Nine Ghanaians have been convicted and sentenced to eight years imprisonment for attempting to smuggle 10.8kg cannabis into Nigeria through the sea.  Delivering his ruling on the matter, Justice Akintayo Aluko of the Federal High Court in Lagos, Nigeria's commercial hub,…

Nigeria's Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC on Tuesday said new Permanent Voter Cards will be made available by November. INEC Chairman Prof Mahmoud Yakubu said this at a National Endowment for Democracy event in Washington DC in the United States.…

The trial of a former Liberian rebel commander charged with committing crimes against humanity opened in Paris, France on Monday, October 10 and is scheduled to last three weeks. Kunti Kamara popularly known as Kunti K is charged with crimes…

In Nigeria, the National Agency for Food, Drug Administration and Control NAFDAC, has warned healthcare providers and the public against the use of four substandard cough syrups linked to the death of 66 children in Gambia.  Director-General, Professor Mojisola Adeyeye raised…

The Gambia police have uncovered that Atlantic Pharmaceuticals Company, imported contaminated syrup linked to the death of 69 children The police preliminary investigation indicates that the pharmaceutical company ordered 50,000 bottles of contaminated baby syrups from India Our Banjul correspondent…

Some select staff of the Public Account Committee of the Liberian Parliament have commenced a 10-day training at the National Institute for Legislative and Democratic Studies, NILDS, an outpost of Nigeria's legislative assembly. The training among other things is targeted…