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 »

Nigeria: In Five Years, 99,985 Nigerian Students Enrolled in UK Universities - Interior Minister

Mr Tunji-Ojo said his ministry is determined to support genuine partnership drives among Nigeria's academic institutions and their foreign counterparts. Read more »

Nigeria: Security Operatives Kill 67 Kidnappers, Rescue 20 Victims in Bauchi

The suspected kidnappers were killed in the Lere communities in Tafawa Balewa Local Government Area. 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 »

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: How Jigawa Is Responding to Diphtheria Outbreak - Governor

The Jigawa State governor said the timely response by the state Ministry of Health and support provided by the NPHDA had aided in the management of the cases and in addressing the… Read more »

Nigeria: CJN, Others Pay Tributes to Deceased Supreme Court Judge Nweze

Mr Nweze, a Justice of the Supreme Court, aged 64, died aged on 29 July, in Abuja after a brief illness. Read more »

Nigeria: Reps to Probe Use of Dollar, Other Foreign Currencies As Legal Tender in Nigeria

The lawmakers also said there is a need for the CBN to tackle the depreciation of the naira while clamping down on the domestic use of dollars. Read more »

Nigeria: NCDC Names Four States With Highest Cholera Cases

NCDC says efforts were ongoing in providing response commodities to thr four affected states and other states in the country. 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: Nigeria Spent N4 Trillion in 2022 on Petrol Subsidy - Official

According to an official, in 2022, the Nigerian government expended more than N4 trillion on PMS subsidy. Read more »

Nigeria: Senate Laments N10bn Loss By Nigerian Ginger Farmers, Seeks Intervention of NEMA, NCDC, Others

The outbreak of a disease called funģi pathogens in southern Kaduna State is affecting the production of ginger in the area. 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: Nigerian Regulators, Oil Marketers to End Petrol Distribution Challenges

"So, NNPC has assured of supply and also the marketers have expressed their concerns about the availability of foreign exchange to also import and sell at the price," Mr Ahmed… 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 »

Nigeria: The South-East Economic and Security Summit - Another Talk Shop?

Some of the observations and recommendations at the Summit deserve deeper interrogation. Read more »

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 »

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: Emergencies - Our Response Time in Abuja Is Now Three Minutes - Official

The official said that the community structures have been adequately trained on emergency response through drills and simulations to equip them with the needed knowledge and… Read more »

Nigeria: NiMet Forecasts Heavy Rainfall in Many States This Week

Low to moderate rainfall should be expected over Ogun, Lagos, Delta, Bayelsa, Rivers, Benue, Gombe, Borno and Adamawa State. 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 Swells Media Team As Economy Bites Harder

The president, on Monday, appointed five more persons to the Presidential Advisory Media Team, bringing the total number of such appointments to at least 11. Read more »