October 30
Nigeria: Ondo Amotekun Arrests 20-Year-Old for Killing Grandmother Over N3,000
Vanguard
The Ondo State security outfit, Amotekun, has detained a 20-year-old, Akinmade Friday, who allegedly killed a 65-year-old woman over a sum of N3,000. Read more »
Liberia: Liberia Hosts Annual Mano River Union Civil Peace Service Conference
Liberian Observer
Liberia is hosting the annual Mano River Union Civil Peace Service (MRUCPS) Conference, a gathering aimed at addressing the urgent issue of drug and substance abuse across the… Read more »
Liberia: Is It Time for By-Elections?
Liberian Observer
Imagine hiring a group of people to do a job and that group of people spends an entire month doing anything else but the job they were hired to do -- all while demanding full… Read more »
Nigeria: 'I've Never Had Sex With Male Teenager' - - Suspended RCCG Pastor
Premium Times
The famous youth pastor has been in the news in the last few days ever since a popular gossip blog alleged that he engages in same-sex relations with young men, allegedly offering… Read more »
Nigeria: Niger Lawmakers Raise Alarm As Bandits Take Over Nigerian Military's Largest Training Camp
Premium Times
Bandits have taken over a military cantonment hosting the largest military training camp in Nigeria, where personnel of the Nigerian Army's artillery corps undergo training Read more »
Nigeria: Lack of Maintenance Culture Affecting Nigeria's Sports Development, Says Pinnick
Premium Times
Pinnick has highlighted that Nigeria's sports development is hindered by a poor culture of infrastructure maintenance, which limits athletes' opportunities. Read more »
Nigeria: Kidnapped Nigerian Professor Escapes From Captivity
Premium Times
The professor was kidnapped on Sunday evening along Opi-Nsukka- Ugwogo-Nike Road in Igbo-Etiti Local Government Area of Enugu State. Read more »
Nigeria: Reps Urge INEC to Relocate Its Offices From Local Govt Headquarters
Premium Times
The legislator said INEC offices must be situated in secure and neutral venues. Read more »
Ethiopia: Tales of Expensive Senegal, Rigid Ethiopia and Depressing Mali [opinion]
Observer
Around trip from Entebbe, Uganda to Dakar, Senegal via Ethiopia takes approximately ten hours, costing around $483 (about Shs 1.7m). Read more »
Nigeria: Helicopter Crash - NCAA Dismisses Reports About Aircraft's Airworthiness
Vanguard
The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority, NCAA, has debunked reports concerning the airworthiness of the helicopter that crashed in Port Harcourt last Friday. Read more »
Gambia: 1st Lady Hails Merck Foundation for Advancing Africa's Healthcare
The Point
First Lady Fatoumatta Bah Barrow recently addressed the 11th Africa Asia Luminary in Tanzania, marking the seventh anniversary of the Merck Foundation. Read more »
Gambia: Man Who Hypnotised Police Officer Gets 4 Years Imprisonment
The Point
One Ebou Sanneh was yesterday convicted and sentenced to a mandatory jail term of 4 years imprisonment for hypnotising a police officer, Siga Faal, and stole some items from her. Read more »
Liberia: How to Build Women [opinion]
Liberian Observer
Prof. Dr. Thomas Piketty, world renowned economist from France, researched, wrote and published the Truth to the effect that there is growing income inequality within countries and… Read more »
Nigeria: Customers Express Frustration As Banks' It Glitches Linger
Daily Trust
'Development widening trust deficit' Upgrades have messed up small businesses - NASME Read more »
Nigeria: How Wamakko, Lamido Supremacy Battle Splits Sokoto Traditional Rulers
Daily Trust
The ongoing political rivalry between Senators Aliyu Magatakarda Wamakko and Ibrahim Lamido is taking on new dimensions, fracturing Sokoto's traditional rulers along support lines. Read more »
October 29
Africa: African Speakers Connect in Kazakhstan at Future Conference
allAfrica
African speakers featured prominently at the recent How to Form a Synchronized Vision of the Future conference in the Kazakhstan capital of Astana in the heart of Central Asia to… Read more »
Burkina Faso: Massacre Shows Need to Protect Civilians
HRW
Thoroughly Investigate Islamist Armed Group's War Crime at Barsalogho; Ensure Accountability Read more »
Nigeria: 17 Trafficked Nigerian Women Rescued From Ghana
Premium Times
Nineteen young girls and boys trafficked to Ghana have been rescued and brought home. Read more »
Nigeria: Newlyweds Escape Assassination Attempt On Enugu-Port Harcourt Road
Vanguard
A recent assassination attempt on newlyweds Uchechukwu Joseph and Ogechi Harmony Okomgbo has caused widespread concern. Read more »
Kenya: Google Commits Sh748.2mn for AI Skilling in Kenya, Nigeria, and S. Africa
Capital FM
Google has committed Sh748.2 million ($5.8 million) this year to support foundational AI and cybersecurity training in Nigeria, Kenya, and South Africa. Read more »
Mali: WFP Responds to Devastating Floods in Mali That Have Affected 350,000 People
WFP
The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) is ramping up its lifesaving response to people affected by the devastating floods in Mali. Since the start of the rainy season in… Read more »
West Africa: Monitoring of Indecent Campaign Language in Ghana - Findings From September
MFWA
This report presents findings from the daily monitoring of selected programs on 30 radio stations in Ghana. The data was collected from the 1st to the 30th of September 2024. It… Read more »
Nigeria: We'll Restore Electricity to Northern States in 5 Days - FG
Daily Trust
The Minister of Power, Adebayo Adelabu, on Monday, said electricity would be restored to the 17 northern states that have experienced outages due to the vandalism of the… Read more »
Nigeria: Endbadgovernance Protest, Wake-Up Call - Northern Govs
Vanguard
....Say its against Northern interest Read more »
Nigeria: TCN Promises to Restore Bulk Power to Northern States
This Day
The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) has said it is working to restore power to most parts of the North that have been in darkness for over a week as a result of vandalism of… Read more »
