West Africa

West Africa's push for a regional refined-fuel benchmark is entering its execution phase as Nigeria's expanding refining capacity changes regional supply flows. Policymakers say pipelines, storage, ports, logistics, data and regulatory harmonisation must catch up with rising regional production. The ultimate...

Nigeria, Ghana, and Côte d'Ivoire are forming a historic alliance to stop exporting cheap raw beans and take control of their own supply. By acting together, these nations want to break the power of global chocolate brands that...

November 30, (THEWILL) — Democratic governance in West Africa is currently suffering a profound crisis of legitimacy. Recent events in Guinea-Bissau, where President Umaro Sissoco Embaló was accused of orchestrating a “Ceremonial Coup” to bypass electoral defeat, mark a...

December 11, 2023 (THEWILL) - `West and Central Africa's foremost airline, Air Peace, has been conferred with the ‘Best Airline for Customer Service, West Africa’ for 2023, at the prestigious Global Brand Awards. The Prestigious Global Brand Awards, an annual...

November 29, (THEWILL) - Businessman Kola Karim has been appointed Chairman, Advisory Board of British American Tobacco, effective November 1. By this appointment, he is expected to provide strategic guidance and oversight to BAT Nigeria by leveraging his extensive leadership...

November 10, (THEWILL) - President Bola Tinubu has assured potential investors that their investments are safe in Nigeria. Tinubu spoke on Friday, at the Saudi-Africa Summit in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Ajuri Ngelale, said...

November 06, (THEWILL) - President Bola Tinubu, on Monday, in Lagos, declared open the 43rd Annual Conference and 18th Managing Director’s Roundtable of the Port Management Association of West and Central Africa (PMAWCA). Represented by the Minister of Marine and...

October 29, (THEWILL) - The Permanent Representative of the Centre for Convention on Democratic Integrity (CCDI) to ECOSOC /United Nations and Chairman, CSO-African Countries Group of World Bank, Civil Society Policy Forum (CSPF), Mr. Olufemi Aduwo, who just returned...

November 24, (THEWILL) - President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday, called for greater cooperation among neighbouring countries with Nigeria, to better combat escalating volatilities and multiplicity of threats across West Africa and the Sahel. A statement issued by Garba Shehu, Senior...

November 15, (THEWILL) - The Chairman of the Association of Brotherhood Academic Scholars (ABAS), visitations committee, Archbishop Emmanuel Ekuri, has decried the massive extortion going on along West Africa Border Points. He pointed out that officers of Nigeria Customs, Immigration,...