The Judiciary Staff Union of Nigeria (JUSUN) has suspended its over-two-month-old strike. Members of the union had embarked on the strike on April 6 to press home their demand for the financial autonomy of the judiciary. The union, however, took…

The Civil Society Organisations (CSO) Coalition on Elections in the Gambia says a number of party agents at registration centres in the ongoing national voter registration has intimidated voter registrants. In a report issued on Wednesday, the CSO Coalition which…

Prime Minister Choguel Kokalla Maïga on Wednesday promised the ECOWAS delegation that he would unveil the list of his government no later than Sunday, June 13, 2021. Maïga was speaking at the end of a two-day visit by ECOWAS delegation,…

Three Ivorian soldiers have been killed on patrol near the border with Burkina Faso.  According to Ivory Coast's defence ministry, Saturday’s incident occurred when one of their vehicles hit an improvised explosive and the convoy was ambushed. Sankulleh Janko has…

The Nigerien Minister of Defense has visited soldiers deployed to the troubled Diffa region.  It is hoped that the weekends visit to the region on the border with Nigeria will boost staff morale as the men operating in this region…

Sounds from some streets in parts of Nigeria on Saturday as millions poured onto the streets to protest against bad governance and insecurity, as well as the recent Twitter ban by the government of President Muhammadu Buhari. Activists had called…

Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari has admitted that he has failed to end insecurity in the country, a promise he made when he was elected in 2015. In a TV address on Democracy Day, the President said the fight against Islamist…