Day: July 25, 2023

Nigeria’s main opposition party on Monday called for an investigation after security forces arrested two alleged Boko Haram militants believed to be plotting to attack the party’s presidential candidate.The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) said it believ…

In his first briefing to the Security Council since being appointed to the position, Leonardo Santos Simao~ recalled elections in Benin, the Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, Mauritania, Nigeria and Sierra Leone.He said they had “marked important steps towards de…

Nigeria’s DSS secret police have re-arrested the country’s suspended bank chief, after tussling with prison officials outside a court in Lagos over who should take him into custody.The court had ruled that Godwin Emefiele should remain in prison custod…

Nigeria’s suspended bank chief has appeared in court more than a month after he was arrested by the country’s secret police.Godwin Emefiele was charged with illegally owning a shotgun and ammunition at Tuesday’s appearance in Lagos, where he arrived cl…

A senior United Nations official today told the Security Council that the situation in West Africa and the Sahel has deteriorated against a backdrop of shrinking civic and political space.Special Representative and Head of the United Nations Office for…