The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) will launch, on Tuesday in Abuja, the Joint Platform for the Advancement of Cybersecurity in West Africa. According to a statement posted on its website on Monday, the platform will focus on regional cyber diplomacy, the protection of critical infrastructures, the fight against cybercrime, and data sovereignty….
“Nature Voices Pledge” will be launched at a Presidential Panel on nature at the Africa Climate Summit Nairobi, September 5th, 2023: Some of Africa’s largest financial institutions are backing a call to conserve and restore nature amid a biodiversity crisis that threatens the wellbeing and livelihoods of tens of millions of its people.The landmark “Nature…
In a first for Africa today sees the launch of the Pan-African Fund Managers’ Association (PAFMA), a new trade association bringing together fund managers from across the continent with backing from some of the industry’s most powerful players. The five founding members of PAFMA are the Pension Fund Operators Association of Nigeria (PENOP); the Fund…
This is Trent’s second visit to Nigeria, the British High Commission said in a statement. A Royal Navy warship, HMS Trent, arrived in Lagos on Sunday to aid the fight against illegal activities including piracy and illicit trafficking in the sub-region. This is Trent’s second visit to Nigeria, the British High Commission said in a…
Luis Rubiales has resigned as president of the Spanish Football Federation following criticism for kissing Spain forward Jenni Hermoso at the Women’s World Cup final presentation ceremony. Hermoso, 33, said the kiss after Spain beat England was not consensual and she filed a legal complaint last T He released a statement saying he had submitted…
…Urges President Tinubu to probe and recover funds looted by former president’s government Former military governor of old Kaduna State, Colonel Abubakar Dangiwa Umar (rtd), has said that the sit-tight syndrome of some African leaders is responsible for the current wave of coups within the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) region and the…
By Olalekan Badmus (Phoenix) ‘Inferiority’ is a complex that affects its victim’s mentality and destroy their emotions. A psychologist, Dr. Michael Brustein opined that “people who feel inferior and have low self-esteem” often fall into the habit of projecting their own feelings of not being good enough onto others. For several years, the people of…
The Osun State Government has dismissed the accusation of the main opposition All Progressives Congress (APC) of hoarding the N2bn fund received from the federal government as a mere rhetoric of palace jesters, urging the people of the state to be wary of a imbecillic scheme by the opposition to pitch them against the performing…
Kano State Governor, Alhaji Abba Kabir Yusuf has set up compliance committees at state, local governments and ward levels. In his efforts to ensure accountability and transparency in the distribution of palliatives and judicious utilisation of the items. This was disclosed in a press statement signed by the Governor’s Chef Press Secretary, Sanusi Bature Dawakin…
Presidents and prime ministers are meeting for the annual G20 leaders’ summit in India’s capital, Delhi, from 9-10 September. The main theme for the meeting is sustainable development, but the ongoing conflict in Ukraine is also expected to be discussed. What is the G20?The G20 – or Group of Twenty – is a club of…
