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Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari on Sunday put the fight against corruption at the heart of his bid for another four-year term, as official campaigning got under way for elections next year. Voters go to the polls on February 16, four years after Buhari’s landmark victory which saw him become the first opposition candidate in Nigerian history to defeat a sitting president. The 75-year-old former military ruler goes into the vote with the power of incumbency…

In an interview with The African Reports, which he shared on his verified Twitter handle @atiku, Atiku said that politicians were to be blamed for the emergence of Boko Haram. Asked how he would solve the Boko Haram challenge, he replied: “I happen to know how Boko Haram came into being. They were offshoots of political thuggery. Politicians used those boys in Boko Haram to win elections and then abandoned them and then there were…

Tanzania continues to find itself at the center of negative attention globally. On Wednesday (Nov. 14) the Danish government said it would withhold 65 million crowns ($9.8 million) in aid citing allegations of human rights abuses. The minister of development cooperation Ulla Tornaes announced the decision on Twitter noting “negative developments” and “unacceptable homophobic statements.” The day before, the World Bank suspended a $300 million educational loan following a government policy banning pregnant girls from…

The Federal High Court Abuja has held that President Muhammadu has not violated the constitution by mere proclaiming that he is the Minister of Petroleum. The court delivered judgment in suit NO ABJ/CS/1005/2017 filed by a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, SAN, Dr Olisa Agbakoba to determine the constitutional qualification of the President of Nigeria also holding office as the Minister of Petroleum. Justice Mohammed in deciding that there was no violation of Section 138 of…

Finance Minister, Ken Ofori Atta, is hopeful the railway sector will begin to show signs of recovery after several years of setback. According to him, development of railway infrastructure across the country is nearing completion for the sector to be relaunched. “We are confident, 2019 will witness the relaunch of the railway system in Ghana after some 50 years of inactivity,” Mr. Ofori Atta said when he presented government’s fiscal plan to Parliament on Thursday….

A total of 115 suspected criminals, including 93 foreigners, have been arrested in separate swoops at Nungua and Kwabenya by the Operational Unit of the Accra Regional Police Command. The suspects, who are between the ages of 25 and 45, were reported to have been engaged in cyber crimes and prostitution among others. The exercise, which was led by the Deputy Regional Police Commander, Deputy Commissioner of Police Kwaku Boadu Pepra, was to flush out…

A cholera epidemic in the Democratic Republic of Congo has claimed 857 lives since the start of the year, the World Health Organization (WHO) said Wednesday. Health authorities have so far recorded 25,170 cases, occurring in 21 out of the country’s 26 provinces, the WHO’s office in the DRC said. The provinces of East Kasai and Lomami, in the centre of the country, and South Kivu, Tanganyika and Upper Katanga in the east, are those…

ABUJA (Reuters) – A probe by the Nigerian Senate into whether state oil firm NNPC improperly withdrew money has expanded with the amount under investigation doubling to over $2.2 billion, a committee said on Wednesday. The Senate last week voted to probe withdrawals of $1.05 billion by Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), from NLNG, a venture owned by the state oil firm and foreign energy companies, without approval. The committee led by Senator Bassey Akpan,…

Kweku Adoboli, the former UBS trader convicted of fraud, has been deported to Ghana, despite a long campaign to keep him in Britain. His lawyer confirmed he was flown out of Heathrow Airport this evening after being detained in Scotland on Monday. Adoboli, aged 38 and who has lived in the UK for 26 years, was said to be in a distressed state before he left. The Home Office declined to comment on the reports….