Goddy Ikeh
A protest march organised by Côte d’Ivoire’s opposition coalition, comprising the PPA-CI and the PDCI, has been officially authorised and it is now scheduled to take place on August 9, 2025, with a new route.
The World Bank Group has signed on as co-chair of the Mobilizing Access to the Digital Economy (MADE) Alliance: Africa, joining current co-chairs the African Development Bank Group (www.AfDB.org) and Mastercard in an initiative to provide digital access to critical services for 100 million individuals and businesses across Africa by 2034.
Nigeria’s Minister of State for Petroleum Resources (Gas), Ekperikpe Ekpo, says the Federal Government plans to move five million homes to clean cooking through its Liquefied Petroleum Gas penetration initiative.
The Nigerian Exchange Limited (NGX) extended its bullish momentum on Tuesday as the All-Share Index rose by 0.5 per cent to close at 144,796.37 points, driven by price appreciation in key large-cap stocks.
MTN Nigeria has unveiled a new wave of customer-focused innovation at its inaugural Customer Engagement Day in Lagos, as part of its drive to deepen subscriber experience and digital empowerment.
The President of the African Development Bank (AfDB), Dr Akinwumi Adesina, says his passion to mobilize global capital for Africa’s development will continue way beyond his presidency of the African Development Bank, which ends on September 1, 2025.
Nigeria’s Minister of Petroleum Resources (Oil), Senator Heineken Lokpobiri, has urged Equipment, Procurement, and Construction (EPC) companies that have departed Nigeria’s oil and gas sector to return.
President Bola Tinubu on Monday in Abuja received Nigeria’s senior national women’s basketball team, D’Tigress, who won the AfroBasket title by defeating their Malian counterparts by 78-64 in the final played at the Palais des Sports de Treichville in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire.
The Media Rights Agenda (MRA) has condemned the closure of Badegi 90.1 FM, a private radio station based in Minna, Niger State in northern Nigeria, on August1, 2025, on the orders of the State Governor, Mr. Mohammed Umaru Bago, describing the action as illegal, arbitrary and a dangerous assault on broadcasting freedom.
As part of its civil-military cooperation (CIMIC) actions, the 9th Ghanaian contingent (GHANCOY 9) deployed within the ECOWAS Mission in The Gambia (ECOMIG) carried out a major humanitarian operation on Thursday, July 31st 2025 at Farafenni High School, located some 115 km from Barra.