PRESIDENT-elect Donald Trump has appointed Susie Wiles, his campaign manager, as the White House chief of staff as he prepares to take office. Trojan Insights reports that Donald Trump made this known in a statement on Thursday. “Susie Wiles just helped…
THE Senate Committee on Tertiary Institutions and TETFund is considering repealing the Act establishing the National Board for Technical Education (NBTE) to realise its objectives. Chairman of the Committee, Sen. Muntari Dandutse said this when he led members of…
THE Federal Government has rejected the establishment of the Nigeria Mines Ranger Service (NMRS) to combat illegal mining and artisanal mining. The Ministries of Solid Minerals Development, Justice, and Interior, as well as the Nigeria Security and Civil Defense…
THE ECOWAS Court has dismissed Nigeria’s preliminary objection to the court’s jurisdiction to determine a human rights violation case involving a Nigerian man on death row for 30 years. Ogueri is a 72-year-old inmate in a Nigerian maximum-security prison.…
GHANA’S parliament has been adjourned indefinitely once again, after the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) lawmakers failed to attend a key session on Thursday, just weeks before the presidential elections. The absence of the NPP MPs has brought the legislative…
GHANA’S cocoa sector anticipates a significant production rebound in the 2024/25 crop season, spurred by favourable weather and enhanced farming practices, say farmers, officials from Ghana’s Cocoa Board (Cocobod), and local buyers. However, pressing issues like illegal mining, disease, and smuggling still pose…
OUTGOING Ghanaian President Nana Akufo-Addo has faced public backlash after unveiling a bronze statue of himself outside the Effia-Nkwanta Regional Hospital in Sekondi, in the country’s Western Region. The statue, meant to honour his administration’s development work, has triggered widespread…
LAGOS, Nigeria’s bustling commercial capital, has announced a tender for the construction of gas-fired power plants with a total capacity of up to 4,000 megawatts (MW). This ambitious move aims to tackle the city’s persistent electricity shortfalls, which have plagued…
THE United Nations mission in Mali, which was ordered to leave by the country’s ruling junta, will complete its full withdrawal by mid-November, according to a statement from the Malian government. The UN Multidimensional Integrated Stabilisation Mission in Mali…
IN a significant step towards stabilising its economy, Somalia announced that the United States has cancelled over $1.1bn of its outstanding debt, marking a quarter of the country’s remaining financial obligations. This agreement continues a series of debt-relief measures from…
