THE Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) says the Africa Energy Bank (AEB) will create more funding availability for indigenous companies. Mr Felix Ogbe, Executive Secretary, NCDMB said this on Wednesday in Yenagoa at the ongoing fifth edition of…
LAST Sunday, the Department of State Security Services, DSS, announced the arrest of two suspected high-profile kidnap kingpins, as they tried to depart Nigeria for Saudi Arabia. Their mission was Hajj, the Islamic holy ritual. The suspected kidnappers had been…
NO fewer than 20 people have been killed, including several children, since early Wednesday morning in the Gaza Strip in renewed Israeli attacks, the Palestinian news agency WAFA reported. WAFA citing Gaza medical sources also reported that there were…
NIGERIA has won the bid to host the World Public Relations Forum, the President of Nigerian Institute of Public Relations (NIPR), Dr Ike Neliaku has said. Neliaku made this known during his address at the Nigeria Public Relations Week (NPRW…
THE Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Executive Committee has approved N2.6 billion for three waste management projects in the capital city. Chief Felix Obuah, Coordinator, Abuja Metropolitan Management Council, disclosed this in Abuja on Tuesday, while briefing journalists after the committee’s…
THE government of Kenya has partnered with Veridos, a German identity technology company, to launch a next-generation ePassport packed with cutting-edge security and rich cultural design. According to a statement from Veridos, the collaboration will introduce advanced anti-forgery features, reduce issuance times,…
AT a packed comedy night in Johannesburg, laughter rang out as stand-up performers skewered the bizarre spectacle of a chartered flight that carried around 50 white South Africans to the United States for what was reportedly ‘refugee resettlement’. According to a report by AFP, the…
AS 92-year-old President Paul Biya remains silent on whether he will seek another term in Cameroon’s October 2025 election, younger voters are growing increasingly vocal in their calls for political change. According to a report by AFP, Biya — in power since 1982 — has…
GERMANY is open to signing a labour mobility agreement with Ghana that could see thousands of young Ghanaians take up legal employment in Europe, Ghana’s Foreign Minister Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa has announced. In a Facebook post on May 14, Ablakwa revealed that…
AFRICA is better prepared to benefit from today’s critical minerals boom than during past commodity cycles, thanks to robust policy frameworks and a sharper focus on local value addition, according to a senior United Nations economist. John R. Sloan, from the United…
