ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Nigerian authorities on Friday confirmed the first case of the new coronavirus in sub-Saharan Africa as the outbreak spread to a region with some of the world’s weakest health systems. The…
DAKAR, SENEGAL — Following a trend among industrialized nations, hard drugs are now making their way into the hands of West African consumers. With European markets saturated, experts believe drug barons are increasingly turning their…
The Super Eagles’ performance against Croatia happened in contrast to the expectations of many, after a 2-0 loss disappointing in their opener of the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia. Iceland is next how will…
Nigeria and other West African economies have been assessed to need the provision of more technical and institutional support that would improve significantly the capacity development within the sub-region. Besides, the ability to mobilize resources…
GENEVA — An emergency vaccination campaign is getting underway in northeastern Nigeria to prevent a deadly cholera outbreak from spreading to other countries. The World Health Organization reports the potentially devastating cholera situation is emerging…
Lagos residents are voting today, July 22, to elect their chairpersons and councilors across the 20 local government areas and 37 local council development areas. A total of 12 political parties presented candidates for the…
There are still conflicting figures on how much crude oil Nigeria produces daily despite the commencement of a scheme to monitor real-time crude oil production, Daily Trust findings have shown. In response to persistent calls…
LAGOS (Reuters) – Nigeria plans to sell 234.89 billion naira ($765.99 million) of short-dated treasury bills at an auction on April 6, the central bank said on Wednesday. The bank said it plans to sell…
On Friday March 24, 2017, Nigeria joined other countries to celebrate the 2017 World Tuberculosis Day (WTD) with the theme, Unite to end TB in Nigeria: Accelerating TB Case Detection and Treatment. As part of…
When the West African country, The Gambia went for Elections about a fortnight ago, I did not pay much attention. I knew it was a foregone conclusion. Yahya Jammeh the maverick dictator of 22 years…