June 21
Liberia: Media Owners Urge Executive Mansion to Halt Website Advertising, Cite Negative Impact On Their Businesses
FrontPageAfrica
Media executives, including publishers and radio and television station managers, have urged the Executive Mansion to stop advertising on its website. Read more »
Liberia: 'Sierra Leone Causing Problems for Us' - LDEA Officer-Charge Reports Increase in Drug Trafficking From Border
FrontPageAfrica
Christopher Peters, the Officer-In-Charge of the Liberia Drug Enforcement Agency (LDEA) says most of the illicit drugs that enter Liberia pass through the Sierra Leone border. Read more »
Liberia: Jeety Rubber Factory a 'Force Multiplier'
Liberian Observer
"You are providing opportunities beyond the people that work here, but for the people in the communities as well as for the farmers," says U.S. Embassy Chargé d'Affaires,… Read more »
Nigeria: Police Arraign Three Men Caught With Explosives in Ekiti
Premium Times
The police said the defendants had in their possession three cartridges of 32mm, a detonating cord and firing cables. Read more »
Nigeria: Cholera - Kano Govt Issues Safety Measures for Residents
Premium Times
The World Health Organisation (WHO) announced a resurgence of cholera cases across countries in Africa, East Asia, America, Europe, and the Eastern Mediterranean region. Read more »
Nigeria: $550m Investment in Ubeta Project Set to Boost Nigeria's Domestic Gas Supply [press release]
Premium Times
This project signifies a major step in advancing energy security, a cornerstone of the federal government of Nigeria's plans to achieve sustained economic development through… Read more »
Nigeria: Ubeta Gas Project 'Ll Record Nigerian Content Successes - NCDMB
Premium Times
TotalEnergies E&P is the operator of OML 58 onshore licence, with a 40 per cent stake in the US$550 million Ubeta Field Development Project, while the Nigerian National… Read more »
Nigeria: Ondo Govt Reacts to Judgment Nullifying 33 LCDAs
Vanguard
The Ondo State Government says necessary legal action will be taken on the judgment nullifying the creation of the 33 Local Council Development Areas (LCDAs) in the state. Read more »
Nigeria: FERMA Begins Repairs of Federal Roads in Abia, Appeals for Patience
Vanguard
Federal Road Emergency Road Maintenance Agency, FERMA, has commenced repairs of three federal roads in Abia State. Read more »
Nigeria: Cholera - WHO Confirms Global Resurgence, Records 1,900 Deaths
Premium Times
Based on the number of outbreaks and their geographic expansion, alongside the shortage of vaccines and other resources, WHO said it has classified the outbreak as "a grade 3… Read more »
Nigeria: Old Video Alert - Naked Women Protested Against 'Killings and Corruption' in Nigeria's Anambra State, Not Economic Hardship Under Tinubu Administration
Africa Check
Old video alert: naked women protested against 'killings and corruption' in Nigeria's Anambra state, not economic hardship under Tinubu administration Read more »
Ghana: Copyright Office Urges Team Eternity to Opt for Out of Court Settlement After Song Theft Claims
Accra Times
The Defe Defe hitmakers have been hit with claims of sampling a line from a 2004 song Read more »
Ghana: FDA Defends Ban On Celebrity Alcohol Advertisement
Accra Times
Joseph Yaw Bernie Bennie, Director of Legal Affairs at the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), has responded to critics of the agency's prohibition on celebrity alcohol… Read more »
Liberia: LTA Cracks Down On Non-Compliant Radio Stations
Liberian Observer
Some of the most prominent FM radio stations in Montserrado County, according to the Liberia Telecommunications Authority (LTA), are in trouble with the broadcast regulatory… Read more »
Liberia: Senate Pro-Tempore Defends Retreat Budget
Liberian Observer
-- Says it was legitimate Read more »
West Africa: Accra Launches Inaugural West Africa Music and Arts Festival
Accra Times
The four-day festival, which commenced on June 19, 2024, at the Kwame Nkrumah Memorial Park, features a music industry conference, panel discussions, workshops, art sales,… Read more »
Nigeria: Anambra 2025 - APC Elders Forum Declares Zoning for Guber Election Sacrosanct
Vanguard
As part of its buildup to reclaim Anambra in the 2025 governorship election of the state, the All Progressives Congress (APC) Elders Forum has insisted that zoning should remain as… Read more »
Nigeria: 'Game of Thrones' - Feuding Parties Claim Victory in Kano Court Ruling
Leadership
The eagerly anticipated court ruling in the Kano emir stool struggle has left both parties to the dispute claiming victory. Read more »
Nigeria: Nigerian Lecturers Least Paid in the World - ASUU
Leadership
Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) in Modibbo Adama University (MAU), Yola, has lamented that Nigerian university professors are the lowest paid in the world. Read more »
Nigeria: FG, Centre Mobilise Youths to Protect Senior Citizens' Rights
Leadership
To improve the quality of life of Nigerian senior citizens, the National Senior Citizens Centre (NSCC) and the Federal Ministry of Youth have initiated a scheme to mobilise youth… Read more »
Nigeria: NNPP Ex-VP Candidate Commends Kwankwaso's Bond With Kano Masses
Leadership
Former vice presidential candidate of New Nigeria People's Party (NNPP), Bishop Isaac Idahosa, has commended the party's presidential candidate in 2023, Sen. Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso,… Read more »
Nigeria: ASUU Threatens Strike, Others Give Ultimatum
Leadership
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Federal University, Gashua branch in Yobe State, has urged the federal government to address the lingering issues affecting… Read more »
Nigeria: Environmental Workers Under Attack By Polluters
Vanguard
Environmental workers in Nigeria have come under attack while discharging their duties to protect natural resource and the local environment. There has been an increase in such… Read more »
Nigeria: Cooking Gas Price Rises By 70.12 Percent in May - NBS
Vanguard
The average retail price for refilling a 5kg cylinder of Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG), commonly known as cooking gas rose by 70.12 per cent, Year-on-Year, YoY to N7,418.45 in May… Read more »
Nigeria: FG's Deficit Spending Rises 8 Percent to N1.07trn
Vanguard
·As low exchange gain triggers 47% shortfall in revenue target Read more »