On Tuesday 11, February 2020, a group of protesters stormed the Abuja office of Amnesty International (AI), a human rights group demanding they retire from Nigeria.
The protesters who arrived at the...
CBN restricts forex for milk imports despite concern over local production capacity
Nigeria’s central bank has officially tightened the noose on milk importation with a restriction on access to foreign currency that covers all but six importers of the dairy.
This comes on the back of...
Putting an end to gender based violence in Sierra Leone will take more than an emergency declaration
Every year, thousands of women, girls and even babies are victims of sexual and gender-based violence in Sierra Leone. In response to this growing challenge, President Julius Maada Bio declared a national...
Guinness Night Football Pan African, Lagos
International football icon, Rio Ferdinand graced the Guinness Night Football Pan African extravaganza, on the 31st of January 2019 at the luxury, Legend hotel Ikeja. The football tournament united Africans...
ECOWAS set to investigate Nigeria’s land border closure
Following the outcry of west African countries over the indefinite closure of land borders in Nigeria since 2019, the Economic Community of West Africa States-ECOWAS on February 9th, 2020, inaugurated...
Mali opts for talks with terrorist Jihadist groups
On Monday, Mali’s President, Ibrahim Boubacar Keita announced that the government was prepared to talk with jihadist groups. The aim is to end the violent activities of the Islamist militants. This decision...
Ivorian security forces confiscate $40 million worth of cocaine
Security forces in Ivory Coast have confiscated $40 million of cocaine in the country’s coastlines. This seizure, which occurred on Tuesday, 4th of February 2020, is the biggest the country has ever...
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