Nigeria | 40 minutes ago Vanessa Obioha At its eighth annual general meeting (AGM), Credite Capital Finance and Investment Ltd announced a N50 million dividend payout to shareholders, an increase from N40 million in 2023. Managing Director Segun Ogunleye also disclosed plans for a N40 million bonus scrip, to be allotted at a ratio of one share for every 13 held. ?So we are looking at a bonus scrip of N40 million to be shared at a ratio of one to 13,? Ogunleye explained. ?That is to say, on every 13 units of shares held, one unit will be granted and allotted, as against what was done last year.? Chairman Adetokunbo Abudu...

Nigeria | 38 minutes ago Vanessa Obioha The federal government is rallying private sector support with the unveiling of its new special vehicle project, BRIDGE, aimed at expanding broadband connectivity nationwide. At a stakeholders? engagement in Lagos, the Minister of Communications, Innovation and Digital Economy, Bosun Tijani, unveiled the project?s blueprint, urging private sector participation in the government?s plan to connect every Nigerian. ?There...

Nouvel épisode dans le conflit qui oppose l'état guinéen à la société émirienne GAC. Lundi, la compagnie minière s?était vu retirer son permis d?exploitation par décret présidentiel. Conakry l'accuse de n?avoir pas respecté son principal engagement : construire une raffinerie qui permet de transformer la bauxite en aluminium sur le sol guinéen. Ces accusations sont rejetées en bloc par l'entreprise. Précisions de Malick Diakité, correspondant de France 24 à Conakry.

L'ancien Premier ministre et opposant tchadien Succès Masra a été condamné à vingt ans de prison ferme samedi. Il a été reconnu coupable de complicité de meurtre et de diffusion de message à caractère haineux et xénophobe par le tribunal de grande instance de N'Djamena.

Au Tchad, Succès Masra, ancien Premier ministre et chef du principal parti d'opposition a été condamné à vingt ans de prison ferme. Il a été reconnu coupable de "diffusion de message à caractère haineux et xénophobe" et de "complicité de meurtre" dans le cadre du drame de Mandakao où 42 personnes ont été tuées en mai dans un conflit inter-communautaire.

As Israels war on Gaza rages, chances of normalising ties with its neighbours are fading.

Guardian investigation finds number killed in April attack by Rapid Support Forces far greater than current estimates...

As the UK prepared to host a global summit on bringing peace to Sudan, the RSF paramilitary began a ?genocidal? massacre in Zamzam refugee camp. But when reports emerged of the killings, London held its silence. For the first time, using intelligence reports and witness testimony, we piece together...

For decades, hundreds of thousands of Egyptian families have lived in apartments for as little as less than a dollar a month, including in some of Cairo?s most expensive neighborho ......

The UN on Friday said it requires only 55 cents per day to assist each person in Sudan, where millions face dire humanitarian conditions amid ongoing conflict. What we're asking for is basically 55 cents per day per person in...

UNITED NATIONS ? Terrorist activity is surging in Africa?s volatile Sahel region, making life more difficult and dangerous for women and girls, senior U.N. officials said Thursday. Over the past decade, the arid region south of the Sahara Desert has been shaken by extremist uprisings and military coups. Three nations ? Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso ? are now ruled by...

C'est jusqu'aujourd'hui le premier et seul film africain à avoir obtenu la palme d'or au prestigieux Festival de Cannes en 1975.50 ans après, le film "Chronique des années de braise" du réalisateur Mohamed-Lakhdar Hamina est de retour au cinéma en version restaurée. Son fils Malick Lakhdar Hamina était l'invité du journal de l'Afrique.

Featured | 28 seconds ago Mr. Martin Nwabueze, the co-founder of Tilova for Africa (TFA), a non-profit, non-governmental and advocacy organisation, is reinventing charity by empowering vulnerable communities, strengthening small businesses and enhancing livelihoods. But beyond his work in healthcare and humanitarian circles, the Anambra State born and US-based pharmacist is leading a powerful conversation about Nigeria?s future, one not centred on political manifestos or oil wealth, but on disruptive innovation, social reorientation and shared national identity. As one who believes that the key to Nigeria?s rebirth lies in fostering ingenuity, breaking free from divisive...

Nigeria | 20 seconds ago Bashir Ojulari?s rumoured resignation is unfortunate, writes ABDULGANNY IBRAHEEM Since his appointment on 2nd April this year, perceptive watchers of Nigeria?s oil sector knew very well that the new Group CEO of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Ltd. Bashir Bayo Ojulari, is in for a strenuous tenure. And this envisaged strain is on all conceivable fronts, socio-political, economic, and geopolitical. ?In all these, the mighty and powerful, the pretentious ?owners? of this country, are up in arms, as usual, against a consummate technocrat they perceive as an ?outsider?. ?Bashir Ojulari?s rumoured forceful resignation last weekend, following a...

