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.
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The Multi-National Joint Task Force has launched a coordinated offensive to dislodge Boko Haram and Islamic State West Africa Province terrorists from Tunbuns Islands of Lake Chad.
Kenya, Ghana and Gabon on Friday reported their first confirmed cases of infection with the new coronavirus.
The ECOWAS Parliament on Monday elected Sidie Mohammed Tunis from Sierra Leone as the new Speaker of the sub-regional parliament.
Google Nigeria in partnership with digital payments company, Flutterwave, will commence a series of business clinics aimed at helping 5,000 merchants across Nigeria acquire the skills and tools needed.
West Africa still faces challenges in eradicating tuberculosis as evidenced by the high burden imposed by TB, multidrug resistance TB and TB/HIV infection, the West African Health Organisation has said.
West Africa’s largest independent chemicals company and oil and gas engineering solutions company, Eunisell, has extended its sponsorship deal with Nigeria Professional Football League side, Rivers United.
Seizures of Tramadol increased ten-fold from 17 tonnes in 2014 to 170 tonnes in 2017 in West Africa, according to West African Epidemiology Network on Drug Use Report (2014 – 2017).
President Muhammadu Buhari says the insecurity challenges in the West African subregion can only be effectively tackled if a common strategy is adopted by member states.
The President of the 73rd United Nations General Assembly, María Espinosa-Garcés, says UN will work with Nigeria and West Africa region to tackle development and security challenges together.
To attract more foreign investments into the Nigerian economy, the policy environment needs to be strengthened by the implementation of more liberal and clearer policies.
Two-time champions Nigeria and West African rivals Guinea clash at the National Stadium, Dar es Salaam on Wednesday afternoon in what is a much-anticipated first semifinal of the ongoing Africa U17 Cup of Nations.
Nigeria-based Value Seeds tops the rankings in new research on seed companies operating in Western and Central Africa.
Olu Raheem, the Business Finland’s Trade Commissioner in West Africa, on Sunday said that Nigerian embassies should be made to do more to attract more businesses to the country.
In line with its resolve to enhance business growth and expansion, Stanbic IBTC, working with its mother brand, Standard Bank Group of South Africa, have partnered with Eland Oil & Gas, an oil and gas production and development company operating in West Africa with an initial focus on Nigeria,
The UN has advised stakeholders in the forthcoming general elections to avoid messages of hate, politics of acrimony, bitterness and rancour to avoid undermining the peace and stability of Nigeria.
The International Labour Oraganisation and National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons are working together to reduce the rate of child labour and trafficking in persons in Nigeria and West Africa.
The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar, has expressed sadness over the news that the Republic of Ghana has overtaken Nigeria as West Africa’s largest recipient of foreign direct investment.
Nigeria’s 2.1 per cent economic growth projection in 2019 is expected to drive the regional growth forecast of 2.9 per cent, the United Nations report has projected.
Six Russian Sailors have been abducted by pirates off the coast of Benin, the Russian Embassy in the West African nation said on Saturday.