West Africa

The Akwa Ibom State Police Command had arrested a man for killing his 26-year-old son, for harvesting cassava on his farm in the Essien Udim Local Government Area of the state, Nigeria. “The suspect used a machete and killed his 26 year-old son, burnt the corpse and dumped the carcass …

Popular Nigerian singer-songwriter Yemi Alade says she has survived a car accident while touring in Spain, local media reported. In a post on her Instagram on Tuesday, the artist revealed that the accident happened last Thursday while travelling between Barcelona and Benicassim. No fatalities have been reported. She said that …

A 24-year-old woman has been arrested for killing her co-wife’s four-day-old baby with an insecticide at Bantu Village in the Ningi Local Government Area of Bauchi State, Nigeria, according to reports. “The suspect entered the co-wife’s room with liquid insecticide and applied it to the baby’s unhealed umbilical cord,” reports …

British police say they have charged a former Nigerian oil minister, Diezani Alison-Madueke, with bribery offences. The UK National Crime Agency said it suspected she had accepted bribes in return for awarding multi-million-dollar oil and gas contracts. Ms Alison-Madueke, who is also a former Opec president, served in the administration …

The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has rejected the Nigerien coup leader’s plan to lead the country for three years before restoring civilian rule. The organisation’s political commissioner, Abdel-Fatau Musa, said the timetable was unacceptable. On Saturday, Gen Abdourahamane Tchiani said a national dialogue was needed to lay …

West African military chiefs have said they are prepared to use force to restore democracy in Niger following last month’s coup if diplomacy fails. The generals from the Ecowas group of nations are meeting in Ghana to co-ordinate possible military intervention. The Ecowas peace and security commissioner, Abdel-Fatau Musah, said …

Ecowas Chiefs of Staff are meeting in the Ghanaian capital, Accra, to discuss the deployment of a standby force for possible military intervention to restore democracy in Niger. At least 11 of the bloc’s 15-member states back a military deployment to reinstate the democratically elected president, Mohamed Bazoum, after diplomatic …

Chiefs of staff of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) will meet this Thursday and Friday in Ghana to discuss possible military intervention in Niger, according to a regional military source, confirmed by a source at the ECOWAS. This meeting was to be held last Saturday, before being …

Nigerian President Bola Tinubu mourned and paid tribute to soldiers who died in a helicopter crash during an evacuation mission in Niger State on Monday. The president said the “tragic loss of our officers and soldiers had brought immense sadness to me”. In a statement, he said they would be …

Niger’s coup leaders have recalled their country’s ambassador in Ivory Coast saying comments by the Ivorian president had amounted to “praising armed action” against them, the BBC reported. Alassane Ouattara had spoken of his determination to see Niger’s democratically elected leader Mohamed Bazoum reinstated, on his return from a regional …