Nigeria's Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC has turned down the appeal for an extension of the deadline for the conduct of party primaries. The country’s 18 registered political parties, through the Inter-Party Advisory Council, IPAC, made the appeal on Tuesday…

Utility service providers in Ghana are justifying their demands for an increase in tariffs despite widespread condemnation following the announcement of their proposals. The Electricity Company of Ghana and the Ghana Water company are on their own demanding 148 percent…

President Adama Barrow of the Gambia says the pace of growth and development has not been impressive since independence. The Gambian leader blamed party and individual interests for the gap while urging cabinet members to put the country first in…

A military tribunal has ruled against the Former president Blaise Compaore and nine others in the assassination of Thomas Sankara in 1987. The court in Ouagadougou Tuesday ordered Compaore and the other defendants to pay the families of Sankara and…

The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Morris American Rubber Company (MARCO) in Liberia, Francis Dennis, has urged residents of Morris Farm to respect the outcome of a court process. Speaking to a team of journalists in Monrovia, Mr. Dennis stressed…

The Public Utility Regulatory Commission (PURC) of Ghana has met with some stakeholders on the scheduled tariff adjustments.  Already, the Ghana Water Company Ltd and the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) have made proposals for upward adjustments in tariffs to…

US investment Bank, JP Morgan has removed Nigeria from its list of emerging markets, citing what it  calls government's failure to take advantage of high oil prices.  The report released by the multinational financial institution says that the Nigerian National…