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Brutal ISWAP leader, Al-Barnawi, reportedly killed

Reports indicate that the feared leader of the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) Abu Musab Al-Barnawi is dead. On Wednesday, APA news said Al-Barnawi apparently died during a gun battle toward the end of August in Borno State, The Nigerian government has however been tight-lipped about…

Nigeria: Southern governors insist on VAT collection

Governors from the southern region of Nigeria have declared their support for the collection of Value Added Tax (VAT) by state governments, in place of the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS). They made the declaration on Thursday at a meeting…

MSF responds to Cholera outbreak in Niger

The cholera epidemic declared on 9 August by the Nigerien Ministry of Public Health has led to over four thousand and two hundred cases across six of the country’s eight regions and claimed 144 lives.  Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) says…

Nigeria to lift Twitter ban soon, minister says

Nigeria's government says it will lift the ban on Twitter in a ‘few days.’ The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, said this while answering questions from State House journalists at the end of Wednesday’s cabinet meeting chaired by…

Ghana: WAEC confirms leaked WASSCE papers

The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has confirmed that two papers in the ongoing West African Senior School Certificate Examinations (WASSCE) have been leaked.  The council stated that investigations it has conducted have revealed that excerpts from the 2021 Elective…

Food Shortage: Ghana to halt exports to neighboring countries

Ghana’s Government has announced that it will halt the exportation of food items to neighbouring countries, following fears of a food shortage.  The Agriculture Ministry says the lower harvest rates than previous years, coupled by the coronavirus pandemic is cause for concern. Atiewin…