3 mn read Indigenes of Ezza Community in Benue State have expressed dismay over unabated attacks and killings by people suspected to be warlords in Ado local government area of the state. The inhabitants alleged that they had lost over 400 persons in the incessant attacks and killings. This was contained in a statement signed and made available […]
< 1 mn read On Sunday, bandits launched an attack on Kuchini in the Ihuru community of Shiroro Local Government Area in Niger State, resulting in the death of a man named Isiyaku. According to local sources, Isiyaku was killed while working on his farm in Kuchini. In a related incident, two other individuals were kidnapped in Guyi Kushaku […]
2 mn read ccess Bank plans to combine ABCT with the consumer and private banking business of Standard Chartered Bank Tanzania when acquired to create an enlarged entity within the Tanzanian market. Access Bank completed the acquisition of the controlling stake in African Banking Corporation of Tanzania (ABCT), the parent company Access Holdings said on Monday, nearly eleven […]
< 1 mn read The Association of European Chambers of Commerce and Industry, Eurochambres celebrated that the centre-right has held in the European Parliament after Sunday’s results. Eurochambres say that the implementation of the Parliament’s previous Green Deal was challenging, and now there is a chance to revise it to ensure fairness. CEO of Eurochambres Ben Butters said, “We […]
< 1 mn read Berlin, the German capital, is gearing up to host the next session of the Ukraine Recovery Conference, making it the first to be held in an EU member state, scheduled for Tuesday to Wednesday. Tensions escalated surrounding the event on Monday when conference chairman Mustafa Nayyem announced his resignation, who cited “systemic obstacles” as the […]
2 mn read It was at the Mohamed VI Polytechnic University in Benguerir, Morocco, that global governance actors gathered for the Spring Meeting of the Paris Peace Forum. A Paris forum in an African country is not only a first but also a symbol of the common interests between the North and the South, and of Africa’s essential […]
< 1 mn read The death toll in an attack in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) on Friday by militants and Islamist rebels has risen to at least 41, the government said on Monday. Red Cross volunteers and young people from the village of Masala in the eastern North Kivu province have been searching for bodies since the […]
2 mn read Christophe Deloire, who negotiated to free imprisoned journalists around the world and offered refuge to reporters under threat as the head of media freedom group Reporters Without Borders, died Saturday. He was 53. Deloire had been battling sudden and aggressive cancer and died in Paris surrounded by loved ones, according to board members of Reporters […]
< 1 mn read Beneficiaries of the Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP), Phase 2, have appealed to President Bola Tinubu for an increase in their monthly stipends, citing the current economic challenges faced by Niger Delta ex-agitators. Ibena Rufus Salvation, the national chairman of PAP Phase 2, emphasized in a statement on Sunday that the current stipend of N65,000 per […]
< 1 mn read Investec CEO Fani Titi said that South Africa cannot afford the instability and uncertainty that comes with coalition governments that implode. INVESTEC CEO Fani Titi said that South Africa cannot afford the instability and uncertainty that comes with coalition governments that implode. Titi used the coalition failures in the Johannesburg and Ekurhuleni metro’s over the […]
