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Director of Road Transport in the Ministry of Transportation, Ibrahim Musa disclosed that the Federal Government has approved the re-opening of the Seme border for the importation of vehicles. Musa made this known yesterday at the Economic Community of West African States, ECOWAS, meeting organised between officials of Nigeria and Benin, the development […]
Mr Chinedu Eya a chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party in Enugu State has made an appeal to King Charles III for the release of Senator Ike Ekweremadu. It would be recalled that Ekweremadu, his wife, Beatrice and a medical doctor, Obinna Obeta were sentenced to different prison terms on Friday in the United […]
The Federal Government has issued a stern warning to former President Olusegun Obasanjo, asking him not to truncate the 2023 general elections with his “inciting, self-serving and provocative” letter on the elections. Obasanjo had on Monday worried over the conduct of the 2023 presidential election, accusing the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, of […]
Following a suit by Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) and 176 concerned Nigerians, the ECOWAS Court has “declared unlawful the suspension of Twitter by the government of President Muhammadu Buhari, and ordered the administration never to repeat it.” This development was disclosed today by SERAP deputy director Kolawole Oluwadare. It would be recalled […]
The military in Burkina Faso says it has seized power and overthrown President Roch Kaboré, during an announcement on television by an army officer. Mr kaboré whereabouts are unclear, but the officer said that all those detained were in a secure location. The coup happen a day after military seized barracks with several gunshots […]
Tributes continue to pour in after the death of Mali’s former president Ibrahim Boubacar Keita on Sunday. Keita’s rule was riddled with lots of controversies and criticism especially from the opposition before he was toppled through a coup in 2020. In the weeks before the 2020 coup, he had been struggling with protests […]
The Authorities in Burkina Faso has arrested a total of fifteen people in involvement in an attempt to destabilize Institutions. The group includes one senior Army Officer as well as soldiers. The announcement was made by the Defence Minister Colonel Major Aimé Simpore, on Thursday. This legal action which was decided by the Military […]
The Federal Government has said that it would facilitate the promotion of industrial digital economy, sustainable and inclusive economic development in Nigeria and Africa. Mrs Zainab Ahmed, Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, said this at the West Africa Business Forum entitled “Empowering women and youths to spur Africa’s transformation agenda” in Lagos, […]
The West African bloc ECOWAS said on Tuesday that it feared potential delays in elections in Mali aimed at restoring civilian rule following a coup last year. In a statement, the group said it remained “worried by the lack of concrete action” to prepare for the vote, which has been promised for February 2022 […]
The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) and the Nigerian Government have strongly condemned the coup d’état that took place in the Republic of Guinea Conakry on Sunday. President Nana Akufo-Addo of Ghana and Nigeria’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama, condemned the action in separate statements made available to the News Agency […]
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