West Africa

The popular Nigerian comedian Sunday Joshua, popularly known as De General has been arrested during a raid by the drug law enforcement agency. De General has been arrested with three suspects who were in possession of 200 sachets of 225 mg Tramadol – a restricted drug used to treat pain …

The Nigerian government said it has lifted its ban on Twitter, seven months after it accused the social media firm of siding with the secessionists. Nigerians can now resume using Twitter social networks, suspended since June 2021. But the government said it was reversing the ban after Twitter agreed to …

A woman and two children have died after a church collapsed during a church service on Tuesday evening in Asaba, the capital of Delta state in southern Nigeria, the BBC reported. Delta state police spokesperson Bright Edafe confirmed the tragedy adding that 18 people, including children, had been rescued. “Eleven …

Eight officers of Burkina Faso’s army have been arrested for plotting a coup, the country’s authorities have announced on Tuesday. The justice ministry on Tuesday said an investigation on the matter had begun. Colonel Mohamed Emmanuel Zoungrana, a well-known former army commander who has reportedly been critical of the government, …

Nigeria has lost its former head of state Ernest Shonekan, who died Tuesday January 11 in a hospital in Lagos at the age of 85. He was the country’s ninth head of state from 26 August until 17 November 1993, when he was ousted in a coup by the late …

Leaders of the Economic Community of West African States( ECOWAS) have reimposed severe sanctions against the Malian interim government after the military leaders had announced a long delay to the elections originally planned for February. After a meeting on Sunday in the Ghanaian capital, Accra, the ECOWAS leaders have decided …

Thirteen civilians have been killed in Burkina Faso in two separate attacks by suspected Islamist militants, the BBC reports. Eleven people were killed in a raid on a village by heavily armed men on motorbikes, and two volunteers working with the army’s anti-jihadist force were killed in the second incident. …

A 29-year-old man has been arrested in the Liberian capital, Sierra Leone, as he tried to sell his 10-year-old son. It was apparently a desperate attempt to raise funds to replace a stolen motorcycle. After his arrest, the man told investigating officers in the capital, Monrovia, that he needed around …

Dozens of residents have reportedly been killed by gunmen who raided several communities in the Anka and Bukkuyum areas of Nigeria’s north-western Zamfara state, local media reported. Motorbike-riding bandits attacked villages, shooting indiscriminately and setting houses on fire, villagers told the BBC. Multiple sources have given different casualty figures – …

Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari said the country is working to develop a vaccine against COVID-19 as the country battles the growing number of cases of the virus. According to health experts, Nigeria needs to triple its vaccination drive from just over 100,000 doses a day to meet its target of …