West Africa

The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has named the popular Nigerian singer and song writer – Yemi Alade as a goodwill ambassador. Even though the appointment was Midweek, Alade took to the social media on Thursday to pledge her support…

Opposition leaders in Liberia are predicting serious chaos ahead of the December 8 midterm senatorial elections, intended to fill 15 vacant senate seats. The opposition leaders under the banner, Collaborating political parties say the electoral commission has proven unfit to…

Nigerian authorities have set up a central database for the management of recovered assets. Nigeria’s Attorney General and Minister of Justice, Mr. Abubakar Malami, said that all the assets that had been recovered by the government would now be tied…

The Centre for Democracy and Development (CDD) says leadership has been the major problem of Nigeria. In a statement on Thursday, in commemoration of Nigeria’s 60th Independence anniversary, the organization said despite the myriad of challenges, citizens have hobbled the…

Sierra Leone ex-president Ernest Bai Koroma has rejected corruption allegations leveled against him and over 100 officials who served in his government from 2008 to 2018. The former president and others were found to have defrauded the state of over…