Peter Obi, the Labour party’s presidential candidate has condemned the introduction of a cybersecurity levy, asserting that it further burdens an already dying economy. The Central Bank...
It is estimated that about 2 billion people, especially those in lower and middle-income countries, lack access to quality and affordable essential medicines. The situation is...
The stock market reacted positively after Jumia shared its financial results for the first quarter of 2024, with shares of the Africa-focused e-commerce company opening at...
In a warning about the impending challenges posed by climate change, German State Secretary and Special Representative for International Climate Policy, Jennifer Lee Morgan, has emphasised the urgent...
The outgoing World Bank Country Director, Dr. Shubham Chaudhari has commended Nigeria for its proactive measures and robust efforts in bracing up monetary policies and in...
After a two-week absence from the country, President Bola Tinubu returned to Abuja early Wednesday, where he was greeted by top government officials. Tinubu’s diplomatic journey...
The Nigerian Labour Congress, NLC, Nigerian Association of Chambers of Commerce, Industry, Mines, and Agriculture (NACCIMA), others on Tuesday faulted the timing of the newly imposed...
The Senate on Tuesday commenced a legislative process to revive and complete the $18.5 billion Abuja Centenary City project. This was sequel to the adoption of...
Amid the current scarcity of petrol and long queues at filling stations across the country, the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) has advised Nigerians against...
The Minister of Works, David Umahi, has again attacked a former Vice President of Nigeria, Abubakar Atiku, over the former Nigerian leader’s position on the controversial...
Kaduna state governor, Uba Sani has set up a machinery in motion to ensure the revival of the State Water Corporation to address the challenges potable...
The CEO of prominent cryptocurrency platform Binance, Richard Teng, unveiled in a blog post on Tuesday that undisclosed individuals in Nigeria sought substantial payments in digital...
Jumia’s revenue and gross merchandise volume showed growth despite a decrease in quarterly active customers, according to its Q1 2024 report. Revenue increased by 19% year-over-year...
The implementation of the Lagos- Calabar coastal line project spanning several states in Nigeria has raised concerns among citizens, leading to conversations regarding transparency and due...
Jumia, a leading African e-commerce platform, lowered its operating losses by 70% in Q1 2024 after brutal cost-cutting measures that saw it trim advertising costs to...
Rescue efforts are underway in South Africa following the collapse of a five-storey building under construction in the city of George, Western Cape province. The incident...
The US Consul General in Nigeria, Will Stevens, on Monday, stressed the need for Nigeria to diversify its economy from oil and gas and invest more...
Cards are gaining ground in Egypt, with over 30 million in circulation (prepaid cards, particularly, are seeing more use than debit and credit cards combined). This...
The Bank of Industry (BoI), the African Development Bank (AfDB) and the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) have partnered to drive digital literacy in Nigeria....
The presidency, on Monday rebuked former Vice President, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, for attacking President Bola Tinubu and his son, Seyi, over allegations that their business affiliations...
Wife of the President, Senator Oluremi Tinubu on Monday received the first female Sandhurst-trained Nigerian Army officer, Second Leuitenant Oluchukwu Owowoh, after she completed her training,...
Nigeria Vice President Kashim Shettima has cancelled his trip to Dallas-Texas in the United States where he was expected to represent President Bola Tinubu at the...
The Minister of Budget and Economic Planning, Senator Abubakar Bagudu has said despite the difficult economic times, the federal government has ensured that funds are made...
Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, has debunked reports that Nigeria is in talks with the United States to establish a military base in...
The number of people who have died in Kenya’s floods has risen to at least 228, with 72 people currently reported missing and 164 injured. The...
Terrorists have reportedly killed six people and injured eight others in an attack on Ambe community in Sanga Local Government Area of Kaduna state.The injured were...
This article was contributed to TechCabal by Ifelade Ayodele. By 2050, a staggering one in four people globally will be African. This demographic surge underscores the...
Following news that a new military base is set to be established in Nigeria, Nigeria’s Former Minister of Foreign Affairs, Bolaji Akinyemi has said the idea...
Oluyinka Olumide, the Commissioner for Physical Planning and Urban Development in Lagos, has disclosed that a staggering 80 percent of buildings in the Ibeju Lekki-Epe corridor...
A Senior Fellow of the Centre for Democracy and Development, Professor Jibrin Ibrahim, has warned that Nigeria signing a defence pact with the United States of...
