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Relentless and unyielding, John Dramani Mahama, Ghana’s opposition candidate and his party, the National Democratic Congress have revealed they will challenge the results of the election…

Burkina Faso President, Roch Mac Kabore has promised that he will reunite the nation’s broken parts in new national reconciliation and peace programmes. Kabore was re-elected…

The organization called for adequate protection for its members as the COVID-19 infection gets more frightening.

At least 20 medical doctors have died as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic in the last 7 days, the Nigeria Medical Association (NMA) has said.…

Mali’s main opposition leader, Soumaila Cisse has died of COVID-19, his family has announced on Friday. Cisse, a Minister of Finance between 1993 and 2000 died…

“Total SLF granted during the review quarter was N1.7tn, made up of N866.93bn direct SLF and N833.53bn Intraday Lending Facilities converted to overnight repo.”

The African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA), which brings together all the African countries with a combined gross domestic product of $3 trillion, had initially been scheduled to be launched on July 1. The implementation was postponed for six months due to the Covid-19 global pandemic that led to lockdowns and restricted movement.

Nigerian university lecturers have called off their 9-month long strike on Wednesday morning. Prof. Biodun Ogunyemi, President of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, the umbrella…

Nigeria’s Department of State Services (DSS) has alerted citizens about plots by some people to bomb some places. A statement by the agency on Tuesday said…

Three groups have indicated their interest to be joined in the $1bn lawsuit filed by a Nigerian, Adamu Garba, against the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and…