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Nigerian opposition figure Omoyele Sowore asked a lawyer to withdraw the insult “tout” that he allegedly directed at him in a courtroom in Abuja. The confrontation preceded a hearing in Sowore’s cyberharassment trial involving President Bola Tinubu, Punch reports.
Source: Punch
The Court of Arbitration for Sport will issue its full decision at the end of November 2026 on Senegal’s appeal against the withdrawal of its Africa Cup of Nations title and the victory awarded to Morocco. Arguments from Senegal, Morocco and the Confederation of African Football were heard in Lausanne on 8 October, according to the court.
Source: TimesLIVE
Accor Arena says that around 4,000 fake tickets, nearly 20% of the venue’s capacity, were detected at the entrance to Youssou Ndour’s concert in Paris on 17 October. The venue also explains that the sound system was switched off after the agreed finish time was exceeded, according to a note reported by Le Parisien and relayed by Rewmi.
Source: Senego
The Osagyefo floating power station centre at Effasu Mangyea is to be converted into a prison school to give inmates access to education and vocational training. The project is being led by Jomoro MP Dorcas Affo-Toffey and municipal chief executive Benedict Boadi, Starrfm reports.
Source: Starrfm
Cape Verde’s Institute of Higher Education in Legal and Social Sciences is contesting the suspension of the transfer of the building intended to house its permanent campus in Achada Santo António, Praia. The institute has asked to meet the Prime Minister and for the case to be reviewed, denouncing a legally questionable measure taken at the start of the academic year, according to its statement.
Source: Anacao
Guinea-Bissau’s Directorate of Social Protection, Solidarity and Family has postponed the start of the fifth payment under the Vulnerable Family Programme to 20 October, after it was initially scheduled for 19 October. Payment is therefore due to begin on Tuesday, the administration said in a statement relayed by Rádio Somos Todos Primos.
Source: Rstp
Fourteen months after his vehicle disappeared at the Port of Lomé, a Togolese member of the diaspora appealed to Council President Faure Gnassingbé. The appeal concerns the theft of the vehicle within the port premises, according to Icilomé.
Source: Icilomé
ECOWAS handed over the keys to three refurbished classrooms at Koffi-Badoukro Public Primary School, in the Koun-Fao department of eastern Ivory Coast. The handover took place on 16 October 2026 to improve pupils’ learning conditions, the Ivorian Press Agency reports.
Source: Aip
Senegalese Labour Minister Mamadou Lamine Dianté says domestic workers’ wages should be adjusted in line with the cost of living. At a regional forum in Dakar, he also recommended written contracts and access to vocational training, according to the Senegalese Press Agency.
Source: Senego
Adewole Adebayo, the Social Democratic Party candidate in Nigeria’s 2027 presidential election, condemns killings in Plateau State and calls on Governor Caleb Mutfwang to better protect residents. He says hundreds of people were killed between January and October 2026 and criticises Bola Tinubu’s government’s security response, according to a statement from his campaign team.
Source: Vanguard
Hundreds of Nigerians living in Qatar received their new passports within two weeks, a turnaround praised by their community. Nigerian ambassador Mahmood Yakubu was honoured at a ceremony organised by the Qatari branch of the Nigerians in Diaspora Organisation, which also celebrated Nigeria’s 66th independence anniversary, Vanguard reports.
Source: Vanguard
Afriland First Bank is leading a 166 billion CFA franc bond issue launched by Guinea. The bank is drawing on fifteen years of experience structuring and placing sovereign issues in Cameroon, according to Ecomatin.
Source: Ecomatin
The Collective of Economic and Tourism Stakeholders of Casamance is calling for repairs to the 70-kilometre road between Ziguinchor and Cap-Skirring, a journey that can take more than two hours. Its president, Doudou Tamba, is also seeking regular flights, after cancellations cost the area clients the previous year, according to APS.
Source: Lesoleil
The article denounces increased Mauritanian public spending on infrastructure and several priority sectors. It presents this increase as a paradox amid the country’s persistent lag, without providing figures or announcing any new decision.
Source: Kassataya
Emmanuel Uduaghan, former governor of Delta State in Nigeria, died on 19 October 2026, three days before his 72nd birthday. His family announced his death in a statement, recalling his roles as health commissioner, state government secretary and governor from 2007 to 2015.
Source: Vanguard
The National Association of Scrap and Waste Dealers Employers of Nigeria has asked Borno Governor Babagana Umara Zulum to prove that scavengers stole electrical cables valued at 3 billion naira. Its deputy president, Aminu Hassan Soja, called for details of the project and condemned the collective accusation, according to Daily Trust.
Source: Dailytrust
The Ghana Football Association is defending the interim appointment of Kim Lars Björkegren to lead the Black Stars, Ghana’s senior men’s team, presenting him as the best coach among the national teams. The Swedish coach will lead the team in Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers against Somalia, the federation’s communications director told Asempa FM.
Source: MyJoyOnline
Ghana’s Minister of Lands and Natural Resources, Emmanuel Armah-Kofi Buah, wants mining to benefit communities without degrading their land or waterways. The government has withdrawn permission to mine in forest reserves and is focusing on land restoration and regulating small-scale miners, according to his remarks at the Mining in Motion 2026 conference.
Source: MyJoyOnline
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