West Africa News

[This Day] In celebration of this year's World Heart Day, Wella Health, a leading African health tech startup, is carrying out free blood pressure tests for over 100,000 Nigerians across its 600 partner pharmacies from Tuesday September 29 to October 29 this year.

[Vanguard] The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Kaduna State Sector Command, says it has convicted no fewer than 262 traffic offenders from January to August in the state.

[Daily Trust] Lagos -- Elder Nathaniel C.U. Okoro, popularly known as Nat Okoro, is the first indigenous Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer (MD/CEO) of the Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC).

[Daily Trust] Abeokuta -- The Federal Government says it would establish gold souks (markets) in Kano and Lagos for trading locally-mined gold in Nigeria.

[Daily Trust] Lagos -- Sixty years after Nigeria got independence, one of its iconic buildings which bear the symbol of freedom and self-determination for the country have been left to crumble.

[Daily Trust] The Nigerian Institution of Civil Engineers (NICE), Abuja chapter has expressed worry over the country's decaying health infrastructure, calling for urgent government attention.

[Daily Trust] Makurdi -- A traditional Head of Tyoshin people of Gwer-West Local Government Area of Benue State, Chief Daniel Abomtse, has alleged that youths were using fetish means to kill elders in the area.

[Daily Trust] If the joint Nigeria Labour Congress [NLC] and Trade Union Congress [TUC] general strike and protest go ahead this morning, as seems very likely, who will sit down and calculate its cost to the public treasury, to businesses large and small, to families and to workers themselves? I have an idea: it depends on how long the strike lasts, how total it is, and how disruptive the protests are to economic and social life of Nigerians.

[This Day] Abuja -- The erstwhile acting Registrar of the National Examinations Council (NECO), Abubakar Gana, has denied the embezzlement allegation levelled against him of N368.875 million while he held sway at the examination body.

[Ghana Presidency] The President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, says the 2020 presidential candidate of the National Democratic Congress, John Dramani Mahama, has proven, over time, to be inconsistent, as he flip-flops on issues of national development.

[Daily Trust] The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) and Sterling Exploration and Energy Production Company (SEEPCO) have signed an agreement for the development and commercialisation of gas from the Oil Mining Lease (OML) 143 that could help reduce gas flaring in the country.

[This Day] The authorities should stop the cyclical waste called turnaround maintenance of refineries

[This Day] The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) has finally lifted the suspension order it earlier placed on telecoms masts and towers in Abuja metropolis.

[Leadership] Abuja -- The president of Paralympic Committee of Nigeria (PCN), Brig. General Emico Eruwa (Rtd) has identified lack of sponsorship as factors hindering the development of special sports in the country.

[Leadership] The National Agency for Food, Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), has expressed its commitment to eliminating substandard and falsified medicines in the country through partnership with pre-shipment agents in China and India.

[Leadership] As deliberations and ratification of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) continues, the president of Ship Owners Association of Nigeria (SOAN), Dr Mark George Onyung, has said that Nigeria would benefit from over $900 billion daily global shipping business.

[Leadership] The apex sociocultural northern group, Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) said it received the disturbing news that the convoy of Governor Babagana Zulum of Borno state on its way to Baga was again at-tacked by Boko Haram terrorists.

[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- Mr. Dee Maxwell Kemayah, Liberia's Foreign Minister-designate, faced the Senate's Foreign Affairs Committee for the second time last Friday for confirmation in the wake of allegation of sexual harassment against him by an employee of Liberia's Mission to the United Nations.

[Daily Trust] Contestants entering the Mr and Miss Nigeria International pageant this year will have to show a COVID-19 fitness certificate as a major requirement, the show's organizer says.

[Daily Trust] Anxiety is gradually building up in the ancient city of Zaria seven days after the demise of the late Emir Shehu Idris as his successor has not been appointed.

[Premium Times] The labour unions suspended the strike after a late night meeting with a federal government team.

[Vanguard] Maiduguri -- Barely 48 hours when some members of dreaded Boko Haram ambushed convoy of Governor Babagana Umara Zulum along Cross Kauwa-Baga road in Borno state leaving over 30 people dead including 10 policemen and 4 soldiers, another set of insurgents laid ambush along Monguno- Maiduguri axis and attacked the returning convoy on Sunday evening.

[RFI] The death toll from a jihadist attack on the convoy of the regional governor in northeast Nigeria has risen to 30, security sources said Saturday.

[Daily Trust] At least 39 in 100 Nigerians say they would prefer to own an international degree from universities in the United Kingdom.

[Premium Times] The Defence Headquarters says 13 Boko Haram terrorists alongside six women and 17 children from Kodila village have surrendered to troops of 151 Task Force Battalion at Banki Junction in Bama Local Government Area of Borno.

[Premium Times] A new emir is being awaited for Zazzau emirate seven days after the stool became vacant.

[Premium Times] The women contributed N1,000 each for two months to buy the vehicle.

[This Day] Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has asked President Muhammadu Buhari to "instruct Minister of Justice and Attorney General of the Federation, Mr. Abubakar Malami (SAN) to take steps to expeditiously, diligently, effectively and fairly prosecute over 103 high-profile corruption cases.

[DW] The decision to appoint a civilian as PM could result in the lifting of sanctions by neighboring countries. The restrictive measures were imposed following a military coup last month.

[Vanguard] Big brother Naija housemate and top finalist, Laycon has emerged the winner of the Lockdown edition 2020.