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Nigerian lawmakers summon two ministers over recent jailbreaks

The Nigerian Senate has summoned the Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola; the Attorney General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami, and the Comptroller-General of the Nigerian Correctional Service, Haliru Nababa, over recent jailbreaks across the country. The Senate also directed its…

MBS Sports acquires Ligue 1 broadcast rights in Nigeria

MBS Sports has acquired the rights and collaboration with NTV, ONTV, STV, and Wazobia TV to to screen league 1 football matches in Nigeria.  The Professional Football League (LFP), Mathieu Ficot, revealed Nigeria’s importance to Ligue 1’s growth, saying Nigerian…

Nigeria takes delivery of 3.3 million doses of J&J vaccine

A Canadian foundation, Mastercard Foundation in partnership with Africa Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC), through an initiative tagged  “Saving Lives and Livelihoods,” has delivered over 3.3 million doses of Johnson and Johnson COVID-19 vaccines to Nigeria.  The…

Senegal and Mauritania to be linked by Rosso bridge

Senegalese President Macky Sall and his Mauritanian counterpart Mohamed Ould Cheikh el Ghazouani have laid the foundation stone of the Rosso Bridge on the border between the two countries. Tuesday’s occasion comes eight months after the signing of the agreement…

Ghana Parliament split over 2022 budget

Parliamentarians in Ghana are sharply divided over the 2022 budget after the majority passed the policy statement despite the boycott of the minority members. On Friday, November 26, the Minority Caucus voted to reject the budget after the Majority Caucus…