Ivorian Minister of Defense, Téné Birahima Ouattara who was reportedly in contact with a COVID-19 positive patient has gone into self-isolation.  The details in an official note published on Wednesday comes a day after a press release from the Ivorian…

The Ghana Health Service says seventy-nine per cent of all the new COVID-19 cases fuelling Ghana’s third wave are of the Delta variant.  During a news conference in Accra on Wednesday, the Director-General of the Health Service Dr Patrick Kuma-Aboagye…

The Media Rights Agenda (MRA) has said that it has no confidence in the proposed investigation by the Department of State Services (DSS) into the reported assault on Vanguard newspaper photojournalist, Oluwagbemiga Olamikan, by officials of the agency. Describing it…

The first ever presidential debate in the Gambia was held on Wednesday between the party leader of Peoples Democratic Organisation for Independence and Social (PDOIS) Halifa Sallah and the party leader of Citizens Alliance Dr. Ismail Ceesay. The debate was…

The Federal High Court, Abuja, on Wednesday, granted bail to 12 associates of Yoruba nation separatist, Sunday Adeyemo, also known as Sunday Igboho. During the courts hearing, the State Security Service urged the court not to grant bail to four…

The Patriotic Entrepreneurs of Liberia (PATEL), has threatened to shut down all businesses across the country if the government fails to drop the new fees imposed on businesses which are over US$1100. The National Chairman of the Patriotic Entrepreneurs of…

Nigeria's Federal Executive Council has approved contracts for the rehabilitation of Warri and Kaduna refineries at a cost of $1.4 billion. Nigeria has four refineries – including two in Port Harcourt – but all have struggled to function optimally as…

The National Benefit Sharing Trust (NBST) Board has joined the National Union of Community Forestry Development Committee in calling on the Government of Liberia to pay legislated benefits to the affected communities of Logging Companies.  The board says the non-payment…

In Nigeria, operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, have discovered a warehouse with over 500 bags of Cannabis Sativa at a location in Ondo State, South West of the country.  Our Correspondent, Usman Umar, who alongside other…