THE Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi (Ojaja II) has commended the Executive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Mr. Ola Olukoyede on his efforts to rid the nation of economic and financial crimes and other…
GHANA’S President Nana Akufo-Addo has urged his visiting Senegalese counterpart Bassirou Diomaye Faye to leverage his goodwill within the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) to help resolve disputes with Niger, Burkina Faso, and Mali. President Faye arrived in…
SENEGAL’S Prime Minister Ousmane Sonko raised the possibility of closing French military bases in the West African country during a comprehensive speech on Thursday. His address also covered topics such as the euro-backed CFA franc currency, oil and gas deals,…
GHANA’S parliament reconvened on Friday after being adjourned since March due to a dispute between the speaker and the president over an anti-LGBT bill. The session saw the approval of ministerial appointees and a $150 million loan agreement with the…
A MAN in Malawi has been convicted of insulting President Lazarus Chakwera after sharing a TikTok video featuring an animated figure with Chakwera’s face dancing in a humorous manner. Sainani Nkhoma was found guilty by a court on Thursday for…
TO promote trade and foster economic growth in Africa, the International Finance Corporation (IFC) announced Friday trade finance facilities totalling $140 million with seven Ecobank Transnational Incorporated (ETI) subsidiaries. These subsidiaries operate in Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana, Malawi,…
FRENCH energy giant TotalEnergies has finalised its first supply agreement with Nigeria’s Dangote Refinery, CEO Patrick Pouyanne announced on Friday following a meeting with Africa’s richest man, Aliko Dangote. ‘We met this morning, we made the first deal between both…
MALI has signed a landmark agreement with China’s Ganfeng Lithium to operate the Goulamina lithium mine, increasing its stake in the project in line with a new mining code. This code, adopted last year, allows the military-led government to boost…
A YOUNG Nigerian has developed a drone to deliver medicine and medical supplies to patients in rural areas of the country’s impoverished northwest region. Jubrin Musa, a 25-year-old secondary school dropout from Kano, said he began working on the project…
…Propaganda and lies not a strategy. 1. The Edo State Government welcomes the Minister for Works Engr. David Umahi to the State. This is the third time the Minister will be visiting the State to inspect the deplorable condition of…
