Nigeria, Ethiopia to Hold Joint Ministerial Commission on Trade, Economy

Nigeria and Ethiopia have concluded arrangements to hold a Joint Ministerial Commission meeting in Addis Ababa, next month, where various areas of bilateral relationship...

African Leaders Pushes for More Financially Powerful African Development Bank

Ghana’s President Nana Akufo-Addo, Filipe Nyusi of Mozambique, President Samia Suluhu Hassan of Tanzania, and Azali Assoumani of Comoros have voiced strong support for...

Africa Investment Forum Virtual Boardrooms Attract $32.8 billion in Investment Interest

...The three-day virtual boardroom meetings showcased 40 projects across several sectors “The Africa Investment Forum 2021 Virtual Boardrooms secured over US$32,8 billion in investment commitments,”...

Wema Bank Empowers SMEs Through Her SME Business School

Nigeria’s most innovative bank, Wema Bank Plc, just concluded the third edition of the SME Business School in Abuja in partnership with the Abuja...

NLNG Appoints Philip Mshelbila As CEO

Philip Mshelbila has been appointed Chief Executive Officer, Nigeria LNG Limited (NLNG). Mshelbila was appointed by the Board of Directors of the NLNG. Meanwhile, Engr. Attah...

FG to freeze Multichoice bank accounts over N1.8trn tax default

Nigeria's Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) is making moves to freeze and recover the sum of N1.8 trillion from bank accounts belonging to MultiChoice...

Niger: Ecowas military intervention could trigger 3 bad outcomes

Olayinka Ajala, Leeds Beckett University The threat of military force to end the coup in Niger has led to significant divisions in the region. It has...

An expanded BRICS could reset world politics but picking new members isn’t straightforward

Bhaso Ndzendze, University of Johannesburg and Siphamandla Zondi, University of Johannesburg Eager to escape perceived western domination, several countries – mostly in the global south...

Niger coup: why an Ecowas-led military intervention is unlikely

Olayinka Ajala, Leeds Beckett University Hopes are fading for a quick resolution of Niger’s coup or the potential use of force by the Economic Community...

Russia-Africa Summit: five things African leaders must achieve

Olayinka Ajala, Leeds Beckett University The second Russia-Africa Summit takes place in St Petersburg on 27-28 July. This comes at a time of a major...

African leaders in Sierra Leone played a key role in ending the transatlantic slave trade

Bronwen Everill, University of Cambridge Freetown, the capital of Sierra Leone on the west African coast, was named for the freed slaves who were returned...

Nigerian health workers and absenteeism: study shows how personal and political relationships protect offenders

Aloysius Odii, University of Nigeria; Dina Balabanova, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine; Eleanor Hutchinson, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine; Martin...

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