The European Union is to donate another 200 million Covid-19 vaccine doses to low-income countries, more than doubling its present pledge, the bloc’s chief said on Wednesday. The extra doses announced by European Commission President Ursula Von Der Leyen come…

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…

As more than 37 million Nigerian children start the new school year this month, at least one million are being left behind – afraid to return to school due to insecurity. According to the UN’s children’s agency, UNICEF, learners are…

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…

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…

A petition seeking the imposition of a writ of declaratory judgement against the operation of world steel—giant ArcelorMittal has been filed by senior citizens in Liberia. Recall that recently, the Liberian government signed an amendment to the ArcelorMittal mineral development…

In Sierra Leone, witnesses testifying against the country’s former rebel commander Gibril Massaquoi insist he was in Liberia during the latter part of the Liberian civil war in 2003. Prosecutors recently returned to Liberia to interview additional witnesses after lawyers…

Leaders from about 13 West African countries have started arriving in Ghana ahead of an ECOWAS extraordinary session scheduled to take place today. The meeting is to discuss the military takeover in Guinea led by Colonel Mamadou Dambouya. The Ghana…

Federal lawmakers from Nigeria's Southeast say they will intervene to seek a soft landing for the embattled leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu. The lawmakers operating under the umbrella of the Southeast caucus of the…

Speaker of Nigeria’s lower chamber, Femi Gbajabiamila,says the refusal of the separatist movements in the southern part of the country to accommodate dissenting opinions makes them the same as the Boko Haram and ISWAP terrorists. He stated this on Wednesday…