The Human Rights Watch (HRW) has urged the Nigerian government to unblock the bank accounts of individuals and firms which spearheaded the recent protests against a…
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The president of the Malian transition, Bah N’Daw, will, from 12 to 17 November, 2020, undertake a sub-regional tour to Ghana, Togo, Senegal and Guinea Bissau.…
Former Ghanaian military leader and President, Jerry John Rawlings, has passed on. The 73-year-old died of coronavirus complications at Korle Bu Teaching Hospital in Accra, the…
President Muhammadu Buhari has condoled with the government and people of the Republic of Mali over the passing of former President, Amadou Toumani Toure. Toure, who…
The ECOWAS Court has ordered the immediate release of 12 former members of the National Committee for the Recovery of Democracy and the Restoration of the…
Kabiru Mohammed, a Nigerian man accused of creating and sharing a fake video of President Muhammadu Buhari marrying one of his female cabinet ministers in 2019,…
A former Kaduna State Governor, Balarabe Musa, died on Wednesday morning in Kaduna at the age of 84. One of his sons, Kallamu Balarabe-Musa, confirmed the…
Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Tuesday presented the 2021 budget appropriation of N1.155 trillion at the Lagos House of Assembly. Presenting the appropriation, christened “Budget…
Ivory Coast’s President Alassane Ouattara has invited his rival, former President Henri Konan Bédié, for talks following violence sparked by his controversial third-term win. Opposition leaders…
Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, the governor of Nigeria’s commercial nerve centre, Lagos State, has announced plans to abolish pension payments for former leaders of the state. A…