The National Pension Commission (PenCom) has disclosed that the federal government’s total liability from the implementation of the pension increases in 2007 and 2010 as well...
The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has made good its threat to take legal action against governors and the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory...
Indigenous oil and gas producer, Oando, has projected that it will double its production to 50,000 barrels per day of oil equivalent with the ‘imminent’ closure...
African Centre for Justice and Human Rights (ACJHR) has accused the federal government of persecuting immediate past Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Mr...
Former Nigeria Vice-President Atiku Abubakar, on Sunday, accused President Bola Tinubu of conflict of interest, because his son, Seyi, was on the board of CDK Integrated...
Following the recent crackdown and demolition of illegal structures across Lagos State, the Lagos State Commissioner for Environment and Water Resources, Tokunbo Wahab, has reacted to...
Nigeria’s Vice President Kashim Shettima on Sunday evening departed Abuja for Dallas, United States of America, to represent President Bola Tinubu at the 2024 US-Africa Business...
Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum has won the Nigerian Union of Journalists’ Good Governance Award 2024 on education. At the event, which was tagged “NUJ Press...
Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have smashed an international drug syndicate with networks in parts of Nigeria, South Africa and Thailand. According...
President-General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide, Chief Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu, has said the pan-Igbo group has no intention to apologise for the 1966 coup as it was a...
The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) has ordered the System Operator (SO), a department in the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) to commence the capping of...
In today’s interconnected world, the power of a passport extends far beyond its physical pages. It represents freedom, global mobility, and opportunities for its holders. The...
Top northern intelligentia have written to President Bola Tinubu, kicking against the relocation of United States and French military bases from the Sahel to Nigeria. In...
The Kano state government has debunked a media report that a journalist, working with the state-owned television station, attached to Government house was hit by a...
Governor Dikko Radda of Katsina State has accused some government officials and security personnel of aiding banditry in the country, saying that banditry has become a...
As the anticipation for Africa’s Travel Indaba 2024 builds up, South African Tourism West Africa is gearing up to highlight the best of South African summer...
Kebetkache Women Development and Resource Centre in Rivers State has raised an alarm to the pollution committed in the oil rich state by the Shell Petroleum Development...
Africans Rising movement is spearheading a campaign on Borderless Africa with massive marches organised in countries across the continent to promote the ideology. A statement at...
EXCERPT: Nigeria’s Court of Appeal has nullified police rules dismissing unmarried pregnant female officers, citing breach of constitutional rights. The Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja...
In a bid to quickly advance the close-out of the ongoing oil and gas reinvestment and divestment process in the country, totalling 26 blocks, the Nigerian...
The Minister of State for Environment, Iziaq Salako, on Friday, said the Federal Ministry of Works was given preliminary Environmental and Social Impact Assessment (ESIA) certification...
The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) on Friday yanked off the control of the electricity sector Independent System Operator (ISO) from the Transmission Company of Nigeria...
The Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), has condoled with families and victims of the tanker fire incident that claimed lives and properties worth billions along the...
The Court of Appeal in Abuja, on Friday, halted the execution of an order summoning the Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ola...
Elections in Nigeria came under heavy criticisms as reports presented by the Yiaga Africa and Inter Party Advisory Committee (IPAC) on Friday, revealed that public trust...
Despite the constant threat posed to education by security challenges, the wife of the President, Senator Oluremi Tinubu, has given assurance that the federal government will...
The Nigerian Postal Service (NIPOST), has clamped down on unlicensed courier operators in Kaduna state.Many offices of the illegal operators were sealed off on Thursday by...
Nigeria President Bola Tinubu will soon inaugurate three critical gas infrastructure projects being undertaken by the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC) and partners in Delta...
Liberian President Joseph Boakai has issued an executive order to establish the nation’s inaugural war crimes court, more than two decades after the conclusion of two...
A rebel group reportedly tied to Rwanda has taken control of Rubaya, an eastern Congo mining town renowned for its production of a crucial mineral used...
The former Commissioner of Police in Anambra State, Aderemi Adeoye, has said that contrary to information published in the media, he never said he is a...
The Leader of INRI Evangelical Spiritual Church, Primate Elijah Ayodele on Friday revealed that he foresees the removal of some presidents and revolution in the African...
Governors of the federation after a virtual meeting on Wednesday said they would review the report of the tripartite committee, when submitted and each state reached...
