The National Civil Society Council of Liberia (NCSCL) has expressed its devastation over three major fire disasters that simultaneously occurred in Monrovia, Montserrado County and Kakata, Margibi County respectively.  The fires left several injured and destroyed a number of properties…

In Nigeria’s commercial state of Lagos, the authority alarmed on Monday that over 1,000 returning travellers from red-listed countries – namely India, South Africa, Brazil, and Turkey – have absconded from isolation centres. The state governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, raised the…

In Ghana, President Akufo-Addo has described as unwarranted and unjustifiable, a petition seeking the removal of the Chief Justice (CJ), Kwasi Anin-Yeboah, from office. The Chief Justice has been in the news lately following allegations by a private legal practitioner,…

The Media Rights Agenda (MRA) has filed a suit at the ECOWAS Community Court of Justice in Abuja, citing the Federal Government of Nigeria’s failure to effectively investigate, prosecute and reprimand perpetrators who murdered 11 journalists between 1998 and 2019. …

Officials of Tengrela department in the north of Côte d'Ivoire, say they have received threat of an imminent terrorist attack by an unknown armed group. This was made known Monday by the prefect, Cyrille Ambroise Diomandé, during a meeting of the…

Nigeria's Ministry of Health officials have launched a market-to-market campaign in Abuja, the nation's capital, to sensitize locals against use of illicit drug.  The campaign, the officials say became necessary, following reports of increasing rate of illicit drug use by…

A study published by the Non-Governmental Organization – Amnesty International has revealed that the Sahelian branch of the Islamic State group as well as the Jama'at Nasr al-Islam wal Muslimin JNIM linked to al-Qaeda use weapons of European manufacturers and in…