Month April 2025

NNPP Chairman Denies Existence of Factions

THE Katsina State Chairman of the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP), Alh. Armaya’u Abdulkadir, has stated that the party has no factions at the state or national levels. He made this known in an interview with the News Agency of…

Army Inter-brigade Competition Begins in Kogi

  THE 2 Division Inter-Brigade Corporal and Below Competition 2025, aimed at promoting professionalism, team spirit and readiness, has commenced in Kogi. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the weeklong competition is being hosted by the 12 Brigade…

Africa’s Mineral Wealth Sparks Global Rush

AS the global race intensifies to secure critical minerals for green energy and digital transformation, African nations are stepping into a strategic spotlight. With abundant reserves of cobalt, copper, platinum group metals, and lithium, Africa is no longer just a…

Ghana Powers up LPG Plans for West Africa

GHANA is stepping up efforts to revolutionise its downstream petroleum sector, with a bold target of achieving 50 percent market penetration of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) by 2030. At the forefront of this initiative is the National Petroleum Authority (NPA),…

Uganda Hands Internet Backbone to UAE firm

UGANDA’S government has unveiled a bold new strategy to revitalise its national telecom company, Uganda Telecommunications Corporation Ltd (UTel), through a partnership with Rowad Capital Commercial LLC (RCC), a UAE-based investment firm. According to a recent government statement, the goal…

Trade surge drives Tanzania–DRC dry port deal

TANZANIA and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) have signed a key infrastructure agreement to develop dry ports in both countries, aiming to boost regional trade and streamline logistics between East and Central Africa. The agreement, finalised on Saturday…

LRA Victims win €52m as ICC Rejects Appeal

The International Criminal Court (ICC) has confirmed €52 million in reparations for nearly 50,000 victims of Dominic Ongwen, a former commander in the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA), a brutal rebel group that terrorised northern Uganda for decades. The ruling, delivered on Monday…

Africa is bigger than they told you

FOR generations, the world has viewed Africa through a distorted lens—literally. One of the most common world maps, the Mercator projection, has long misrepresented the continent’s true size. Designed in the 16th century to assist European sea navigation, the map…

Polytechnic Ibadan Mourns Omololu Olunloyo

The management of The Polytechnic, Ibadan (TPI), has mourned the passing of its first Rector, Dr Omololu Olunloyo, describing it as a national loss. This is contained in a statement on Monday by the Acting Registrar, Mr Joseph Ogunjimi. According…