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Office du Niger Unveils Plan to Transform Mali into a Leading Agro-Industrial Power by 2063

Office du Niger, Mali’s largest agricultural basin and a pillar of national food production, has unveiled its Vision 2063, a transformative and long-term...

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Mali Launches $300m Road Maintenance Programme to Boost National Connectivity

The government of Mali has unveiled a Road Maintenance Programme (PER) for 2025. It has allocated over 182 billion CFA francs(approximately $300 million)...

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Côte d’Ivoire Arrests, Extradites Beninese Journalist to Cotonou

A Beninese journalist, Comlan Hugues Sossoukpè, known for his criticism of President Patrice Talon’s government, has been arrested in Côte d’Ivoire, forcibly extradited...

Nigerian Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, has filed a formal appeal seeking to overturn a recent federal high court judgment that ordered the Senate to lift the suspension of Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, who represents Kogi Central.
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Nigerian Senate President, Akpabio Appeals Court Ruling Overturning Suspension of Senator Natasha

Nigerian Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, has filed a formal appeal seeking to overturn a recent Federal High Court judgment that ordered the Senate...

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Niger Army Destroys Terrorist Base Near Nigerian Border, 15 Militants Neutralised

The Nigerien Armed Forces have successfully destroyed a major terrorist base near its border with Nigeria in a decisive military operation carried out...

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Ghana’s Prisons to Produce 20% of Sanitary Pads, 30% of Desks and Uniforms for Schools– Interior Minister

The Minister for the Interior, Hon. Muntaka Mubarak, has announced that inmates across Ghana’s prisons will play a significant role in supporting national...

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Nigeria: Tinubu’s ‘Renewed Hope’ Agenda Under Scrutiny for Inconsistent Records

President Bola Tinubu’s administration has a bold and expansive plan titled “Renewed Hope,” which targets a national revival through strategic investments across various...

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Cameroon’s 92-Year-Old President, Paul Biya, Declares Bid to Run for Eighth Term in October Election

Cameroon’s President Paul Biya has officially declared his intention to run for an eighth term in office. The 92-year-old announced on social media,...

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U.S. Court Orders FBI, DEA to File Another Joint Status Report by August 7 on Release of Tinubu’s Unredacted Heroin Trafficking Records

The U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia has ordered the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA)...

Nigerian Government Under Fire as NNPC Admits Refineries Still Down Despite Billions Spent
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Delegate Praises Burkina Faso’s Progress in Food Security as Country Joins FAO Council

Burkina Faso has been elected to the Council of the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO). The West African nation...

Barely weeks after declaring a net profit of N3.3 trillion in the 2023 financial year, with a purported increase of over N700 billion (28%) when compared to the 2022 profit of N2.548 trillion, NNPC has announced it is under intense financial pressure.
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Nigerian Government Under Fire as NNPC Admits Refineries Still Down Despite Billions Spent

The Federal Government of Nigeria is facing criticism after the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) admitted that the country’s three major refineries, Kaduna,...

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Tinubu Uses Federal Power to Pressure Opposition Governors into APC, Deepening State Capture Ahead of 2027

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s political strategy ahead of the 2027 elections is becoming disturbingly clear and dangerously undemocratic. What we are witnessing is...