Africa Business Council (AFBC) has called for a coordinated effort and actions that improve intra-African trade and effectively implement the African Continental Free Trade Area. The council was established in line with AU assembly decision to boost intra-African trade and fast-tracking the establishment of African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA). Africa Business Council President Amany…
The EU-Africa Business Forum (EABF) has been the main event preceding the AU-EU Summit since 2006. It is a strategic occasion for EU and African private sectors to identify and/or consolidate joint opportunities in the spirit of the Comprehensive Strategy with Africa and the Africa-Europe Alliance for sustainable investment and jobs. The EABF is a…
Members of the Maikifi/Brittania-U Consortium have offered clarifications on responsibility for the adulterated fuel ,explaining that ” the said importation of the contaminated PMS was executed by a member of the consortium, to wit: Brittania-U” The full statement by the consortium reads as follows: “We refer to the press release of February 9, 2022 by…
The UN Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator in Nigeria, Matthias Schmale; has said that $1.1 billion (N506 billion) would be required for humanitarian assistance in the Northeast. The 12-year Boko Haram insurgency has also killed 40,000 people with destroyed property worth S9.1 billion (N3.42 trillion) in Borno, Adamawa and Yobe states. According to him, about 8.4…
As Ademola Adeleke Campaign Organisation reaches Osun East today, leaders of the Peoples’ Democratic Party for Ilesa West of the Osun state have endorsed the candidacy of Senator Ademola Adeleke for the 2022 governorship race. The communique from the meeting is published below: A meeting of stakeholders of the prestigious Peoples Democratic Party Ilesa West…
*VP adds: Nigeria must break paradox of collective underperformance amidst individual genius Public office is an instrument of service and responsibility to the people and should not be synonymous with the accumulation of power, privilege and wealth. This was the submission of Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, SAN, at the All Progressives Congress (APC) Professionals Forum’s Conference,…
Le Figaro with AFP: The head of the junta that took power in Burkina Faso on Friday ordered the creation of a national theater operations command center, the first of its kind in the West African country plagued by jihadist violence since 2015, indicates a presidential decree. “A National Theater Operations Command (COTN) is created…
The Transitional Military Council ( CMT ), a body set up the day after the death of President Idriss Déby Itno on April 19, 2021, and led by his son, Mahamat Idriss Déby known as ” Kaka “, aims, according to the charter defining its prerogatives , to run the country for a (renewable) period of eighteen months, to draw up…
The 35th Ordinary Session of the Assembly of the African Union Heads of State and Government has kicked off today in Addis Ababa under theme: “Building Resilience in Nutrition on the African Continent: Accelerate the Human Capital, Social and Economic Development”. Several Heads of State and Government of member states as well as heads of…
DPA: NATO has to find a successor to Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, who is set to leave his post to head Norway’s central bank, the Norwegian Finance Ministry announced in Oslo on Friday. “I am grateful for the trust and look forward to the task,” said Stoltenberg at a press conference held by the Norwegian…
