Govt Extends Covid-19 Lockdown Measures By Four Weeks

This Day

The federal government has extended the guidelines on phase three of the eased lockdown by one month with effect from today. Read more »

Buhari Replaces Military Chiefs, Names Replacements

Premium Times

The president praised the officials for their "overwhelming achievements in our efforts at bringing enduring peace to our dear country." Read more »

Court Convicts 20-Year-Old Over Simulated Group Sex Video in Imo

Vanguard

An Imo State Magistrate Court, sitting at Umundugba, Isu local government area of the state, has convicted a 20-year-old school leaver, Peter Nwoke, for being the mastermind of a… Read more »

What to Know About Lucky Irabor, New Chief of Defence Staff

Premium Times

Lucky Irabor had won the respect of many Nigerians for taking responsibility for the actions of his troops in the war against the Boko Haram insurgency Read more »

Nollywood Actor, Ernest Asuzu, Has Died

Premium Times

Ernest Asuzu, who has been down with stroke since 2015, died on Tuesday night in Lagos. Read more »

Petroleum Industry Bill - Host Communities Demand 10% Equity Shareholding

Premium Times

The host communities demand 10 per cent of equity shareholding because they said they bear the brunt of the negative impacts of oil exploration. Read more »

Former U.S. Officials Call on Biden to Back WTO Selection for Okonjo-Iweala [document]

allAfrica

A cross-section of former senior U.S. government officials, including a Nobel Laureate, along with academicians and civil society leaders, have written to President Biden in… Read more »

Economy Front and Centre of Weah's State of the Nation Speech

RFI

Liberian President George Weah proposed several economic policies and legislative reforms during his 4th State of the Nation Address in Monrovia on Monday, in an effort to address… Read more »

Many Strategies but Little Progress in Securing the Sahel [analysis]

ISS

Since it started nine years ago, the Sahel security crisis has claimed tens of thousands of lives, forcibly displaced millions, and triggered record levels of food shortages. Last… Read more »

As Covid-19 Fuels Youth Unemployment, Govt Doles Out Jobs [analysis]

Thomson Reuters Foundation

Nearly 14 million young people are out of work in Nigeria, where oil wealth has enriched a small elite but failed to create jobs during the pandemic Read more »

Nationals of Kenya, Liberia, Guinea Face Trafficking Trial in U.S. [document]

DOJ

Indictment Alleges Conspiracy to Smuggle at Least 190 Kilograms of Rhinoceros Horns and at Least 10 Tons of Elephant Ivory Valued at More Than $7 Million Read more »

President Akufo-Addo, Dignitaries Pay Last Respect to Ex-President Rawlings

GhanaToday

The President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo on Tuesday paid his last respect to late ex-president Jerry John Rawlings. Read more »

Biden Lifts Travel Ban On Nigeria, Sudan, Tanzania, Others

Daily Trust

President Joe Biden on Wednesday lifted the travel restriction the Trump administration had placed on countries including Nigeria, Sudan, Eritrea, Tanzania, among others. Read more »

Nurses Accuse Doctors of Destroying Medical Profession

Leadership

The President, National Association of Nigerian Nurses and Midwives (NANNM), Adrafiu Adeniji, has accused medical doctors of destroying healthcare services in Nigeria.Adeniji,… Read more »

Power Supply - Turkish Company Proposes Low-Cost Electricity

Cameroon Tribune

Officials of the Turkish Power Company KARPOWERSHIP presented their offer to Prime Minister, Joseph Dion Ngute in Yaounde on January 25, 2021. Read more »