THE Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has committed $6 million to the African Water Facility, to support the operationalization of the Africa Urban Sanitation Investment Initiative (AUSII) – a new financing window dedicated to improving sanitation in African urban cities.…
THE Executive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Mr. Ola Olukoyede has called on Audit Executives in banks across the country to be more vigilant and assertive in tackling financial crimes in the banking sector. He gave the…
Occupants of Iddo in Abuja have appealed to federal government to intervene in the proposed demolition of the area by the Nigerian Navy. They pointed at a great loss if demolition of the area was not put on hold. Hundred…
SENATOR Adams Oshiomhole’s ‘Funeral’ by Erasmus Ikhide, to which I am making this response, is the most devastating uppercut the Iyamoh politician could have received in recent times. Interestingly, Erasmus hails from Edo North, Afuze, to be specific. He was…
WITH 180 million barrels of proven oil reserves – and up to 5 billion of estimated oil reserves – the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is embarking on an extensive exploration campaign to harness its resources for enhanced energy…
JUSTICE Inyang Ekwo of the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja on Monday, February 4, slated the hearing of a motion brought by a former governor of Anambra State, Willie Obiano, challenging the jurisdiction of his court to hear the…
ON Thursday 29 February 2024, the Malian Minister of Young People and Sports, Civic Education and Citizenship, Abdoul Kassim Fomba presided – in the name of the Prime Minister of Mali, Choquel Kokalla Maïga – the opening of the 3rd…
MEETING in Abidjan on 14 February 2024, the Board of Directors of the African Development Bank Group (www.AfDB.org) approved a loan of $117.9 million to the Democratic Republic of Congo to implement the Project to Support Governance and Skills Development in…
A human rights activist, Comrade Adeniyi Alimi Sulaiman, has called on the Osun State Governor, Senator Ademola Jackson Nurudeen Adeleke to emulate his counterpart from Borno State, Professor Babagana Umara Zulum on the modality adopted to cushion the effect of…
THE Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi has commended the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on its focused sting operations against currency speculators and street hawkers operating illegal foreign exchange markets across the country. He gave the commendation…
