Goddy Ikeh
Brigadier General Moussa Diallo visited Sebba, in the Sahel region, to meet with troops engaged in the fight against terrorism, the Burkinabe army reported.
The price of OPEC basket of 12 crudes stood at $78.49 a barrel on Monday, February 2, 2025, compared with $79.38 the previous Friday, according to OPEC Secretariat calculations.
Some western countries have announced significant contributions to the Sustainable Energy Fund for Africa (SEFA) at the end of January, supporting the Mission 300 initiative to expand energy access across the continent, APA has learned.
The African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) has officially joined African Energy Week (AEW): Invest in African Energies 2025 as an Official Partner. This collaboration underscores Afreximbank’s continued commitment to driving investment, financing and sustainable development within Africa’s energy sector.
The Nigerian equity market recorded impressive growth, gaining N1.1 trillion in just one week, as the All-Share Index closed at 104,496.12 and market capitalisation rose to N64.709 trillion.
The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged President Bola Tinubu “to direct the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice Mr. Lateef Fagbemi, and the appropriate anti-corruption agencies to promptly probe allegations that over N26 billion of public funds are missing, diverted or stolen from the Petroleum Technology Development Fund (PTDF) and the Federal Ministry of Petroleum Resources in 2021.
The International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (International IDEA), through its EU-funded Rule of Law and Anti-Corruption (RoLAC II) Programme, in collaboration with the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), is set to train more than 300 legal practitioners on the revised 2023 Rules of Professional Conduct for Legal Practitioners.
Nigerian Afrobeats star Tems has won the Grammy Award in the Best African Music Performance category at the 67th Recording Academy Awards in Los Angeles, United States.
Nigerian President Bola Tinubu has said that the positive reports on Nigerians in the diaspora will inspire the younger generation on values that enhance the country’s image.
The M23 rebel group’s assault on the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s eastern city of Goma has brought familiar dangers for Congolese journalists, who for years have navigated intimidation and attacks from government and armed groups in the country’s restive, mineral-rich east.