Le Figaro with AFP: The head of the junta that took power in Burkina Faso on Friday ordered the creation of a national theater operations command center, the first of its kind in the West African country plagued by jihadist violence since 2015, indicates a presidential decree. “A National Theater Operations Command (COTN) is created…
According to information from Europe 1, France is in the process of diplomatic exchanges with European and West African countries in order to transform Operation Barkhane. A common position is expected in the next 15 days with the aim of a significant reduction in the French military presence in the region. After the expulsion of the…
The Transitional Military Council ( CMT ), a body set up the day after the death of President Idriss Déby Itno on April 19, 2021, and led by his son, Mahamat Idriss Déby known as ” Kaka “, aims, according to the charter defining its prerogatives , to run the country for a (renewable) period of eighteen months, to draw up…
The 35th Ordinary Session of the Assembly of the African Union Heads of State and Government has kicked off today in Addis Ababa under theme: “Building Resilience in Nutrition on the African Continent: Accelerate the Human Capital, Social and Economic Development”. Several Heads of State and Government of member states as well as heads of…
Ondo State Governor, Rotimi Akeredolu said he received the news of the accident In Akungba-Akoko which claimed the lives of residents including students, with a heavy heart. The Governor said the incident was not expected given the steps that had been taken to forestall such occurrence after the incessant accidents that have claimed indigenes and…
Nigeria should have at least 300 radiotherapy machines (cancer treatment machines), as opposed to the less than 10 machines currently operational in the country, the Nigeria Cancer Society has said. President of the Society, Dr Adamu Alhassan Umar stated this in Abuja during a news briefing to mark this year’s World Cancer Day. The theme…
Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, says a lack of adequate funding may slow the pace of work and completion of the Kano-Kaduna railway project. Amaechi made this known while inspecting work on the project in Kano on Friday. “I have never denied that we are having financial challenges and that is because of the economic…
The COVID-19 pandemic could reverse decades of global progress in stamping out Female Genital Mutilation (FGM), UN agencies warn ahead of the International Day to eliminate the harmful practice. International Day of Zero Tolerance for FGM is a UN-sponsored annual awareness day that takes place on Feb. 6 as part of the UN’s efforts to…
President Muhammadu Buhari has congratulated the Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, on the conferment of the title of “Dan Amana,” (the trusted one) on him by the Daura Emirate Council. The president’s congratulatory message is contained in a statement issued by one of his media aides, Malam Garba Shehu, on Friday in Abuja. He described…
The Osun State PDP chairman, Hon Sunday Bisi has challenged Mr Gboyega Oyetola to tell the people of Osun how much the government is owing her creditors. The chairman on Saturday stated this while featuring on a popular radio program ‘politics’ on fresh FM, Osogbo. He said: “I am using this medium to challenge Mr…
