A delegation from the WAEMU commission is in talks with the Togolese authorities towards the implementation of the government’s project to build affordable housing for low-income individuals. The meeting started yesterday in Lomé. The delegation is led by the coordinator…

The United Nations Children’s Fund, UNICEF, says a total of 120 children in Nigeria have been infected with environmental poliovirus. The children, according to the UN agency are not in any particular region and are scattered across different parts of…

The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged the International Criminal Court (ICC) to investigate the growing cases of abduction of students in several parts of Northern Nigeria and the closure of schools. In the petition to Mr. Karim…

Four persons have been killed in a fresh attack in Plateau State. The victims, who are all male, were killed by suspected herdsmen on Monday at Renwienku village of Miango District in Bassa Local Government Area of the North-Central State.…

Prices for aluminium ore bauxite from Guinea hit their highest in almost 18 months. This is as a result if the Coup which has left buyers unsure about the supply. However, no mines reported any disruption. Adolphus Mawolo reports.

ECOWAS will convene an Extraordinary Summit on the Guinea coup on Thursday. The West African state was hit by fresh turmoil on Sunday when special forces arrested 83-year-old President Alpha Conde, declared they were scrapping the constitution, and imposed a…

The Canadian mining company Iamgold Corp said Wednesday that gunmen attacked a convoy of vehicles travelling to the Essakane gold mine in Burkina Faso on Tuesday, wounding one police officer before being repelled by the convoy's security detail. In  a…

The Senegalese military engaged in the sub-regional force ECOWAS will continue their mission in Gambia, four years after forcing Yahya Jammeh to leave power following his defeat in the presidential election. The contingent, identified as the fifth Senegalese detachment of…

Police have confirmed that 73 students were abducted Wednesday afternoon at Government Day Secondary School in Kaya in Maradun Local Government Area of Zamfara State. Police spokesperson in Zamfara, Muhammad Shehu, confirmed Wednesday incident through a statement. Already, Zamfara State Governor,…

Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari sacked two of his Cabinet members on Wednesday. In a statement, Femi Adesina, the presidential spokesman, said that Agriculture and Rural Development Minister Mohammed Sabo Nanono and Power Minister Sale Mamman have been dismissed by the…