June 11
Nigeria: Tinubu to Address Nigerians On Democracy Day
Leadership
President Bola Tinubu will deliver a national address on Friday, June 12, in commemoration of the 2026 Democracy Day celebration. Read more »
Ghana: Ghana First Alliance Protests in Accra Over Gold Fields Licence Renewal
Ghanaian Times
The Ghana First Alliance, a movement, is today staging a protest in Accra against the renewal of the mining licence of Gold Fields, a mining company owned by a South African… Read more »
Nigeria: Beyond Awareness - Why Nigeria Must Fund a Period-Friendly Future [blog]
Nigeria Health Watch
Every year on 28 May, Nigeria joins the global community to observe Menstrual Hygiene Day and its goal of building a #PeriodFriendlyWorld, where menstruation does not limit… Read more »
West Africa: Forced Labour in West African Cybercrime Academies - How Fear Traps Young Men [analysis]
The Conversation Africa
Forced labour in cybercrime might call to mind scam compounds in south-east Asia. A growing body of scholarship, journalism and policy attention has entrenched that stereotype.… Read more »
Liberia: Migration - Why This Policy Field Is Emerging As a Priority in Liberia [analysis]
African Arguments
All across West Africa, migration policy-making has become a top priority. Not least related to the externalisation pressures of the European Union (EU) and its members',… Read more »
Nigeria: Dangote Refinery Valued At $39b in Private Placement Ahead of IPO
Daba Finance
Dangote Petroleum Refinery is seeking to raise about $1 billion through a private placement that values the company at $39.1 billion, according to an information memorandum seen by… Read more »
Nigeria: '88,000 Practice Open Defecation - Epidemic Looms' - Cross River LG Raises Alarm
Vanguard
A local government council chairman in Cross River State, Dr. Fred Okem has bemoaned the high rate of open defecation by residents of the area and warned that an epidemic looms if… Read more »
Nigeria: APC Has Number, Strength to Win Any Election - Yilwatda
Vanguard
All Progressives Congress (APC) National Chairman, Prof. Nentawe Yilwatda, says the party has the numbers and strength to win the forthcoming Ekiti governorship election and the… Read more »
Ghana: Minority MPs On Parliament's Health Committee Barred From Visiting Afari Hospital
Ghanaian Times
Security personnel at the Afari Government Hospital yesterday turned away the Ranking Member of Parliament's Health Committee, Dr Nana Ayew Afriyie, and a delegation of Ashanti… Read more »
Nigeria: Gunmen Kill Two Vigilantes in Fresh Plateau Attack
Vanguard
Tragedy struck Ta-Hoss community in Riyom Local Government Area of Plateau State on Wednesday night as two local vigilantes were reportedly attacked and killed while keeping watch… Read more »
Nigeria: Lagos 2027 - Sanwo-Olu Unveils Hamzat, Sonayon-James As APC Flagbearers
Vanguard
Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has unveiled Deputy Governor Obafemi Hamzat as the All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship candidate for the state, with Princess… Read more »
Nigeria: Troops Uncover Suspected Ipob/Esn Safe House in Enugu, Recover Arms
Vanguard
Troops of Operation UDO KA have uncovered a suspected safe house belonging to members of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) and its armed wing, the Eastern Security… Read more »
Nigeria: Police Foil Plot to Kidnap Chinese National in Ogun
Vanguard
The Ogun State Police Command has foiled a planned kidnapping of a Chinese national and arrested two suspected conspirators allegedly involved in a plot to demand a ransom of N50… Read more »
Nigeria: U.S., Nigeria Say Joint Operations Killed More Than 200 Boko Haram, ISWAP Fighters
Shabelle
The United States Africa Command (AFRICOM) and the Nigerian military said they had carried out joint operations against Boko Haram and Islamic State-linked militants in… Read more »
Nigeria: Drug Abuse, Internal Collaboration Fueling Insecurity in Edo - Commissioner
Vanguard
THE Edo State government on Wednesday said drug abuse among young people and collaboration from some residents and indigenes of some communities were factors fuelling crimes like… Read more »
Nigeria: Tech Academy Partners Real Estate Firm to Empower Graduates With International Trade Certifications
Vanguard
8Over 40 youths receive CPD UK accreditation and Ministry of Labour trade test certificates Read more »
Nigeria: Prison Congestion - Judges Face Backlash Over Unjust Bail Conditions
Vanguard
As concerns mount over the country's rising prison population, judges and prosecuting agencies have been identified as part of the problem. Read more »
Nigeria: Nigeria Air - EFCC Alleges Ex-Aviation Minister Rented Ethiopian Airlines Plane for Show
Leadership
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has alleged that former Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika, presented an aircraft belonging to Ethiopian Airlines as the proposed… Read more »
Nigeria: Emir Sanusi Advocates Long-Term Social Investment Framework to Combat Poverty in North-West
Leadership
The Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi II, on Wednesday called on governments in the North-West to adopt a long-term social policy investment framework with protected funding for… Read more »
Nigeria: Ward Delineation - Tompolo, IYC Call On INEC to Do the Right Thing
Leadership
High Chief Government Ekpemupolo, a.k.a Tompolo has called on the Independent National Electoral Commission, (lNEC) to do the right thing over delineation of wards in the Warri… Read more »
Nigeria: Uzodimma Unveils 4 Million-Strong Grassroots Mobilisation Groups for Tinubu's Re-Election
Leadership
Governor of Imo State and Chairman of the Progressive Governors' Forum, Hope Uzodimma, has unveiled four million-strong grassroots mobilisation groups for the re-election of… Read more »
Nigeria: Oyedele Hails Innovation, Institutional Transformation As NRS Unveils Rev360 Platform to Boost Revenue Administration
This Day
Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Mr. Taiwo Oyedele, yesterday hailed ongoing innovation and institutional transformation at the Nigeria Revenue Service… Read more »
Nigeria: Warri - Evacuate Illegal Occupiers From Olero Flow Station,Chevron Host Communities Tell Oborevwori
Vanguard
Leaders of Itsekiri Communities of Ebrohimi, Obaghoro, Tebu, Gbokoda, Aja - Amita, Udo and Jakpa, making up the Indigenous Communities of Olero Oil Field in Warri North Local… Read more »
South Africa: Hundreds Board Voluntary Repatriation Flight to Nigeria
GroundUp
Nigerian Consul-General says their citizens no longer feel safe in South Africa due to anti-immigrant violence in recent weeks Read more »
Nigeria: What Lagos Planned for Precious Seeds [analysis]
African Arguments
In December 2025, Lagos State bulldozers tore down Precious Seeds, a waterfront settlement in Oworonshoki. Esther Udoh had been driven out of the same site once before, by a fire… Read more »
