The National Health Insurance Scheme, NHIS has delisted ten Health Management Organizations, otherwise called HMOs, for failing to meet the minimum operational criteria. Executive Secretary of NHIS, Professor Mohammed Sambo revealed this to newsmen in Abuja, Nigeria’s capital. Sambo further…

The Beninese president Patrice Talon has commenced talks with the country’s government unions and associations over an increment in salary and wages. The meeting, the first, of its kind began on Tuesday in the capital with the consultation led by…

Health unions in Senegal have declared a strike to show solidarity after the arrest of four midwives accused of being complicit in the death of a patient during childbirth in a hospital in the northern part of the country. The…

Lawyers representing Sierra Leone's former Vice President Alhaji Sam Sumana at the ECOWAS Community court have denied claims that their client wants Sierra Leone sanctioned. While giving an update to journalists on the matter which is still at the ECOWAS…

Four children of Gabon’s late President Omar Bongo have been indicted in France. Grace, Betty, Arthur and Hermine Bongo, all in their fifties, are accused of concealment, embezzlement of public funds, active and passive corruption and abuse of corporate assets…

Victims’ families of Bai Lowe, an alleged member of the Gambia Death Squad under former President Yahya Jammeh have reiterated calls for justice ahead of his trial in Germany next week. They made the call during a virtual media and…

The Nigerien opposition is demanding a referendum to decide whether or not the Barkhane and Takuba forces will come to the country. The Cap 20-21 Coalition lead by Mahamane Ousmane on Thursday denounced the procedure that the government intends to…

The Islamic State in West Africa Province (ISWAP) has claimed responsibility for Tuesday’s explosion that it said killed and injured at least 30 people in Nigeria’s Taraba state The attack occurred in the rural town of Iware, at market where…

Nigeria’s president Muhammadu Buhari has directed all security agencies to deploy all operational and intelligence elements to rescue all kidnapped persons and immediately quell the security crisis in the country. The president gave the directive on Thursday when he met with heads of…