West Africa News

[ISS] The challenge will be translating the country's rich mineral resources and promising economy into stability and development.

[Premium Times] The disbursement follows a series of unresolved issues stemming from the 2009 agreement between the federal government and university-based unions

[Premium Times] The police said six persons were killed in the attack, which occurred on Sunday, while two others sustained serious gunshot injuries

[Leadership] The minister of Information and National Orientation, Alhaji Mohammed Idris Malagi, has stated that food prices will continue to go down because of President Bola Tinubu's strategic policies.

[Ghanaian Times] Some residents of Sagnarigu in the Tamale Municipality of the Northern Region have welcomed with great relief of the successful dredging of the community's only dam, a vital water source.

[Ghanaian Times] Cashew farmers in the Bono Region have called on the Tree Crop Development Authority (TCDA) to facilitate the establishment of a processing factory for the cashew apple to generate more income.

[Ghanaian Times] Two more petitions are believed to have been filed at the Presidency, seeking the removal of Chief Justice, Justice Gertrude Araba Torkonoo, from office.

[RFI] Tensions are rising in Côte d'Ivoire after a court ruled that opposition candidate Tidjane Thiam is not eligible to run in October's presidential election because he lost his Ivorian nationality when he became a French citizen.

[Premium Times] Kwam 1 has unveiled his pivotal role in establishing Fuji as a musical genre in Nigeria.

[New Dawn] The former Bong Mining Company Hospital, now a government run facility now stands in shadow political waters.

[Liberian Observer] The Supreme Court of Liberia has finally spoken. Its April 23 ruling has affirmed Cllr. J. Fonati Koffa as the constitutional and legitimate Speaker of the House of Representatives. It is, by every legal standard, the Court's final word on a matter that has consumed the first branch of government, paralyzed legislative operations, and tested the limits of Liberia's fragile democracy.

[Leadership] The federal government and Renaissance Africa Energy Holdings have pledged close collaboration to drive growth and investment in the country's oil and gas sector following Renaissance's landmark $2.4 billion acquisition of Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria (SPDC) onshore assets.

[Leadership] The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has projected that Nigeria's inflation may rise to 37 per cent by next year if the global uncertainties continue to remain even as it revised downward the growth projections for the country.

[Leadership] The National Cereals Research Institute (NCRI), Badeggi, has secured official approval for the release of eight improved crop varieties.

[Leadership] Governor Dikko Umaru Radda of Katsina State yesterday unveiled the Katsina State Green Growth Agenda (KAGGA)--a far-reaching blueprint aimed at harmonising economic growth with environmental preservation in one of Nigeria's most climate-vulnerable states.

[Leadership] Nigeria's public debt burden is projected to decline steadily over the next six years, falling from 52.9 per cent of GDP in 2024 to 45.4 percent by 2030, according to the International Monetary Fund(IMF) in its newly released Fiscal Monitor report.

[Leadership] The National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA) has said that 25.9 million children were vaccinated against measles across 26 states in 2024, representing a 98% coverage rate, as part of the country's intensified immunisation campaign.

[This Day] President Bola Tinubu yesterday called on world leaders to demonstrate unity, courage, and sustained commitment in addressing the worsening global climate crisis.

[Premium Times] INEC has yet to lift a ban on campaigns and the president has urged his supporters to stop the billboards.

[Premium Times] "With all the reforms that have taken place, particularly around FX, we have started engaging JP Morgan again to get back into the index. We think we are eligible now," the DMO DG said.

[Premium Times] Surrounded by local adversaries and with his party losing grassroots support, Mr Obovrevwori decided to flee the PDP to the APC.

[This Day] ·Radda announces $500m renewable energy partnership with private firm

[This Day] As Nigeria continues to push towards a $1 trillion economy by 2030 through indigenous industrialisation, the federal government has said it will re-evaluate the current fiscal regime offered the steel industry, as regards duties, to boost local production in the country.

[Vanguard] Determined to sustainably improve efficiencies in port operations and service delivery, the Federal Government (FG) through the Presidential Enabling Business Environment Council (PEBEC) is set to inaugurate the Ports and Customs Efficiency Committee (PCEC).

[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- Liberia's anticipated $500 million development grant from the U.S. Government's Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) is under serious threat following reports that the aid agency may soon be shut down, potentially terminating all ongoing and future grants, including Liberia's.

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[Premium Times] Flight delays and cancellations were recorded in Lagos, Abuja, and Kano airports on Wednesday

[RFI] Celebrations marking 50 years of the Economic Community of West African States - known as Ecowas - began in Ghana this week, but the mood was far from jubilant. The region's main political and economic bloc finds itself at a crossroads after losing three key members.

[Premium Times] "Over 80,000 women die prematurely from the toxic smoke of firewood and traditional cooking stoves."

[Daily Trust] President Bola Tinubu has directed an immediate and comprehensive overhaul of national security strategies, demanding urgent action to end the escalating violence in Borno, Benue, Plateau and Kwara states.