Kenyan Police has arrested Henry Rotich, Kenya’s Finance Minister and two other treasury officials have been arrested on corruption and fraud charges over a multi-million dollar project to build two mega-dams. The Director of Public Prosecutions, Noordin Haji, had ordered…
The Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry, LCCI, has commended the new lending policy for deposit money banks which prescribes a minimum Loan Deposit Ratio of 60 per cent effective 30th September 2019, describing it as a move in the…
Worried by the growing ethnic suspicion in Nigeria, leaders of various ethnic groups and Community Based Organisations, (CBOs) will meet in Lagos towards creating an effective mechanism for conflict prevention and peace building. The meeting is being organized by the…
The National Assembly has been asked to probe the recent theft of cash running into hundreds of millions by some soldiers detailed to escort a large amount of cash said to belong to a top government official. Reports earlier last…
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has commenced consultations with traditional rulers as national security deteriorates further. This consultation aims at developing and reinforcing the nations security architecture to deal with the frightening situation. Osinbajo, who disclosed this move in Ogun State…
By Eze Onyekpere | Nigerians will recall that the 2019 presidential election was held on February 23, 2019 after the Independent National Electoral Commission postponed it within a few hours to its opening on February 16, 2019. The incumbent, President…
“African countries, especially those in West Africa, are simply not doing enough” to “ensure that no one is left behind”, declares a new report, unveiling shocking figures that underline extreme inequality and poverty rampant in the region. West Africa is…
Civil Society Organizations in Akwa Ibom State have urged the Governor of Akwa Ibom State, Mr. Udom Emmanuel to revisit the recent merger of the Ministry of Agriculture with Women Affairs. Addressing a press conference in Uyo on Friday, Chairman…
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has sent a petition to Mrs. Fatou Bensouda, Prosecutor, International Criminal Court (ICC), urging her to use her “good offices to investigate whether the problem of out-of-school children in Nigeria, and the failure of the…
The initiative—known as Technologies for African Agriculture Transformation (TAAT), is part of the Bank’s Feed Africa strategy that is harnessing elite scientific research/technologies and disseminating at scale to African farmers. A staple to about 350 million people in sub Saharan…
