Gabon and Togo have been admitted to The Commonwealth of Nations as the 55th and 56th members respectively.  The Commonwealth was originally founded as a club of former British colonies but has been steadily diversifying its composition.  Rwanda joined in…

The Lagos State Government in South West Nigeria has launched guidelines for the development of safe and lawful abortion services in the state. Dr Olusegun Ogboye, Permanent Secretary, Lagos State Ministry of Health, revealed this on Tuesday at a stakeholders…

Three former Gambian soldiers, who were acquitted and discharged by the Gambia Court of Appeal on treason charges, have filed a summon at the high court to order the Gambia Armed Forces, the Ministry of Defense and the Attorney General,…

Amnesty International says repeated bans on demonstrations and the deaths of people during demonstrations are a real threat to the right to protest in Senegal. The rights group says with another march scheduled for tomorrow, it is calling on the…

Bernard Mornah, organizer of the Arise Ghana protest has accused officials of Ghana police of disguising as part of the protesters to throw stones at the police in uniforms.  This he said was to justify police shooting at the protesters.…

The Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Office for West Africa and the Sahel (UNOWAS), Mahamat Saleh ANNADIF, concluded today a two-day working visit to Nigeria's capital, Abuja. The objective of the mission is to…

 The Senate in Nigeria says it would still go ahead to probe the country’s Supreme Court despite the resignation of the Chief Justice.  This came as a matter of public interest during Tuesday’s plenary where the lawmakers also decried the…