CHIBUIKE ALAGBOSO (Lead Writer) – If there were any doubts of what may happen when countries don’t take prioritise epidemic preparedness, the covid-19 pandemic is still a fresh reminder. Its economic cost is estimated to be as high as $114 trillion. However, it is not just about money. Other long-term...
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Newly elected Senegalese President Bassirou Diomaye Faye has formally appointed opposition leader, Ousmane Sonko as the country’s new prime minister. Faye, 44, made the announcement early on Wednesday, appointing his close ally who enjoys support among young Senegalese. Faye had taken the oath of office just hours previously....
Thailand’s Constitutional Court on Wednesday accepted a petition by the country’s Election Commission (EC) to disband the main opposition Move Forward Party over its efforts to amend the royal defamation law. The EC provided sufficient evidence to believe that the Move Forward Party had violated the law. The...
African Union (AU) Commission Chairperson Moussa Mahamat has congratulated Bassirou Faye on his victory at Senegal’s presidential election. In a statement issued on Friday, Mahamat said he warmly congratulates Faye on the occasion of the official proclamation of his election in the first round as the next president...
The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) says it requires about 5.2 billion dollars to address infrastructure deficit and achieve its core objectives of driving the subregion’s economic growth. The ECOWAS Commissioner for Infrastructure, Energy and Digitalization, Mr Sediko Douka, made this known while addressing a news...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Bola Tinubu has congratulated Mr. Bassirou Diomaye Faye on his election as the President of the Republic of Senegal. President Tinubu in a statement by his spokesman, Mr Ajuri Ngelale, noted that President-elect Faye comes with great promise and a sterling...
Moscow’s Basmanny District Court on Tuesday granted the investigator’s petition and arrested in absentia Vasyl Malyuk, the head of the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU), on terrorism charges, the court told Sputnik. “The court has granted the investigator’s application for the introduction of a preventive measure in the...
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has said that more than 2.5 million individuals contracted Tuberculosis in 2022 in Africa, equating to one person per every 13 seconds. Regional Director for Africa, WHO, Dr Matshidiso Moeti, said this in her message to commemorate the World TB Day....
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – Former President Goodluck Jonathan has led the West African Elders Forum (WAEF) to Senegal on a mediation mission ahead of the country’s presidential election on Saturday. The Communications Officer of the Goodluck Jonathan Foundation, Mr Wealth Ominabo, disclosed this in a statement issued...
Former football star, Robson de Souza known as Robinho must serve his nine-year prison sentence for rape in Brazil, a Brazilian high court ruled. The ex-AC Milan winger was sentenced by an Italian court in 2017 to nine years in jail for taking part in the 2013...
President Bola Tinubu has directed the opening of Nigeria’s land and air borders with the Republic of Niger and the lifting of other sanctions against that country with immediate effect. This directive is in compliance with the decisions of the ECOWAS Authority of Heads of State and Government...
The Director-General, West African Monetary Zone (WAMZ), Dr Olorunsola Olowofeso, says expectation for an ECOWAS Single Currency by 2027 is no longer realistic. Oluwafeso, who said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday in Abuja, said this was due to the inability...
The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has said member countries are currently facing a clear and present danger in the form of transnational terrorism. ECOWAS Commissioner for Political Affairs, Peace, and Security, Amb. Abdel-Fatau Musah, said this at a news conference in Abuja on Friday....
The military-ruled West African states of Mali, Niger Republic and Burkina Faso plan to set up a joint force to fight Islamist terrorist groups. The force should be “ready for action as soon as possible,” Niger’s Chief of Staff, Gen. Moussa Salaou Barmou said during a televised address...
Former U.S. president, Donald Trump, cemented his position as the Republican Party’s all-but-certain nominee for November’s general election after sweeping the Super Tuesday primary contests. “It is called it `Super Tuesday’ for a reason. This is a big one,’’ Trump said in his victory speech, delivered at his...
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo, on Tuesday, said Africa must begin to groom selfless and transformational leaders to move the continent forward. Obasanjo spoke in Abeokuta at an event organised to mark his 87th birthday. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the event also witnessed the launching...
The European Commission has fined Apple 1.8 billion euros (two billion U.S. dollars) for unfair competitive practices involving its music streaming service, Apple Music, following a complaint by Spotify. Apple device users in the European Union “were not able to make a free choice as to where, how...
The United States Supreme Court has allowed Donald Trump to remain on Colorado’s presidential ballot, rejecting a state supreme court decision barring him from the election because of his involvement in January 6. Justices unanimously rule that Donald Trump can remain on the ballot in Colorado Trump was wrongly removed...
The rapprochement of the Economic Commission of West African States, ECOWAS, with the three countries that recently quit the regional body namely, Niger, Mali, and Burkina Faso, is such a welcome development. But many more rivers to cross before the conflict in the 15-member sub-continental body will be...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – Coalition of Civil Society Organizations under the auspices of the West Africa Coalition Against Trafficking in Persons and Smuggling of Migrants (WACTIPSOM) has commended the decision of Economic Community of West Africans States (ECOWAS) to lift the ban placed on Mali, the Republic...