Benin: MPs to amend new constitution this week
Members of Benin’s parliament will scrutinize a draft bill to amend the tiny West African nation’s 1990 constitution on Friday, local media reported. The new […]
Nigeria
Nigeria’s Buhari returns home after medical leave
Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari returned to Nigeria on Friday after he spent about seven weeks on sick leave in UK. The 74-year president who was […]
Nigeria will overcome recession in 2017 – Budget Minister
Nigeria’s Budget Minister, Udoma Udo Udoma, on Wednesday said the Government is determined to bring the country out of its first recession in a quarter […]
Nigeria directs oil firms to relocate headquarters
Nigerian’s acting president, Yemi Osinbajo this weekend instructed the relocation of all International oil companies head offices in the West-African nation to the Niger Delta. […]
King Mohammed VI, President Buhari Discuss Gas Pipeline Project
King Mohammed VI and President Muhammadu Buhari discussed in a phone talk Wednesday the upcoming stages of the Morocco-Nigeria Atlantic gas pipeline which will bring […]
Morocco to Become Member of ECOWAS, Another Major Regional Bloc
In a bid to boost further regional African integration and South-South cooperation, Morocco seeks the membership of the Economic Community of Western African Countries (ECOWAS), […]
Nigerian music legend donates $11,000 to IDPs
Nigerian music star, Innocent Idibia, popularly known as “2Face”, has donated 3.5 million naira to the UN refugee office in the country – UNHCR. He […]
South Africa: Zuma condemns xenophobic attacks
South Africa’s President Jacob Zuma has condemned acts of violence between south-Africans and non-nationals, his office said on Friday. At least 20 stores in Pretoria […]
U.N. needs $4 bln by March to ‘avert a catastrophe’ in 4 countries
The United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres on Wednesday said the global body needs over $4 billion by the end of next-month to help nearly […]
Two Germans archaeologists abducted in Nigeria
Two German archaeologists were kidnapped in central Nigeria on Wednesday, a police official said. The archaeologists were abducted during excavation work at Jajela village, near […]