Nigeria: PDP Asks INEC to Deregister Ruling APC
By Saawua Terzungwe The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) has asked the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to deregister the ruling…
Nigeria: Govt Dismisses ASUU’s Claim Over Timelines for Agreement
ASUU VS Govt. By Onyebuchi Ezigbo The federal government has faulted the claim by the President of the Academic Staff…
Ethiopia: DW Fact Check – Tigray Conflict Is Also a Battle for the Truth
A map showing the Tigray region of Ethiopia. ANALYSIS By Eshete Bekele, Kate Hairsine, Rob Mudge The situation in Ethiopia’s…
West Africa: How Ghana and Nigeria Police Handle Domestic Violence Cases
Nigerian Police Men Since the 1970s feminist movement for the support of abused women under the appellation “Battered Women’s Movement”,…
Africa: How Chinese Investment Is Contributing to Economic Transformation Across Africa
The Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) Summit in Beijing, September 4, 2018. ANALYSIS By Linda Calabrese and Xiaoyang Tang Every…
Ghana: #ghanavotes – Akufo-Addo in Narrow Early Lead
By Ben Ezeamalu Misinformation is circulating on social media, including a claim that the ballot papers had been designed to…
Nigeria: U.S. Removes Reciprocity Fees On Visa for Nigerians
A Nigerian passport. Premium Times (Abuja) There are no more reciprocity fees remaining on any visa class for Nigerian nationals.…
Nigeria: Jonathan Refuses to Rule Out 2023 Presidential Run
Goodluck Jonathan. By Nasir Ayitogo Some APC governors recently held a private meeting with the ex-president in Abuja. As the…
Ghana: Live Update – Ghanaians Vote to Elect President, Parliamentarians
@ECGhanaOfficial/TwitterA voting day tweet by the Electoral Commission Of Ghana.7 DECEMBER 2020Premium Times (Abuja)By Ben Ezeamalu There are 12 presidential…
Nigeria: 10 Women Still Missing in Borno Farmers’ Attacks, Amnesty International Insists
Victims of Zabarmari rice farming attack being buried on Sunday.30 NOVEMBER 2020 Amnesty International (AI) has said that 10 women…
Nigeria: Govt to Treat Fresh #EndSARS Protest As Attempt At Regime Change
A protester stands atop a police structure in Ikeja, capital of Lagos state, during #EndSARS demonstrations on October 11, 2020.…
Nigeria: Boko Haram – Tears As Borno Conducts Mass Burial for 43 Slain Farmers
Hundreds of residents mourned as they gathered to bury corpses of 43 farmers slaughtered in Zabarmari village, a rice-producing community…
Nigeria Is Third Most Terrorised Country In The World – Report
The 2020 Global Terrorism Index has reported that Nigeria is still the third most impacted country in the world when…
‘Protest And Media Media Freedom In West Africa’; A WEBINAR BY WEST AFRICA MEDIA LAWYERS
West Africa Media Lawyers (WAMELA) is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting. Topic: Protest and Media Media Freedom in…
Football legend Diego Maradona, 60, dies of heart attack
Argentina’s world cup-winning captain Diego Maradona on Wednesday breathed his last as he passed away in his house at the…
Fugitive Cleric Bushiri Now Wanted For Rape in South Africa
Three warrants of arrest for different rape cases have been issued for self-proclaimed prophet Shepherd Bushiri, who fled South Africa…
Poor Nations to See Distribution of Covid-19 Vaccines in 2021
The United Nations Children’s Fund has said that it will work with over 350 airlines and freight companies to deliver…
Nigeria in 2019 Recorded ‘Lowest’ Terrorism Violence in Eight Years – Report
By Cletus Ukpong The 2020 Global Terrorism Index, however, ranked Nigeria, for the sixth consecutive time as the third country…
Nigeria: How Nigeria Will Exit Recession – Finance Minister
By Muideen Olaniyi The Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Hajiya Zainab Ahmed, on Wednesday, said the country hopes…
Nigeria: #EndSARS – Nigeria’s Foreign Minister Reacts to Threat of Sanctions From UK Parliament
By Alfred Olufemi Mr Onyeama says the Nigerian government has reached out to the British government. Geoffrey Onyeama, Nigeria’s foreign…