West Africa

The Customs Service, Kwara State Command has intercepted 3,620 live ammunition cartridges valued at over 10 thousand dollars. Customs Area Controller, Comptroller Hussani Bello Ahmed who disclosed this to the press on Wednesday said the large quantity of ammunition was…

In Liberia a request by prosecuting lawyers’ to televise the prosecution of opposition leader, Alexander Cummings and two other party officials has been denied by Monrovia City Court Judge Jomah Jallah. The Alternative National Congress Political Leader is accused of…

The Nigerian government has lifted the suspension of Twitter operations in the country effective from today, January 13, 2022. The Director-General National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), Mallam Kashifu Inuwa made the disclosure in a statement released late Wednesday. Usman…

In Burkina Faso, eight soldiers were arrested on Monday, January 10 for attempted Coup D'état.  The information was confirmed yesterday Tuesday by the military prosecutor in a statement.  Among those implicated, the Corps Commander of the 12th Commando Infantry Regiment…

Troops of the Nigerian military have neutralized five terrorists in Giwa Local Government Area of Kaduna State. According to a statement on Monday by the Kaduna State Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Samuel Aruwan, the terrorists were neutralized…

In Ghana, the Public advocacy group, FixTheCountry Movement, is leading a petition for the removal of the EC Chairperson, Jean Mensa, and her two deputies; Dr. Bossman Eric Asare and Samuel Tettey. In a statement signed by the lead petitioner,…

The Nigeria Center for Disease Control has sent out an alert to authorities on the alarming trend of Lassa fever outbreak in the country. The NCDC, in its latest advisory, revealed that the number of Lassa fever cases had risen…

Greece led by its Foreign Affairs Minister, Nikolaos Dendies donated about one million doses of the Johnson and Johnson Vaccine to the Nigerian government on Monday.  Nigeria’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyema while appreciating Greece’s support in the area…

The Army Ranger Wing (ARW) which is the Special Forces unit of the Irish Defense Forces, will withdraw its troops from the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission Mali (MINUSMA) this year.  This 13,000-strong French-led mission was created to help…

Nigeria's Population Commission says at least 1.5 million citizens will be employed as ad-hoc staff for the conduct of the upcoming population Census which is yet to be approved by president Muhammadu Buhari. Chairman of the Commission, Nasiru Kwarra, disclosed…

The government of Ghana has committed to a set of 31 adaptation and mitigation actions in its nationally determined contributions (NDC) to be achieved through its support flagship of "10-year climate actions" agenda. The agenda seeks to put the country…

Sierra Leone’s President Julius Maada Bio, has made 14 new appointments, most of which are ministerial positions. According to the Public Notice from State House dated 11th January 2022, Alhaji Alpha Kanu, former Strongman of the All People’s Congress {APC}…