October 10, 2023
Nigeria: Bayelsa Poll - All Progressives Congress Will Appeal Judgement On Sylva - Ganduje
A Federal High Court in Abuja disqualified former Bayelsa governor, Timipre Sylva, from contesting the election coming up on 11 November. Read more »
Nigeria: Health Insurance - Nigerian Govt Launches Operational Guidelines for NHIA
The guidelines will also facilitate the implementation of health insurance in Nigeria Read more »
October 11, 2023
Nigeria: Fish Out Soldiers Who Allegedly Dialogued With Bandits - Zamfara Rep Tells Govt
The lawmaker said the federal government owed the people of Zamfara State an explanation regarding the presence of military men during the alleged dialogue with the bandits in the… Read more »
October 10, 2023
Liberia: LiberiaDecides 2023 - Counting Commences As Voting Ends in Liberia
Voting commenced at 8 a.m. in most parts of Liberia on Tuesday morning where Liberians came out en masse to vote for a new president and half of the Senate and the House of… Read more »
Nigeria: IMF Downgrades Nigeria's Economic Growth Projection
The IMF said global headline inflation is expected to steadily decline from its peak of 8.7 per cent in 2022 (annual average) to 6.9 per cent in 2023 Read more »
Liberia: LiberiaDecides'23 - Liberians Optimistic Despite Slow Voting Process
"I came by 8 a.m. I have not been able to vote but I am going to be here, It is my country," a Liberian voter said. Read more »
Nigeria: Senate Moves to Return Control of National Social Investment Programme to Presidency
The NSIP was created in 2016 by the administration of former President Muhammadu Buhari while the National Social Programme Agency Act was enacted this year to address… Read more »
Nigeria: 5.4 Million Voters to Vote in Bayelsa Imo, Kogi Governorship Elections - INEC
The off-cycle governorship elections hold in the three states on 11 November. Read more »
Nigeria: Lawyer Threatens to Sue INEC for Delaying Taraba Reps By-Election
The Taraba seat has been vacant in the House of Representatives since the inception of the 10th National Assembly. Read more »
Nigeria: Tinubu Considers 71-Year-Old Retiree As ICPC Chair
The 71-year-old retiree, if eventually appointed by Mr Tinubu, will be the fifth chairperson of ICPC which is in its 23rd year of existence. Read more »
Liberia: LiberiaDecides'23 - Large Turnout As Voting Commences in Liberia
Polls opened at 8 a.m. across Liberia with voters queued up in front of their various voting centres waiting to vote. Read more »
Liberia: Liberians Elect New President Today
Polls open today across Liberia at 8 a.m. and close at six in the evening. According to the National Election Commission (NEC), voters in the queue at 6 p.m. will be allowed to… Read more »
October 09, 2023
Nigeria: Civil Society Groups, NILDS, Others Advocate Equitable Tax Expenditure Governance for Nigerian Govt
The groups said the law regulating the granting of incentives places enormous discretionary powers on the executive arm of government. Read more »
Nigeria: Wike Accuses EU of Interfering in Nigeria's Internal Affairs
Mr Wike specifically rejected the position of the EU Observation Mission on the recently concluded general election in Nigeria. Read more »
October 10, 2023
Liberia: LiberiaDecides'23 - Election Umpire Speaks On Women, Youth Participation
Liberia is ranked 156 of 162 countries on the Gender Inequality Index and 163 out of 185 countries on the ranking of women in national parliaments. Read more »
October 09, 2023
Nigeria: Kano Assembly Passes N58 Billion Supplementary Budget, Withholds Details
The withholding of the details of the supplementary budget is a break with the tradition of the disclosure of the breakdowns of the state's budgets under previous administrations. Read more »
Nigeria: Govt to Rehire Retired Healthcare Workers to Combat Brain Drain
This is part of efforts to mitigate the mass exodus of health workers to developed countries, which has led to an acute shortage of health professionals in the nation's health… Read more »
Nigeria: Tinubu's Son Abuses Public Asset, Flies Presidential Jet to Watch Polo
Before Sunday's Kano trip, Seyi Tinubu is known for travelling regularly with the presidential jet either in the company of his father or in those of his associates. Read more »
Nigeria: Atiku Berates Tinubu for Appointing New Media Aides
"Not even a thousand media aides can save the reputation of President Bola Tinubu, which is currently drowning in scandals," Atiku said. Read more »
Nigeria: Sunday Igboho Regains Freedom in Benin Republic, Set to Return to Nigeria
"I am now free to return to Nigeria and visit any country in the world," Sunday Igboho told Tribune Newspaper. Read more »
Nigeria: Atiku Seeks Supreme Court's Approval to Present CSU Documents Against Tinubu
Atiku intends to use the Chicago State University (CSU) documents as proof of certificate forgery against Mr Tinubu at the Supreme Court. Read more »
Nigeria: Universal Basic Education - Governors Should Enforce the Inalienable Right of Pupils
Unfortunately, governors have the predilection for approbating the policy and, at the same time, engaging in governance missteps that undermine its effective implementation in… Read more »
October 08, 2023
Nigeria: Tinubu Outlines His Govt's Plans for Nigerian Universities
The President also condemned the politics of having individuals indigenous to the communities where the universities are sited insisting on holding principal offices. Read more »
Liberia: #LiberiaDecides - Weah's Supporters Defy Rain, Storm Monrovia for Campaign Finale
Liberia is set for the fourth election in its recent history (since the end of its civil war). Read more »
Nigeria: Tinubu Set to Controversially Appoint Ex-Secretary As EFCC Chair
The candidate being considered for the EFCC job by Mr Tinubu is a lawyer, who served as secretary of the anti-graft agency for two years during the reign of Ibrahim Magu as the… Read more »