June 18, 2013
Nigeria News
After nearly 200 African migrants drowned, boat owners arrested
July 6, 2011Reports say nearly two hundred African migrants have drowned in the Red Sea, when a boat carrying them caught fire and sank.
Nigeria: Police appeal to media for restraint over bombings
July 5, 2011The Nigerian police are appealing to the media not to blow out of proportion security concerns in Nigeria following series of recent bomb explosions that have rocked the northern Borno State capital, Maiduguri.
West Africa: Govts, private sector urged to invest more in midwives
June 21, 2011Governments, private sector and midwives in West Africa have been urged to invest more in midwifery to make the profession more attractive so as to get more people drawn to it.
Senegal: 2nd ECOWAS T21 long-term planning course underway
June 21, 2011The second training course in long-term planning using the T21 model technique for the 15 ECOWAS Member states is underway in the Senegalese capital, Dakar.
Nigeria: Security agencies forge foreign collaboration against Boko Haram
June 18, 2011Security agencies in Nigeria have forged an alliance with their counterparts in other countries to unravel the spate of recent bombings in the country, while the Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs in Nigeria has condemned all forms of violence.
Nigerians question security after latest car bomb blast
June 17, 2011Nigeria’s Police Inspector General, Hafiz Ringim,says the perpetrators of Thursday’s bombing of the force headquarters in Abuja will be punished.
Nigerian police probing bomb blast at police HQ
June 16, 2011Nigerian security forces are investigating Thursday’s suicide car bomb attack on the national police headquarters in the capital, Abuja.
Nigeria: Explosion rocks police headquarters
June 16, 2011The National Police Force Headquarters in Nigeria’s capital Abuja has been rocked by an explosion Thursday morning at 10.55am.
challenges facing ECOWAS Court of Justice
June 8, 2011The ECOWAS Court of Justice has for the last five years been a new forum where cases are adjudged between ordinary citizens versus governments or their institutions.
Article 19 says new FOI law will boost Nigeria's anti graft fight
June 7, 2011The free speech advocacy group, Article 19 says the fight against corruption and bad governance in Nigeria will be boosted by President Goodluck Jonathan’s approval of the long awaited Freedom of Information Act.
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