THE African Development Bank (AfDB) has approved a $100 million loan to Rwanda for a transformative urban transport project aimed at easing congestion and improving mobility in Kigali. The project, greenlit on December 2 at the bank’s Abidjan headquarters, seeks to modernise…
AFRICA’S first elected female president, Liberia’s Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, has congratulated Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah on becoming the first elected female president of Namibia. Through the Ellen Sirleaf Presidential Centre for Women and Development, Johnson Sirleaf, who served from 2006 to 2018,…
COTE D’IVOIRE’S quintessential dish, attieke, a fermented cassava meal celebrated for its cultural and culinary significance, has been inscribed on UNESCO’s list of intangible cultural heritage. The announcement, made during UNESCO’s 19th session in Asuncion, Paraguay, highlights the dish’s pivotal role…
IN a tragic turn of events, a 30-year-old Arsenal supporter, John Ssenyonga, was allegedly shot dead by a security guard while celebrating Arsenal’s 2-0 victory over Manchester United in Lukaya town, Uganda. Another fan, Lawrence Mugejera, sustained injuries and was…
IN a landmark for Namibia and Africa, Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah has become Namibia’s first female president, securing 57 percent of valid votes. Her historic election reinforces the growing presence of women in African leadership and adds to a list of 24 trailblazing African…
I must confess I never knew Dele Farotimi before the tumultuous 2023 presidential election, and it was during this period he become visible to me. What I noticed about him during that trying period in that our contemporary political…
Yes and let me repeat it very clearly, Dele Farotomi is a bastard or how else would you label a man who picks up the gauntlet and screams to high heavens about the systemic rot in the system and…
Qatar and the UK have announced a new partnership on climate technologies as Qatar’s emir, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani, rounds off his state visit to London. Doha will invest £1bn ($1.27bn) as part of the arrangement into start-ups focused on green technology, according to…
THE ECOWAS Court has ordered Nigeria to pay five million naira compensation to Oluwatimilehin Adebayo, a Nigerian, for the violation of his right to freedom from torture. The court also ordered Nigeria to conduct a “prompt, impartial, and effective” investigation…
THE House of Representatives has urged the Ministry of Solid Minerals Development to focus on lithium production to increase revenue generation in Nigeria. This was sequel to the adoption of a motion by Rep. Victor Obuzor (PDP-Rivers) at plenary…
