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AfricaNewsWest AfricaLibya’s Education Minister Jailed Over Textbook Shortage in Schools

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)March 18, 2025

Libya’s Education Minister, Moussa al-Megarief, has been handed a three-and-a-half-year prison sentence due to a textbook shortage dating back to 2021, according to the attorney general’s office on Sunday. The Tripoli court of appeal also imposed a fine of 1,000 dinars (approximately ₦320,000) and stripped him of his civil rights for the duration of his sentence and an additional year thereafter. Megarief, a member of the national unity government, faced accusations of favouritism in managing...

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Law & JusticeNewsNigeriaWest AfricaECOWAS Court Declares Kudirat Abiola’s Assassination Case Inadmissible

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)March 1, 2025

The Community Court of Justice, ECOWAS, on Friday, declared the case concerning Khalifa Abiola and two others and the Federal Government of Nigeria over alleged claims of human rights violations involving late Mrs Kudirat Abiola as inadmissible. The case filed under suit number ECW/CCJ/APP/62/22 was brought before the Court by the applicants, Khalifa Abiola, Moriam Abiola and Hadi Abiola suing on behalf of themselves and the estate of late Kudirat whom they alleged to have...

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NewsNigeriaPoliticsWest Africa5th Lake Chad Basin Governors’ Forum Meeting Kicks Off In Bornov

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)January 29, 2025

The 5th Lake Chad Basin Governors’ Forum meeting holding in Maiduguri, Borno state that would discuss the multi-faceted challenges facing Nigeria, Chad, Cameroon, and Niger had so far received 800 delegates. Baba Malam-Wali, Chairman of the Local Organizing Committee (LOC) of the forum, who is also the Secretary to the Yobe State Government (SSG), disclosed this at a pre-forum joint press briefing in Maiduguri. He said challenges of security; climate resilience, food security, socioeconomic recovery,...

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AfricaNewsPoliticsWest AfricaTinubu Vows to work with Ghana’s New President on Poverty Alleviation

Uzoamaka Ikezue (Staff Reporter)January 7, 2025

…Expresses Confidence Mahama’s Govt Will Work With Nigeria To Strengthen Bond President Bola Tinubu has said that his government and that of John Mahama, newly inaugurated president of Ghana will join hands to lift Nigeria and Ghana out of poverty. Tinubu also expressed confidence that the new government under the leadership of President John Mahama, will work with Nigeria to strengthen a powerful bond, leading to greater shared prosperity for both nations. The President made...

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AfricaNewsNigeriaWest AfricaFrance Withdraws Combatants From Chad After Breaking Ties with Regime

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)December 21, 2024

The French Defence Ministry said on Friday that it has begun the withdrawal of its soldiers from Chad after N’djamena last month abruptly ended military cooperation with its former colonial power. The ministry said in a statement on Facebook that a contingent of 120 soldiers had already left the African country and returned to France, which marked 10 days after French fighter aircraft left the Sahel country. “At midday, 120 French soldiers took off from...

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AfricaNewsPoliticsWest AfricaNigeria Settles ₦84 Billion, $54 Million ECOWAS Levy After 19 Years

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)December 16, 2024

For the first time in 19 years, Nigeria has fully met its financial obligations to the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) by paying 100 per cent of its community levy. The payment, totalling ₦84 billion and $54 million, covers Nigeria’s contributions for 2023 and extends through July 2024. The announcement was made by the President of the ECOWAS Commission, Dr Omar Touray, during the 66th Ordinary Summit of the ECOWAS Authority of Heads...

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NewsNigeriaWest AfricaECOWAS Approves Burkina Faso, Mali, Niger’s Withdrawal by 2025

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)December 16, 2024

The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has formally approved the withdrawal of Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger from the regional bloc, effective 29 January 2025. This decision was announced in a communiqué issued at the conclusion of an ECOWAS summit held on Sunday at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. President of the ECOWAS Commission, Omar Touray, read the communiqué, stating, “The authority takes note of the notification by Burkina Faso, Republic of Mali, and...

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NewsNigeriaPoliticsWest AfricaECOWAS Court Dismisses SERAP’s N50M Suit over Kaduna train attack

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)November 14, 2024

The ECOWAS Court of Justice on Thursday dismissed a suit brought by the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project, SERAP, seeking N50 million in compensation for each victim of the Abuja–Kaduna train attack, which occurred in March 2022. Recall that on 28 March 2022, terrorists bombed a section of the Abuja–Kaduna rail line near Rigasa, Kaduna. The explosion targeted a passenger train carrying over 970 people, resulting in 10 fatalities, injuries, and abductions. More than 150...

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NewsNigeriaPoliticsWest AfricaWest African Nations Endorse Nigeria’s Push for UN Security Council Position

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)November 11, 2024

Nigeria has secured the support of some West African nations in its quest for a permanent seat on the United Nations, UN, Security Council, according to the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Amb. Yusuf Tuggar. Tuggar disclosed this at a press conference in Abuja, detailing recent diplomatic efforts aimed at securing regional backing for Nigeria’s bid. The UN Security Council, established in 1945, currently has 15 members, including five permanent members—the United States, Russia, China, the...

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AfricaNewsPoliticsWest AfricaDoumbouya Promotes Self To Army General

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)November 3, 2024

Mamadi Doumbouya, Guinea’s coup leader has promoted himself to the rank of Army General as the country marked the creation of its armed forces. Doumbouya, 43, seized power in September 2021 from former president Alpha Conde through coup d’état had placed the then-colonel in charge of an elite force tasked with protecting him. Doumbouya is one of several officers who have seized power in West Africa since 2020, along with fellow military leaders in Mali,...

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