INCREASED competition, stakeholder collaboration, and investment in financial infrastructure are key to reducing global remittance fees, according to Risana Zitha, Managing Director and Head of Africa at investment banker DAI Magister. Zitha emphasised the significant role remittances play in the African…
WOODSIDE Energy has successfully achieved first oil production at Senegal’s inaugural offshore oil project, the Sangomar field development. This milestone underscores the effective collaboration between Woodside Energy and Senegal’s national oil company, Petrosen, demonstrating their shared commitment to advancing energy security…
MOROCCO announced on Tuesday the integration of artificial intelligence (AI) in its courts, marking a significant step towards modernising the judiciary system across the North African country. ‘AI has introduced significant changes worldwide,’ Justice Minister Abdellatif Ouahbi was reported by Anadolu…
AGRICULTURAL researchers in 40 African countries are set to benefit from a five-year cooperation supported by AfricaConnect3. This partnership between the West and Central African Research and Education Network (WACREN) and the Regional Universities Forum for Capacity Building in Agriculture (RUFORUM) will enable…
THERE is a new twist to the sexual harassment allegations levelled against the Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Finance, Ambassador Ibrahim Lamuwa. Mrs. Simisola Fajemirokun-Ajayi who made the allegation is a political aide to the Minister. The Minister of…
FORMER Vice-president Atiku Abubakar has empathised with President Bola Tinubu for slipping while boarding the presidential parade vehicle at the Eagles Square in Abuja, the venue of the 2024 Democracy Day celebration. Tinubu slipped when he was about to step…
● Military rule, not an option-Richard Akinnola Ogun State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun has commuted the death sentence of 45 condemned prisoners to prison terms. He also granted pardon to 41 other inmates serving in different Correctional Centres across the…
IN the English Literature parlance, where there is detailed study of plays, poetry and most times novels, a mindless person is sometimes placed in the category of the imbecile, because he is never thinking critically, analytically or intelligently. Some even…
A former Minister of State for Defence, Sen. Musiliu Obanikoro has demanded a review of the budget of Senate and House of Representatives as a strategy to reduce cost of governance. Obanikoro lamented that democracy has become expensive. He stated this while…
THE African Energy Chamber (AEC) (www.EnergyChamber.org) – the voice of the African energy sector – is sponsoring a workshop led by Nigeria’s National Judicial Institute (NJI). The workshop – held under the theme Innovations Under the Petroleum Industry Act 2021 and their…
