Senegal’s President Macky Sall in a cabinet reshuffle over the weekend sacked nearly a dozen ministers’ hours after he appointed Amadou Ba as prime minister of the republic. Ba, who was appointed earlier Saturday, has already announced a new 38-member…

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA has arrested an ex-convict, Onyeka Charles Madukolu at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Ikeja Lagos. NDLEA spokesman, Femi Babafemi disclosed in a statement on Sunday, that the 44-year-old man was nabbed for importing…

At least 12 fighters, and relatives of the notorious terror kingpin, Bello Turji, were killed in an air raid. They were killed in an air raid by the Nigerian Airforce on Turji’s hideout in the Fakai community of Shinkafi local…

Farmers on Monday said above-average rain across most of Cote d'Ivoire Coast's cocoa-growing regions last week could cause disease and damage the first beans of the October-to-March main crop in some areas.  The world's top cocoa producer is in the…

Nigeria's anti-drug agency the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, says it has seized a record 1.8 tons of cocaine evaluated to be worth over $278 million in what appears to be the biggest drug bust ever in the history…

The World Bank Group in its new Country Climate and Development Report (CCDR) for the G5 Sahel region estimates that up to 13.5 million people across the Sahel could fall into poverty due to climate change-related shocks by 2050 if…

At least one person has been arrested by the police in connection with the recent abductions in the Wa Municipality, north of the country. The latest action by the police follows the IGP's visit to the area where he promised…