Goddy Ikeh

A former Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Mr. Abdulrasheed Bawa, has said that many oil marketing companies were systematically forging documents to illegally access petrol subsidy payments from the Nigerian government.

The United States Ambassador to Nigeria, Richard Mills Jr, says that the US will be focusing on private sector-led investment instead of aid in its engagement with Nigeria and sub-Saharan Africa.

Swiss healthcare firm Roche Diagnostics has launched a new diagnostics legal entity in Nigeria to deepen access to innovative healthcare and improve diagnostics capacity across West Africa.

The Group Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Nigerian Exchange Group (NGX Group), Mr. Temi Popoola, has called on African policymakers, capital market leaders, and development stakeholders to collaboratively rethink the continent’s growth model, anchoring it on homegrown capital, tech-enabled integration, and bold partnerships as pillars of a renewed African development agenda.

The Chairman of Gates Foundation, Bill Gates, has urged African leaders to utilise the foundation’s $200bn pledge to accelerate health and development progress through innovation and partnership, despite current challenges.

President Joseph Nyuma Boakai, Sr. has officially inaugurated the US$1.4 billion Concentrator Plant at the Mt. Tokadeh Mining Site in Nimba County, operated by ArcelorMittal Liberia.

The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) joined other 49 civil society organizations and journalists in a manifesto organised by the Javari Valley Indigenous People Union (UNIVAJA) to remember the third anniversary of British journalist Dom Phillips and Indigenous expert Bruno Pereira killings on June 5, 2022, in the Brazilian state of Amazonas.

Nigeria’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Yusuf Tuggar, has stressed the need for collaboration among West African States for greater economic and regional integration by leveraging their shared market potential and demographic advantages.

Ethiopian Parliamentarian and former spokesperson of the Ministry
of Foreign Affairs, Dina Mufti, has accused the Eritrean troops of
occupying areas within the territory of Ethiopia.

Morocco hosted a delegation of Burkinabe military officers on Thursday, May 15, for a specialized training programme in military security, underscoring deepening defense ties between the two countries.