Bandits have once again attacked some communities in Kaduna State, killing six and injuring many others. The bandits also burnt seven houses, one car and one motorcycle in the attack. Confirming the incident on Monday, the Kaduna State Commissioner for…

Leading women’s rights organizations have jointly filed a case at the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Court of Justice in Abuja, Nigeria, to challenge Mali’s failure to prohibit Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) by adopting a legal and policy…

The Ministry of Health and Sanitation has received the first batch of thirty thousand Ebola Virus Disease vaccines from the World Health Organization. The vaccine will first be administered to frontline workers, like doctors, nurses and other medical workers. Patrick…

The speaker of  Nigeria's Parliament – Femi Gbajabiamila has assured the leadership and members of the National Association of resident doctors NARD of the government’s determination to reconcile all differences. The speaker was speaking Tuesday when he paid a courtesy…

In Nigeria, The Lagos State Judicial Panel on the Restitution for Victims of SARS-related abuses and other matters has summoned three Police Officers in connection with #EndSARS related abuses. The Commissioner of Police in charge of the Murtala Mohammed International…

Junior doctors in Sierra Leone have begun an indefinite strike following an assault on one of their members. Dr Catherine Jackson-Cole was assaulted on Tuesday at the main referral Connaught hospital in Freetown, allegedly by officials of the health ministry…

The Liberia National Police is investigating two 11th grade students of the Cyber-ED Christian School of Excellence in connection to the shooting of a 16-year-old student on campus. The victim, Precious Ireland, was shot and killed on Tuesday Morning.  WADR’s…