The bank launched the main African Economic Outlook report in May during the Bank’s Annual Meetings in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt. The West Africa Economic Outlook presents the current state of economic and social development in the region and projects the outlook for comparative analysis over time and across countries. While analyzing the granularity of…
Many Nigerian universities owned by the federal government have, in the past few months, increased fees to be paid by students, leaving parents and their wards groaning. The Nigerian government has said the federal government-owned universities remain tuition-free, describing as inaccurate the media reports suggesting the introduction of tuition by the institutions. Many Nigerian universities…
Parliament has passed the Criminal Offences (Amendment) Bill 2022 into law, to abolish the death sentence penalty from the country’s statutes. Persons found guilty of murder, if the president assents to it, henceforth, would be sentenced to life imprisonment, the new law provides. The Speaker of Parliament, Alban Sumana Kingsford Bagbin, on Friday, July 14,…
President Bola Tinubu has nominated 28 persons as ministers. The list includes ex-Kaduna Governor Nasir El-Rufai and ex-Rivers Governor, Nyesom Wike. The list was contained in a letter read by the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, at the plenary on Thursday. The ministerial list was submitted to the Senate by the president’s Chief of Staff, Femi Gbajabiamila, at…
A group of soldiers went on air on state television late on Wednesday night to confirm the coup d’etat in the Niger Republic and the removal of the country’s president, Mohamed Bazoum, from power. The spokesman for the group, Colonel Amadou Abdramane, dressed in a blue uniform and surrounded by nine other officers in different…
The Chairman of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Authority of Heads of State and Government and Nigeria’s president, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has reacted to the unfolding events in Niger Republic following reports of the coup d’état in the country. In a statement released by the president, he expressed the ECOWAS’s rejection of…
Reports emerging from Niger Republic say a coup d’etat is underway. Sources say the president, Bazoum Mohamed, has been held hostage by the Presidential Guards. The Deployment of weapons and the national guard has been reported. It is also being reported that the Presidential Guards, who have held President Bazoum hostage since the morning, refuses…
Accused Recants Prior Testimony The landmark trial of Guinea’s former president and 10 others, including former ministers, accused of responsibility for a massacre and rapes in a stadium, resumed on Monday, July 10, 2023, after being suspended for a month and a half. In one of the most brutal incidents in Guinea’s history, Guinean security forces opened fire on protestors during a peaceful…
The Sorghum Farmers Association of Nigeria (SOFAN), has commended President Bola Tinubu for declaring state of emergency on food security. The President of the association, Alhaji Lawal Gada, made the commendation when he addressed newsmen on Saturday in Abuja. According to Gada, the action of the president could not have come at a better time…
By Ejiroghene Barrett After a number of coup d’etats in the middle of an apparent “democratic rebirth”, West Africa seems to have set the stage for a re-emergence of a scourge many believed had been expunged from the region’s political script. These interventions have tipped the political balance in several states and pose a serious…
