Governors from the southern region of Nigeria have declared their support for the collection of Value Added Tax (VAT) by state governments, in place of the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS). They made the declaration on Thursday at a meeting…

The cholera epidemic declared on 9 August by the Nigerien Ministry of Public Health has led to over four thousand and two hundred cases across six of the country’s eight regions and claimed 144 lives.  Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) says…

Guinea has declared the end of the Marburg virus outbreak after no cases were reported for 42 days – twice the incubation period, or the time between two infections and the onset of symptoms.  The virus was confirmed on August…

The Gambia's President Adama Barrow has defended an alliance between his ruling National People's Party and former ruling Alliance for Patriotic Reorientation and Construction APRC, saying it was in the interest of reconciliation and national security. He says the agreement…

The Ghana Union of Traders Association (GUTA) has appealed to the Committee on Foreign Retail Trade to resume operations to close down shops belonging to undocumented foreign retailers.  This comes after the Nigerian Union of Traders Association in Ghana, (NUTAG),…

A group of non-governmental organisations has said the prolonged ban of Twitter in the country, is a disservice to the federal government itself and the citizens. Enough is Enough Nigeria, Paradigm Initiative, Media Rights Agenda, and Socio-Economic Rights And Accountability…

In Nigeria, security authorities have re-arrested over 90 inmates of the estimated 240 who escaped the Medium Security Custodial Centre (MSCC) in Kabba, Kogi State, North Central of Nigeria.  Recall that on Sunday night, two security operatives were killed when gunmen…

Seven diplomatic and security sources have said a deal is being brokered, that would allow Russian mercenaries into Mali, extending Russian influence over security affairs in West Africa and triggering opposition from former colonial power France. According to sources who…