EDUCATION and immigration advocates are raising concerns over the significant hurdles African students encounter when seeking visas to study in the United States, as they face markedly higher denial rates…
KENYA and France have reached a significant milestone in their bilateral relations with the finalization of an agreement aimed at upgrading the Nairobi Commuter Railway. The rail network, crucial for…
IN January 2014, a coalition of advocates, including Femia Falana, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN); Jiti Ogunye and Tokunbo Mumuni, both senior lawyers; and I wrote to the Economic…
ON Saturday, major retail shops in Zimbabwe began trading predominantly in United States dollars as financial institutions suspended the use of the outgoing Zimbabwean dollar (ZWL) in anticipation of the…
IT has come to the knowledge of the leadership of the Labour Party of a letter of invitation trending in some sections of the media purportedly written by some desperate…
WHEN I worked in a factory there in Okpella, the only bank there had to be closed because well armed robbers use to visit like every two weeks to collect…
THE Executive Secretary and Chief Executive Officer, ES/CEO, of the National Lottery Trust Fund, NLTF, Â Bello Maigari, has commended the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, for helping to widen…
TENSIONS escalate in Togo as nine opposition politicians advocating against constitutional reforms, potentially extending President Faure Gnassingbe’s rule, have been arrested, a spokesperson for the opposition coalition revealed on Thursday. The…
IN a significant development, Uganda’s presidency announced on Friday that China has extended an invitation to Uganda’s energy minister to discuss the country’s ambitious $5bn crude oil pipeline project in Beijing. This…
ETHIOPIA and the World Bank have inked loan agreements totalling $1.72bn aimed at bolstering crucial infrastructure projects amidst a backdrop of multifaceted challenges, the finance ministry announced on Friday. The agreements entail…