Nigeria: Opeyemi Bamidele - 25 Years of Uninterrupted Democracy Worth Commemorating in Nigeria

Senator Michael Opeyemi Bamidele, a lawyer, human rights activist, and politician, is the Senate Majority Leader and a member of the ruling All Progressives Congress. He is an… Read more »

Nigeria: Opportunities and Challenges in the Electric Power Sector

Nigeria currently generates less than 5,00MW for a nation of over 200 million, according to the National Bureau of Statistics. Even so, the transmission network often cannot… Read more »

Nigeria: Obasanjo, Oduntan Advocates Policy Coherence, Single-Digit Interest Loans for Farmers

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has urged the federal government to prioritise food security by offering single-digit interest loans to farmers to further open up the Agric… Read more »

Nigeria: Access Bank, Scidar to Enhance Health SMEs Financing

Access Bank, has partnered with Solina Centre for International Development and Research (SCIDaR), a prominent non-profit organisation spearheading impactful health interventions… Read more »

Nigeria: Otti Admonishes Parents Toying With Children's Security As Police Rescue 3 Abducted Abia Siblings

Governor Alex Otti of Abia State has urged parents to stop toying with the security of their children, saying that such lapses create opportunities for child traffickers and other… Read more »

Nigeria: Interswitch, ACI Worldwide Harp On Digital Payment Transformation

Interswitch, in partnership with ACI Worldwide, has stressed the importance of digital payment across Africa and the roles both parties are playing in enabling digital payment… Read more »

Nigeria: Ecobank Reiterates Commitment to Make Adire Industry Leverage AfCFTA

Ecobank Nigeria has reiterated its commitment to ensure that Nigeria's adire industry leverages the potential of the African Continental Free Trade Agreement (AfCFTA). Read more »

Nigeria: Preserving Central Bank of Nigeria's Autonomy

James Emejo writes on the need to preserve the autonomy of the Central Bank of Nigeria in the interest of the nation's economy Read more »

Nigeria: Keyamo - Public, Private Partnership Key to Development of Airport Infrastructure

*Secures commitment for refurbishment of old MMIA terminal Read more »

Nigeria: Licenced Customs Agents Urge Govt to Clampdown On Illegal Activities in Onne Port

Licenced Customs agents operating at the Onne Port in Rivers State, have called on the federal government to clampdown on ongoing illegal activities at the port. Read more »

Nigeria: Edo 2024 - Obi's Support Group Vows to Back PDP's Ighodalo

The socio-political support group, Obidients for Asue Ighodalo, has assured support for the governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the September 21… Read more »

Nigeria: Tinubu Rejoices With Cyril Ramaphosa On Re-Election As South African President

President Bola Tinubu has extended his warm congratulations to his South African counterpart, Cyril Ramaphosa, on his re-election. Read more »

Rwanda: Rwanda to Host 100 Most Notable African Leadership, Business Summit 2024

The 100 Most Notable African Leadership and Business Summit 2024, organized by 100 Most Notable Peace Icons Africa and Davdan Peace and Advocacy Foundation, will take place at the… Read more »

Nigeria: 'Why We Must Protect Nigeria's Democracy', Obasa, Fashola, Foreign Diplomats Speak

In this report, Eromosele Ebhomele captures the views of various speakers at an event organised by the Lagos House of Assembly to mark Nigeria's 25 years of unbroken democracy Read more »

South Africa: PJ Morton Releases Cape Town to Cairo, New Album Created During a 30-Day Journey Across Africa

Today, with the release of an album unlike anything he has ever done before, PJ Morton takes listeners on a trip from Cape Town to Cairo. Out now via Morton Records/EMPIRE, the… Read more »

Nigeria: NEITI Backs Tinubu On Climate Change, Green Economy Solutions

The Nigeria Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (NEITI) yesterday lauded what it described as the renewed political commitment of President Bola Tinubu towards… Read more »

Nigeria: Lagos GDP Up 50% in Five Years Under My Watch - Sanwo-Olu

Governor of Lagos State, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has said the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of the state, in the last five years under his administration, has risen by almost 50 per… Read more »

Nigeria: Nigerian Airlines Poor Maintenance Culture Fuels Low Capacity, High Fares

It has emerged that the inability of Nigerian owned airlines to maintain their aircraft is worsening the prohibitive fares and low capacity Read more »

Nigeria: DHQ Faults Zamfara Governor On Terrorism War, Lawal Blames Political Interference for Prolonged Insecurity

The Defence Headquarters (DHQ) yesterday faulted the claim by the Governor of Zamfara State, Dauda Lawal, that the military and the police are nowhere to be found whenever they are… Read more »

Nigeria: NPFL - Bayelsa Utd May Truncate 3sc's Continental Dream

Relegation-threatened Bayelsa United will host Shooting Stars in a 2pm kickoff live on StarTimes this Sunday, June 16. Read more »

West Africa: Nigeria Commended for Surpassing 225,000 Domain Names

The global community of Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) has commended Nigeria for surpassing the 225,000 mark for all registered .ng domain names in the… Read more »

Nigeria: Ademola Lookman Voted Atalanta's Player of the Month

Super Eagles forward Ademola Lookman has been voted Atalanta's Player of the Month for May-June, informs the official website of the Europa League winners. Read more »

Nigeria: Man - Capacity Utilisation, Production Volume, Sales, Investment Suffered Decline in Q1'24

A survey conducted by the Manufacturers Association of Nigeria (MAN) has revealed worsening impacts of macroeconomic environment on the manufacturing sector. Read more »

Nigeria: Mbah Breaks 19-Year Jinx As Nmcn Approves Internship, Indexing for Esut, Other Nursing Schools

*Governor targets production of 3,000 nurses yearly Read more »

Nigeria: Oborevwori Inaugurates First Phase of Emevor-Orogun Road in Delta

Delta State Governor, Sheriff Oborevwori yesterday inaugurated the multi-million naira phase one of the Emevor-Orogun road project in Isoko North Local Government area of the… Read more »