Sirleaf disclosed this while speaking with newsmen after her closed door meeting with Jonathan in Abuja.
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A report released by UNICEF reveals that children in Africa have the lowest birth registration rate globally, with Nigeria accounting for 11 per cent of the rate in West Africa.
In political science, coups are often governed by the zeitgeist – the prevailing mood of the time. In the 70s, 80s and 90s, coups were fashionable in Africa, and particularly in West Africa. But with the turning of the 21 century, democracy stabilised in the region. However in 2019, there was a divergence from the assumed norm. The military struck in Sudan, deposing President Omar al-Bashir after weeks of popular protests.
Prof. Osinbajo also commiserated with family members, friends and associates of the late civil society leader, noting that Nigeria has lost a “thoroughbred social activist” whose “relentless pursuit of justice and the common good will be an enduring legacy.”
With three-pointer Sierra Leone scheduled to commence hostilities with bottom-placed Lesotho at 3pm GMT, and Nigeria and Benin due to kick off at 6pm GMT, it means the match in southern Africa would have ended before the group leaders take to the pitch of Stade Charles de Gaulle in West Africa.
The clash underscored the deep tensions following the December 7 election that has led to rare unrest in Ghana, a major cocoa and gold producer, seen as a bastion of democracy in West Africa.
The data obtained from the NCDC’s website on Tuesday showed that within a 24-hour period, the FCT reported the highest number of the day with 61 new infections.
Governor Udom Emmanuel of Akwa Ibom State has promised to expand the Ibom Air operations to cover other African countries to enhance the state’s economy.
The Vice President stated this on Tuesday during an interview with journalists shortly after the Extraordinary Summit of ECOWAS in Accra, Ghana.
The minister had scarcely finished answering when social media began to steam over the mistaken answer that Senegalese jollof rice was tastier than Nigeria’s. The avatars treated it as nothing less than culinary high treason.
Ahmed said this during the presentation of Personal Protective Equipment and other materials by Prisoners Rehabilitation Welfare Action and Open Society Initiative for West Africa to the service on Wednesday in Abuja.
Dr. Jonathan, who is ECOWAS Special Envoy to the Republic of Mali, briefed on the political situation in the West African country, as corollary to efforts by West African leaders to restore stability to the country.
The President, National Association of Nigerian Traders, Dr. Ken Ukaoha, disclosed this during a solidarity visit to the Chairman/CEO of the Nigeria in Diaspora Commission, Hon. Abike Dabiri-Erewa, on Tuesday, in Abuja.
The Ghanaian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration in a statement reacting to the demolition of the building reassured the diplomatic community in Ghana, particularly the Nigerian High Commission, that they were safe in the West African country.
Mahmud gave the advice at a diagnostic Webinar organised by the West African Institute for Financial and Economic Management in Lagos.
Ponnle made this known on Wednesday in Ikeja during the Year 2020 Ministerial Press Briefing to commemorate the first year in office of Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu.
Kola-Ogunlade, Communication Officer, Google, West Africa, said in a statement that the Plus Codes helps to locate people without a fixed address or difficult locations in rural areas to be located in emergency
The World Health Organisation is worried by the community spread of the new coronavirus in a significant number of West African countries, the regional head of the organisation said on Thursday.
Presidents of West African countries under the aegis of ECOWAS Authority of Heads of State and Government have appointed President Muhammadu Buhari Champion of the COVID-19 response.
The Federal Government and the Republic of Chad have agreed to sustain the Multinational Joint Task Force operations against Boko Haram/Islamic States for West Africa Province terrorists in the Lake Chad region.