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Nigeria jails seven for oil theft

The media reported on Tuesday that seven people, including six foreigners, have been jailed for seven years for oil theft in Nigeria. The sentence was handed down to two Pakistani nationals, two Ukrainians, one person from Ghana, one from Indonesia,…

GHANA ELECTION: Govt vows to punish electoral offenders

Ahead of the December 7 general elections in Ghana, the government has assured of maximum protection of lives and property of citizens before, during and after the elections. Ghana’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey made this declaration particularly…

Nigeria calls for sanctions on CNN over Lekki exposé

Nigeria’s Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, has called for CNN to be sanctioned for what he describes as reinforcement of “the disinformation that is going around” following CNN’s investigations which claimed that Nigerian protesters were shot at by…

Burkina Faso awaits results of presidential polls

Counting is underway in Burkina Faso following Sunday’s polls which was contested by 13 candidates incumbent Roc Marc Christian Kabore who is seeking re-election. The event passed off peacefully without major incidents although voting did not take place in some…

Nigeria: Rights group demand lower cost of governance

Nigeria’s third Gross domestic product GDP report released by the National Bureau of Statistics last week, indicated that the Country has slipped into a Recession. According to statistics Bureau – NBS, the eceonomy contracted by double digit. However, the decline…