterday extended the implementation period of the capital component of the 2025 Appropriation Act from September 30 to December 31, 2026, citing the need to prevent the abandonment of ongoing projects and ...

[This Day] The African Universities Seminar Series-Nigeria (AUSS-NG) has called for the reconstruction of Nigerian citizenship around inclusion, equality, participation and social justice, warning that structural inequalities and exclusion continue t...

[This Day] President Bola Tinubu returned to Nigeria yesterday after spending about four weeks outside the country on a working vacation.

[Leadership] President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Tuesday returned to Nigeria after spending 30 days abroad on a working vacation, arriving in Lagos amid heightened security preparations and declaring that he was "healthy and sound" and ready to resume wor...