An executive order was signed by the President of Libya, Joseph Boakai on Thursday, to create a war crimes court aimed at delivering justice to the...
The United Nations has said it will collaborate with the government of President Bola Tinubu to ensure the success of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in...
Nigeria’s Federal Government has condemned the killing of 14-year-old Nigerian, Daniel Anjorin at school in Hainault, East London, United Kingdom. Daniel Anjorin was stabbed to death...
Human Rights Watch have accused Kenyan authorities of not responding properly to the ongoing floods that have claimed the lives of over 170 individuals since the...
The French Government may likely continue in sponsoring the programme to end human trafficking in Nigeria and five other West Africa State. This was disclosed on...
Former Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Dr. Shamsuddeen Usman, yesterday, challenged President Bola Tinubu to match words with actions by sacking some ministers in...
ExxonMobil’s Nigerian petroleum assets sale to Nigeria’s Seplat could be approved in less than two weeks, the country’s oil regulator, the Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission...
Every year African nations lose a large chunk of their high-net-worth individuals to the warm embrace of emigration, a new report has shown. This is according...
Vice President Kashim Shettima has appealed to Nigerians to be patient with the government of President Bola Tinubu as he steers the ship of state through...
Minister of Works, Mr Dave Umahi has cautioned drivers and other road users against the consumption of hard drugs and other substances that could make them...
Africa’s best-ranked player Omar Assar of Egypt and Nigeria’s Quadri Aruna will lead Africa’s contingent to the $2 million prize money Saudi Smash in Saudi Arabia....
A Member of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) team on the National Minimum Wage Committee, Professor Theophilus Ndubuaku, has said he is certain that the Labour...
For the second year running, Francophone fintech Wave is the only African company listed on Y-Combinator’s top 50 earning startups in 2024. The global accelerator has...
The president of the Trade Union Congress of Nigeria (TUC), Festus Osifo, has said that the proposed minimum wage of 615,000 naira is open to negotiation...
The logistics industry in Nigeria, like any informal sector, struggles with poor infrastructure and other inefficiencies, making it difficult for businesses — both large and small...
Peter Obi, presidential candidate of the Labour Party in the 2023 election, has responded to the allegation that he is inciting people of the south-east against...
The United Nations (UN) has stated that Nigeria continues to lag behind in achieving Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 16, which focuses on peace, justice and strong...
Anambra workers yesterday expressed anger over the absence of the state governor, Prof Chukwuma Soludo at the worker’s day rally. Soludo was represented at the Alex...
Again, Nigeria’s crude oil output sank in April 2024, raising concerns that the upswing recorded in January and, to some extent, the second month of this...
President Bola Tinubu, on Wednesday, celebrated his first May Day as president, assuring the organised labour that the issues that prevented the tripartite committee on minimum...
The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) has called on the government to implement policies that protect workers’ rights, improve working conditions, and provide a strong safety...
The United States military is planning to return to Chad within a month to discuss the revision of an agreement that will allow American troops to...
The Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC) is moving to speed up the conclusion of regulatory oversight on the ongoing oil assets divestment by International Oil...
The Public Relations Officer of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) in Lagos State, Ismail Adejumo, has revealed that the NLC and the trade Union Congress (TUC)...
Nigeria’s Minister of Works, Dave Umahi in a statement during the second stakeholders meeting of the Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway (Section 1), held on Wednesday in Lagos,...
Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, has revealed that Africa accounts for 65% of its investment, resulting in the immunization of 438 million unique children and the prevention...
Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, has revealed that Africa accounts for 65% of its investment, resulting in the immunization of 438 million unique children and the prevention...
President Bola Tinubu has congratulated Nigerian workers on the auspicious occasion of Workers’ Day held annually to celebrate the lifeblood of the country. The President, in...
Tunisia’s major opposition coalition declared on Tuesday its boycott of the upcoming presidential election unless President Kais Saied’s political opponents are released and judicial independence is...
An internationally supported court in the Central African Republic issued an international arrest warrant for exiled ex-President François Bozizé on Tuesday. The warrant pertains to human...
Former Vice-President, Atiku Abubukar, has slammed the federal government, accusing it of subsidising corruption in government. In the May Day message, Atiku said as Nigerian workers...
The Borno State Government has refused to sack the 10,566 teachers said to be unqualified to remain in the classrooms, because the government did not want...
President Ahmed Tinubu has reiterated that the economic reforms and policies being introduced by his administration have associated challenges. He said his administration was implementing significant...