Tag: West Africa
Facebook intensifies effort to tackle misinformation on Coronavirus
Facebook on Monday says it has intensified effort to tackle misinformation on Coronavirus in Nigeria. Head of Public Policy for Anglophone West Africa, Adaora Ikenze, ... Read More
ECOWAS Judges Seek More Women Inclusion in Nation Building
The Community Court of Justice Women’s Forum for ECOWAS on Saturday in Abuja sought for more women inclusion in Nation building for the betterment of ... Read More
Combating Terrorism Tops Agenda as ECOWAS Ministers meet
Financing action plans to combat terrorism ravaging ECOWAS Member States has been listed as top agenda among other matters to be discussed during the 83rd Ordinary ... Read More
UNICEF Holds Global Meeting on Open Defecation
The UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) is meeting with key players in sanitation, among other stakeholders in West Africa, to strengthen local sanitation markets, its Supply ... Read More
“Unsafe burial” Of Women Triggered Ebola Outbreak In DRC – WHO
The death and unsafe burial of a 65-year-old woman in Mangina in Democratic Republic of Congo was the critical event that set alarm bells ringing ... Read More
Ebola Cases in Congo Jumps to 14
The number of confirmed Ebola cases in Congo has risen from three to 14, according to the Central African country’s Health Ministry. “In total since ... Read More
Gambia Begins Sales of Ex-President Jammeh’s luxurious Properties
Gambia is selling several planes and a fleet of luxury cars bought by former president Yahya Jammeh as it seeks to reduce a mountain of ... Read More
First Suspected Deaths In Congo Ebola Outbreak Came In January: WHO
Cases of hemorrhagic fever were reported in an area of Congo that is facing an Ebola epidemic as far back as December and the first ... Read More
Ebola Alert: First Suspected Deaths in Congo Outbreak came in January – WHO
Cases of hemorrhagic fever were reported in an area of Congo that is facing an Ebola epidemic as far back as December and the first ... Read More
Julius Bio Sworn-in as Sierra Leone President
Opposition candidate and former military junta leader Julius Bio was sworn in as Sierra Leone’s new president late on Wednesday, just hours after the elections ... Read More
ECOWAS Commission Displeased Over Members’ Disrespect for Court Decisions
The outgoing President of the ECOWAS Commission, Marcel De Souza, has lamented the disrespect of the Community’s court decisions by member states. De Souza expressed ... Read More
The Gambia: Why We Forced Yahya Jammeh Out
President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed disappointment that leaders of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) had to use 'strong-arm tactics’ to get former ... Read More
Sub-Saharan Africa Mobile Phone Subscriptions to Hit 990m by 2023
Network solutions provider, Ericsson said on Friday that that mobile telephone subscriptions in sub-Saharan Africa would increase to 990 million by 2023. The Head of ... Read More
The Needs of West Africa to Combat Proliferation of Weapons – Dogara
To Secure W/Africa, We Must Combat Youth Unemployment, Mercenary Trading – Dogara Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Yakubu Dogara, has called for ... Read More
NTA News Summary: Buhari Hosts Two Governors
NTA News Summary: 4th October 2017 Buhari Hosts Two Governors President Muhammadu Buhari this Tuesday granted audience to the governors of Anambra and Ondo ... Read More
Fans React To WAFU Final: Don’t Overhaul The CHAN Eagles
Soccer fans in Ebonyi have advised the Nigerian Football Federation (NFF) against overhauling the Super Eagles team B following their failure to clinch WAFU Nations ... Read More
FA Scribe Says Nigerian League Best In West Africa
Usman Ilerika, Acting Secretary of FCT Football Association on Thursday said Nigerian league was currently the best in West Africa. Ilerika said this in an ... Read More
Nigeria’s Election To UNWTO Leadership, A Wake-Up Call – Senate
The Senate on Friday said the election of Nigeria as Vice President of United Nations World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO) was a wake-up call to all ... Read More
Dietician Warns Against Cooking ‘Moin-moin’ In Nylons
A dietician, Mr John Tehinse, has warned people against cooking Moin-moin and other foods in nylons or cellophane bags as it produced dioxins, a toxic ... Read More