Le premier août, un convoi de l'Africa Corps est tombé dans une embuscade tendue par des jihadistes à proximité de la ville malienne de Ténenkou, dans la région de Mopti. Pour la première fois, des images filmées par les groupes jihadistes montrent des membres de ce groupe paramilitaire russe venu remplacer Wagner au Mali morts au combat.

The plane had taken off from the capital Nairobis Wilson Airport and was destined for Somaliland.

Too often in South Sudan, women are excluded from political and peacebuilding opportunities, despite their critical importance in advancing peace and security in the conflict-ridden country. To help women increase their visibility and secure funding for peacebuilding initiatives, the United Nations Mission in South Sudan hosted 30 women at a strategic communications workshop in Wau, Western Bahr El...

With violence intensifying in South Sudan, more than 33,000 refugees have fled to northern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). In May, Meacute;decins Sans Frontiegrave;res (MSF) teams launched emergency activities to provide lifesaving medical care to a community facing crisis. ldquo;We saw people shooting guns. Then we saw planes shooting people from the sky,rdquo; says Blessing Halima, a refugee from Morobo County, South Sudan, who recently fled to Adi, northern DRC, with her six children. ldquo;They began killing people and stealing everything. They took my husband. Thatrsquo;s why we ran.rdquo; Blessing Halima is not alone. In April, Atay Rose travelled for several days through...

Download logo The ECOWAS Commission and the World Bank, through the West Africa Unique Identification for Regional Integration and Inclusion (WURI) programme, convened a regional validation workshop from 24 to 27 June 2025 in Accra, Ghana. The workshop brought together foundational identity (fID) agencies and functional service providers from WURI participating countries (Benin, Burkina Faso, Cocirc;te drsquo;Ivoire, Niger and Togo), alongside representatives from ECOWAS Member States, to review and validate two strategic documents: the Stakeholders Assessment, Engagement and Management Strategy, and the Foundational Identification Systems Interoperability and Mutual Recognition of ID...

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Nigeria | 50 minutes ago *Seeks urgent reform to promote accountability, fairness By Hammed Shittu in Ilorin Key stakeholders in Kwara State have expressed deep concern over the current tax structure in the country, saying it is stifling economic activities and alienating citizens from governance. Speaking in Ilorin, the state capital, on Wednesday at a consultative meeting on tax justice, organised by the Brain Builders Youth Development Initiative (BBYDI), with support from CISLAC and funded by Christian Aid Nigeria; market leaders, civil society actors and academics, the stakeholders said that the current tax system has remained burdensome and...

Seven Ethiopian migrants died of hunger and thirst after their boat broke down while en route from Somalia to Yemen, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) said on Wednesday. In a statement, the UN...

The National Oil Corporation (NOC) of Libya...

Nigeria | 15 seconds ago Deji Elumoye in Abuja President Bola Tinubu has extended his deepest condolences to President John Mahama, the government and...

Nigeria | 33 seconds ago Folalumi Alaran in Abuja The Coordinator of Gbenga Hashim Vanguard in the North-west, Hon. Aminu Bala Wudilawa, has called on the leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to reject blackmail and pressures to hand over the party?s 2027 presidential ticket to any regional political warlord under the pretext of zoning or power rotation. According to...

Nigeria | 27 seconds ago The stock market continued on a positive note on Wednesday, as performance indices grew by 0.70 per cent amid increased buying interest and bargain hunting. Similarly, the All-Share Index (ASI) also increased by 1,017.49 points, or 0.70 per cent, to settle at 145,813.86 as against Tuesday?s 144,796.37. The gain was...

Nigeria | 38 seconds ago The Federal Government has announced plans to install gantries on flyovers to prevent damage from overloaded trucks and vehicles that disregard safety standards. The Minister of Works, David Umahi, at a news conference on Wednesday in Abuja, said the move was to preserve road infrastructure in the country. This initiative, he said, is part of a broader crackdown on overloaded trucks that are causing structural damage to bridges and flyovers across the country The move comes after a recent incident at the Keffi Flyover, where a container-laden trailer exceeding the permitted clearance height caused...

Starting Aug. 8, ?Sudan, Remember Us? is playing in theaters across USA and Canada. Very early in our interview, filmmaker Hind Meddeb tells me she is not a journalist anymore. Newsroom politics, the endless harping on ?objectivity? and the reporting bias when writing about the Middle East, she said, has steered her away. Born to the poet Abdelwahab Meddeb and the linguist Amina Maya Khelladi, Meddeb grew up in France but spent her life travelling between Tunisia, Morocco, Syria and in places ?on the other side of the Mediterranean Sea.? Since walking away from journalism, she has been making films: About a punk-hip-hop hybrid music movement in Egypt, about civil resistance in Tunisia and...

Nigeria?s First Exploration and Petroleum Development Co. is eyeing gas exploration in East Africa, reflecting a wider push by the read more Nigerian First EP eyes Tanzanian gas in broader push for growth ......