Goddy Ikeh
President of Burkina Faso, Captain Ibrahim Traore, has called on the Burkinabe people to be vigilant against attempts at destabilization, recalling that the current regime is not a democracy.
Nigeria’s Minister of Art, Culture, and Creative Economy, Hannatu Musa Musawa, has called for stronger collaboration between the private and public sectors for the sustainability of Nigeria’s art industry.
Nigerian President Bola Tinubu has announced a sweeping reconstitution of the Board of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL), removing the chairman, Mr. Pius Akinyelure and the Group Chief Executive Officer, Mr. Mele Kyari.
A delegation from the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) was in Accra last week to engage national and local stakeholders on Ghana’s potential participation in UN-Habitat’s Quality of Life (QoL) Initiative, a people-centred programme designed to improve living standards in cities.
The Cabinet of Ghana has approved plans by the Ministry of Energy and Green Transition to develop a second gas processing plant in the country. The project builds on efforts to maximize the country’s 2.1 trillion cubic feet of gas resources to support electrification and industrialization.
The Executive Secretary, of the Nigeria Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (NEITI), Mr. Orji Ogbonnaya Orji, says that revenue-generating agencies currently owe the Nigerian government N9.3tn in unremitted liabilities.
Five of Nigeria’s largest banks, Zenith Bank, Guaranty Trust Holding Company, United Bank for Africa, Stanbic IBTC, and Fidelity Bank, reported record-breaking profits in their 2024 full-year financial results despite an economy struggling with inflation, naira depreciation and declining consumer purchasing power.
A pan-African investment company, Heirs Holdings, has announced its strategic partnership with GIVO Africa, a climate technology and recycling company, to tackle plastic waste.
A Nigerian Finance company, Credit Direct, has launched a fully digital, end-to-end Buy Now Pay Later solution and other products, marking the company’s strategic evolution beyond lending into retail investments and payments serving both individuals and businesses.
The Nigeria Boxing Board of Control (NBB of C) says that the Nigerian boxer, Segun ‘Success’ Olanrewaju, who died in Accra, Ghana on Saturday, was not granted approval for the fatal bout after his initial fight scheduled for Friday was cancelled after being adjudged overweight.