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President Muhammadu Buhari Tuesday warmly rejoiced with President of the African Development Bank (AfDB), Akinwunmi Adesina, on the clean slate of health of all allegations against him by an anonymous group. Buhari described the clearance as further validation of Adesina's competence and integrity to lead the continental financial institution. Nigerian President...
Veteran Nigerian actor, Mr. Jimmy Johnson, popularly known as "Okoro" is dead. The deceased,  aged 80, and very prominent in the then popular Nigerian TV comedy series, Village Headmaster died this morning at an Abuja hospital. Details later...
Authority of Heads of State and Government of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has adopted a declaration of formation of a Government of National Unity towards resolving the lingering crisis in Mali. ECOWAS Heads of State and Government unanimously agreed to the formation of a Government of...
South Africa's Minister of Defence, Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula, has been sanctioned for using a state jet for political trip, which is clearly outside official activities permitted for such. The nation's President, Cyril Ramaphosa stated that Mapisa-Nqakula's salary would be docked for three months over her use of state jet for an...
President Muhammadu Buhari on Sunday night met with the President of Ghana, Nana Akufo-Addo at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. The meeting was confirmed by the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina who posted pictures of the two West-African leaders walking side by side on his...
President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed optimism that improvement in relations between Nigeria and South Africa will speed up the process of development on the African continent. Speaking in concurrence with the Chairman of the African National Congress (ANC) and South Africa’s Minister of Mineral Resources and Energy, Gwede Mantashe, who...
Nigeria has pledged to within the limits of resources support the consolidation of democracy in West African countries. President of the most populous black nation in the world, Muhammadu Buhari made the pledge on Thursday when he received the President of Burkina Faso, Roch Marc Christian Kabore, who was on...
African Development Bank (AfDB) has urged the continent to accelerate industrialisation for the transformation of African economies. The multilateral development bank has been at the forefront in promoting smart industrial policies and mobilising infrastructure development funding for Africa. To this end, the bank has described Industrialising Africa as one of its...
Executive Chairman of Atlas Petroleum and Oranto Petroleum, Arthur Eze, has categorically denied recent news report of his involvement in a partnership with ADM Energy on the ongoing Marginal Fields Bidding Round in Nigeria. On August 3, ADM Energy announced its successful pre-qualification in the Nigerian Government's 2020 Marginal Field...
U.S. Africa Command commander, U.S. Army Gen. Stephen Townsend directed the formation of Joint Task Force- Quartz to oversee Operation Octave Quartz, a mission designated to reposition forces from Somalia. “I directed the activation of a joint task force, JTF-Quartz, built around the headquarters of Special Operations Command-Africa, to oversee...