Africa

Marcel de Souza, President of the ECOWAS Commission, has commended the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, for its resolve in tackling corruption in Nigeria, noting that the agency compares with similar bodies in the West for its efficiency and effectiveness. He made the commendation on Thursday, December 14, 2017 …

By Ismaila Chafe President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday commended the leadership of the ECOWAS Commission for demanding accountability from its headquarters staff, which made it to invite Nigeria’s Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to look into its books. The Special Adviser on Media and Publicity to Buhari, Femi Adesina, …

By Adekunle Williams and Solomon Asowata The International Organisation for Migration (IOM) and the European Union (EU) on Thursday facilitated the return of 249 more Nigerians from Libya. The returnees arrived at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos at about 9.47pm aboard an Afriqiyah Airbus A330-300 with Registration Number 5A-ONR. …

The West African country of Sierra Leone is holding its presidential election march next year with the ruling All Peoples Party having as its candidate a technocratic politician and former foreign minister, Dr Samura Kamara. Kamara had emerged as the consensus candidate after the ruling party national convention presided over …

Liberia will hold a delayed presidential run-off vote on Dec. 26, the electoral commission chief said. Former soccer star George Weah faces Vice-President Joseph Boakai in the poll that was held up for several weeks by a court challenge by the candidate who came third in round one. The winner …

Former president of Zimbabwe Robert Mugabe has left the country for medical checks in Singapore, his first foreign travel since the army forced him from office in November, a state security official said on Tuesday. The 93-year-old, who ruled the southern African nation for 37 years, resigned after the army …

By Sumaila Ogbaje Ethiopian Airlines, Africa’s largest airline group, has announced its first all women cabin crew flight from Addis Ababa to Nigeria scheduled for Dec. 16. A statement issued by the airline on Monday in Addis Ababa, a copy of which was made available to newsmen, said that from …

The former Governor of Anambra State, Mr. Peter Obi has described the news coming out of Libya: the enslavement of Nigerians in that country as not only sad but also troubling. Speaking to the press in Oriental Hotel shortly after addressing the conference: Networking with the Giants, organized by African …

By Harrison Arubu The Supreme Court of Liberia has lifted its stay order on the country’s presidential run-off election earlier billed for Nov. 7. Ruling on an appeal for a re-run of the first round of elections held on Oct. 10, the apex court said evidence provided by the appellants …

By Prudence Arobani The United Nations, UN, Security Council on Thursday condemned the slave trade of African migrants in Libya as “heinous human rights abuses which may also amount to crimes against humanity,” and called on those responsible to be held to account. In a statement read out to a …

Cameroon’s government ordered thousands of villagers to leave their homes in the Anglophone Southwest region as it deploys troops to root out armed separatists who have vowed to loosen President Paul Biya’s long grip on power. The deployment marks an escalation of Biya’s year-long crackdown on peaceful protests in the …

The N1.3 trillion budget estimate for 2018 presented by Governor Ben Ayade of Cross River to the State House of Assembly is attainable, so says the Managing Director of Nigeria Export and Import Bank (NEXIM Bank), Mr Abba Bello. Bello stated this Wednesday in Calabar at the signing of a …

By Adekunle Williams and Solomon Asowata  A few hours after 144 Nigerians voluntarily returned from Libya, another aircraft carrying 257 of their compatriots on Wednesday landed at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos. The spokesperson for the Lagos Airport Police Command, Mr Joseph Alabi, confirmed this in an interview with …

  The International Association of Political Consultants, IAPC, has admitted the Association of Political Consultants- Africa as its partner. The IAPC took the decision during the general meeting at its 50th conference which held in Reykjavik, Iceland from November 9 to 12, this year. Formally inviting the president of the APCA, …

Former Anambra State Governor, Mr. Peter Obi, has described the enslavement of Nigerians in Libya as not only sad but also troubling. Obi told newsmen at the conference on Networking with the Giants, organised by African Youths Entrepreneurs, in Oriental Hotel, Lagos that Nigerian leaders must deploy concerted efforts in …

Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike has declared that deliberate efforts by agents of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Federal Government to de-market Rivers State are counter-productive to the interest of the nation. Speaking at a state dinner organised for the contestants of Miss University Africa Beauty Pageant on Friday …

  By Bushrah Yusuf-Badmus The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has said it would grant financial subsidy of $500,000 (about N175 million) to all five African representatives at the forthcoming 2018 FIFA World Cup. The continental football governing body said the decision was taken by its Executive Committee and other …

By Ismaila Chafe   A Presidential spokesman, Malam Garba Shehu has described President Muhammadu Buhari’s contributions to the just concluded 5th AU-EU summit in Abidjan as cogent, timely and highly perceptive. Shehu, who is the President’s Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, stated this in a statement issued in …

President Muhammadu Buhari and his Ivorian counterpart, Alassane Ouattara on Wednesday expressed concern that political instability in Togo, if not averted, could have regional consequences. According to a statement by Garba Shehu, Senior Special Assistant to the President, Media & Publicity, both leaders expressed the view during a bilateral meeting …

By Ismaila Chafe  President Muhammadu Buhari will join other Heads of State in Aqaba, Jordan on December 2, to review strategies for fighting terrorism. The summit would also look at ways of reinforcing joint security structures that would be more proactive in preventing attacks. The President’s Special Adviser on Media …

  President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday night in Abidjan declared that all Nigerians stranded in Libya and other parts of the world will be brought home and rehabilitated. The President while speaking when he addressed Nigerians in the Diaspora, vowed to reduce the number of Nigerians heading for Europe illegally …

By Ismaila Chafe President Muhammadu Buhari arrived Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire, for the 5th European Union-African Union (EU-AU) Summit slated for Nov. 29 and Nov. 30. The President was received at the Houphet Airport by Ivoiren President Alassane Ouattara. Those on the President’s entourage include governors Emmanuel Udom of Akwa Ibom …

President/CEO, Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote, has been described as the ‘Pride of the Black Race’. Governor of Kano state, Dr. Umar Ganduje, who was speaking at Dangote Special Day, Monday said Nigeria is lucky to be blessed with someone like Aliko Dangote who has made Nigeria and indeed, Africa proud …

  Salvador Allande’s lifelong goal was the presidency of his country, Chile. During his fourth try at elections to achieve this goal, he used to tell his followers that the route to power for a Marxist was not through violence but by la via pacifica -the peaceful route through the …