West Africa

A 45-year-old Nigerian man has been sentenced to two years in prison for spending 2million Naira that had been erroneously transferred into his account, the country’s anti-corruption agency says. The judge in the south-western city of Ilorin also ordered Adetunji Tunde Oluwasegun, who had pleaded guilty, to repay the sum …

The information is reported by our colleagues of Beninwebtv. According to the online media, health workers and nurses were arrested by the police for not wearing a mask in the Departmental University Hospital Center of Borgou on Monday, January 18. According to the departmental director of health , Ibrahim Mama …

Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the equivalent of $17m for the construction of 38 oxygen plants across the country. The West African country is grappling with a shortage of oxygen for Covid-19 patients amidst a second wave of the pandemic. The number of Covid-19 patients in need of oxygen …

Sierra Leone is to impose a nationwide curfew and restrict travel in and out of the capital, Freetown, the Reuters news agency quotes the government as saying. The restrictions are being imposed because of an exponential rise in Covid-19 cases after the holiday season. From Monday, people wanting to leave …

Like other countries, Nigeria announces its own vaccine to fight against the coronavirus pandemic. It announces on Monday a project of 10 Billion Naira( $ 25,3m) to support the national production of vaccine in order to fight against the coronavirus pandemic throughout the territory. During a press conference in Abuja …

A juvenile court in Nigeria’s southern city of Uyo has commenced the trial of two boys who are accused of allegedly molesting an 11-year-old schoolmate. The two senior students both 13 years old were charged with committing acts of gross indecency and unlawfully and indecently assaulting a minor. They were …

Malian authorities have banned a protest scheduled for Wednesday afternoon in the capital Bamako against the presence of the French anti-jihadist force in the country. “The protest is not allowed because of the restrictions to slow down the spread of Covid-19”, said Bamako governor’s chief of staff Daniel Dembélé. The …

A Nigerian artist has featured in the official playlist of the new american President Joe Biden’s inauguration. Burna Boy‘s song titled Destiny will feature alongside other big international artists’ songs. The 46-song playlist was curated to reflect the diversity in the US, the Biden inauguration team said in a statement. …

The former Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, the co-chair of a panel reviewing the world’s response to the coronavirus pandemic, has expressed her disappointment at the way rich countries are monopolising supplies of Covid-19’s vaccines. She told an online briefing of the World Health Organization that vaccine rollout in poorer …

It remains three months to go before the presidential election in Benin, President Patrice Talon opened the election campaign with an announcement of his candidacy for a second term supposedly in the spirit of strengthening good governance. A surprise for some in light of the president’s declaration of wanting to …