Goddy Ikeh
The Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC) says that the 220 open oil blocks in various onshore and offshore basins across the country will be handed to concessionaires after periodic bid rounds and conditions are met.
The Ghanaian Government has set up a task force to investigate the helicopter crash that claimed the lives of two ministers and six other public officials on Wednesday.
The Ghanaian Government Statistician, Dr. Alhassan Iddrisu, has announced that the country’s annual inflation rate for July dropped to 12.1 per cent from 13.7 per cent recorded in June this year.
The Transitional President of Burkina Faso, Captain Ibrahim Traoré, received in audience on Wednesday, August 6, 2025, in Ouagadougou, a
Nigerien delegation led by the Minister of Energy, Professor Haoua Amadou.
French President Emmanuel Macron has officially suspended a 2013 bilateral agreement that allowed holders of Algerian diplomatic and service passports to enter France without a visa, citing a growing climate of mistrust between Paris and Algiers amid escalating tensions over migration, diplomacy and judicial matters.
Chadian President Mahamat Idriss Déby Itno arrived in Niamey on Wednesday, August 6, for a two-day official visit, where he was welcomed by Niger’s transitional leader, General Abdourahamane Tiani.
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has unveiled a new set of corporate governance guidelines tailored for the telecommunications industry in line with its regulatory evolution.
Despite President Abdelmadjid Tebboune’s high-profile announcements, Algeria’s food security strategy remains plagued by structural imbalances, centralised governance and headline-driven initiatives with limited long-term impact.
The opposition party, Ensemble pour le Gabon (EPG), has filed a petition with the Constitutional Court, contesting the legal framework governing the candidacy deadline for the upcoming legislative and local elections
The ECOWAS Commission, through its Early Warning Directorate (EWD) and the ECOWAS Peace Fund (EPF), is carrying out a joint technical mission to Ghana and Benin from July 31 to August 05, 2025, to assess the equipment procured for their National Early Warning and Response Centers.