GUINEA has signed a non-binding agreement with a subsidiary of Emirates Global Aluminium (EGA) for the construction of a major alumina refinery, according to two senior officials from Guinea’s mines…
THE African Development Bank (AfDB) and technology giant Intel have formalised their cooperation to revolutionise the African digital ecosystem. This partnership aims to equip 3 million Africans and 30,000 government…
THE Nigerian consumer tribunal fined the local unit of Africa’s largest pay-TV company, MultiChoice Group, 150 million naira ($107,142.86) on Friday for contempt of court. The tribunal also ordered the…
AFRICA needs quicker debt restructurings, more favourable lending terms, and an additional $25bn for the Africa Development Fund to avoid a lost decade, the head of its development bank, Akinwumi…
THE number of millionaires in Africa has decreased by nearly 20,000 in the last ten years, as the continent’s ultra-rich either relocated or suffered from significant currency depreciations. According to…
THE United Nations General Assembly elected Somalia to the 15-member U.N. Security Council on Thursday for a two-year term beginning in 2025. Somalia, along with Denmark, Greece, Pakistan, and Panama,…
NIGERIAN midfielder, Tom Dele-Bashiru is expected to sign a new three-year contract at Sky Bet Championship club, Watford. According to Sky Sports, Dele-Bashiru’s representatives and Watford are ironing out the…
ABOUT ten Nigerian teenage girls, between the ages of 15 and 16, have been rescued by the Nigerian authorities from human trafficking and prostitution. The girls were forced into prostitution…
THE American Military Veterans of Igbo extraction have demanded the immediate release of Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB. The group expressed dismay over…
THE Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki, has clashed with the palace of the Oba of Benin, Omo N’Oba N’Edo Uku Akpolokpolo, Oba Ewuare II, over the ban on the activities…