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Nigeria sets campaign spending limits for 2019 elections

Nigeria’s parliament has passed a law setting campaign spending limits for next year’s elections. The new law now allows for Presidential candidates to spend not more...

Nigeria sets up committee to assess readiness for AfCFTA

Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari has inaugurated a committee to assess the country’s impact and readiness for the African Continental Free Trade Agreement. The committee has...

Ghana’s central bank launches cyber security tools for banks

Ghana’s central bank on Monday rolled out cyber security directive for financial institutions in the country. The move according to the Bank of Ghana is...

Ghana unveils data centre to monitor operations of Telcos

Ghana on Monday unveiled a new data centre with a system supposed to monitor the operations of telecommunication companies operating in the country. The newly...

Ghanaian University shutdown after students’ violent protest

The Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) in Ghana’s second largest city, Kumasi has been shut down indefinitely. It followed a violent protest...

Nigerian SME’s to benefit from $50m AfDB facility

About one hundred Small and Meduim Scale businesses are expected to benefit from a US$50 million credit facility from the African Development Bank. The funds...

University students in Ghana protest police brutalities

Students of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology in Ghana's second biggest city, Kumasi on Monday staged a protest against police brutalities. The...

German detained in Ghana for stabbing man to death

Police in Ghana have reportedly detained a German national for stabbing a Ghanaian to death. Local media Starr FM reports that the German is on...

Nigeria: 55 people killed in Kaduna state violence

Nigerian officials say violence in the country's northern state of Kaduna has killed at least fifty-five people. Two communities in the Kasuwan Magani area of...

Liberia investigates U.S. charity over rape allegations

Liberia’s government has started investigating a U.S. charity More Than Me (MTM). It follows reports that one of its founding staff raped many girls...

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Nigerian High Commission apartments in Ghana demolished

Some new apartments built at the residence of the Nigerian High Commissioner in Ghana’s capital city Accra, have been demolished by bulldozers. The apartments have been constructed to...

Covid-19: Ghana records significant recovery numbers

Ghanaian health officials on Saturday said over 10,000 persons infected with the coronavirus have now recovered. The significant number of recoveries means the country now...

DR Congo: President’s ex-chief of staff jailed 20 years for corruption

The ex-chief of staff of the president of the Democratic Republic of Congo has been jailed 20 years by a high court. Vital Kamerhe was...

Covid-19: Zimbabwe’s health minister arrested, charged for graft

Zimbabwe's Health Minister Obadiah Moyo has been arrested over corruption allegations related to procurement of medical equipment worth $60 million. Moyo is accused of illegally...

Ghana’s new law that jails citizens not wearing facemask 10 years

Ghanaians who fail to wear the face masks in compliance with a presidential directive risk going to jail for ten years. They also face a...
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