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Cabo Verde set to host hybrid 2021 African Economic Conference on financing development in the Covid-19 era

December 2, 2021December 2, 2021Ayo Olowo

African heads of state and government together with senior policymakers will share their perspectives on how to reshape Africa’s development financing models at the 2021 African Economic Conference, which takes place on Thursday, 2 December. Cabo Verde Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance Olavo Correia said the conference offered “an extraordinarily important moment” to chart […]

NDLEA intercepts 12,385kg “Loud” marijuana in Lagos

November 29, 2021November 29, 2021News Agency

By Ibironke Ariyo NDLEA has seized 12,385 kilograms of “Loud’’ marijuana smuggled into Lagos from a neighbouring country through the waterways. Director, Media and Advocacy of the NDLEA, Mr Femi Babafemi, who said this in a statement issued on Sunday in Abuja, described the drug as a strong variant of marijuana. Babafemi said that 12,385 […]

Magdalena Andersson emerges Sweden’s first-ever female prime minister

November 25, 2021November 25, 2021Ayo Olowo

Magdalena Andersson has been approved by Sweden’s parliament as the country’s first-ever female prime minister, after replacing Stefan Lofven as leader of the centre-left Social Democrats. Sweden is the only Nordic country never to have elected a woman as a national leader before. Ms Andersson, who is currently the finance minister, did not win Wednesday’s […]

Buhari Concerned, Taking Action To Ensure Cooking Gas Prices Reduces – Sylva

November 24, 2021November 24, 2021Ayo Olowo

Timipre Sylva, Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, has said President Muhammadu Buhari is concerned about the rising cost of cooking gas, saying he is taking measures to ensure the prices come down for the yuletide season. Sylva made this known to State House correspondents on Tuesday after he, alongside Gbenga Komolafe, Chief Executive Officer […]

Sudan’s military set to reinstate ousted Prime Minister Hamdok

November 21, 2021November 21, 2021Ayo Olowo

Sudan’s ousted Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok is to be reinstated, after being placed under house arrest during a military coup last month. All political detainees will be released as part of a new agreement between the military, civilian leaders and ex-rebel groups, mediators said. On 25 October, Sudan’s military had declared a state of emergency […]

Russian Diplomat Found Dead Outside Embassy In Germany

November 6, 2021November 6, 2021Ayo Olowo

Reports have emerged that a Russian diplomat was found dead outside the country’s embassy in the German capital of Berlin. The man’s body was discovered on the pavement on 19 October by police guarding the Berlin compound, Der Spiegel website reported. He had apparently fallen from an upper floor, but it was unclear how, it […]

Details of 40 Nigerian firms, individuals blacklisted by AfDB over corrupt practices

November 2, 2021November 2, 2021Ayo Olowo

The African Development Bank has blacklisted at least 40 Nigerian firms and individuals for engaging in corrupt practices, fraud and collusive practices between 2017 and 2021, according to data obtained from the bank’s website. The AfDB said the firms and individuals were debarred “for coercive, collusive, corrupt, fraudulent, or obstructive practices under its sanctions system […]

Climate Change Conference: Read President Buhari’s speech at COP 26

November 1, 2021November 1, 2021Ayo Olowo

By Muhammadu Buhari Dire warnings of the end of the world are as old as civilization itself. But each year as the countdown to United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP) begins, they grow in volume and intensity. Recently, senior United Nations officials raised the alarm of “world conflict and chaos” and mass migrations and institutional […]

UN condemns bomb attack targeting crowd outside mosque in Afghanistan

October 4, 2021October 4, 2021News Agency

The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) on Monday condemned a bomb attack targeting a crowd outside a big mosque in the central part of the Afghan capital of Kabul. “The UN in Afghanistan condemns Sunday’s attack against people involved in an event at a religious site in Kabul. “At least eight people were […]

Facebook, WhatsApp and Instagram experience yet another global outage

October 4, 2021October 4, 2021Ayo Olowo

Social messaging/networking sites WhatsApp, Instagram, and Facebook have all gone down in what appears to be another major global outage. According to data on Downdetector, the three social media platforms – owned by Mark Zuckerberg — completely stopped working shortly before 5 pm on Monday, leaving millions of users worried. The outages began to trend on Twitter […]