The federal government of Nigeria on Thursday admitted paying as much as 120 billion naira or its equivalent of nearly 316 million dollars to subsidise the price of petrol monthly. The Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, Mele…

The Conference of Heads of State of the West African Economic and Monetary Union (UEMOA) decided on Thursday to entrust the presidency of the Union Commission to the candidate proposed by Senegal. A press release on the 22nd ordinary session…

Some children who were reported missing following a fire incident at a slum community in the suburb of the capital of Freetown last week have been found. A fire tore through the deprived community and left thousands of families homeless…

President Félix Tshisekedi of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, on Sunday, arrived in Doha – Qatar, for an official visit. President Tshisekedi who is the current President of the African Union was in the Middle Eastern country on the…

The Gambia's Drug Law Enforcement Agency has suspended more than 20 narcotic agents after testing positive for illicit drugs including cannabis. The entire staff of the agency recently underwent a narcotic test as part of the security sector and the…

The 22nd Ordinary Session of the Assembly of Heads of State and Government of the West African Economic and Monetary Union (WAEMU) will be held by videoconference because of the Coronavirus Pandemic. A statement issued on Tuesday noted that the…