A new Nollywood movie, “Ikemba”, was premiered on Sunday at the Orientals Hotel, Lekki, Lagos, to an array of “A” list actors and movie enthusiasts. The movie which had actors like Pete Edochie, Ramsey Noah, Yul Edochie, Zubby Michael, Patience Ozokwor, Chiwetalu Agu, Kanayo O. Kanayo and others, was...
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By BENJAMIN ORISEMEKE, Abuja – Africa Finance Corporation (AFC) has invested a total of $10 billion in projects across 35 African countries since its inception in the last 15 years. The Corporation invested in high-quality infrastructure assets that provide essential services in the core infrastructure sectors of power, natural...
The Qatar Fund for Development (QFFD) and Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation have jointly pledged $200 million toward agriculture, climate resilience and economic development projects in Africa. The pledge was made on Monday through a new strategic partnership (Nanmo) to support smallholder farmers on drylands on the African continent....
The Armed Forces of Nigeria and the Egyptian Armed Forces are major players on the African continent. “Egypt and Nigeria are major players on the African continent and a meeting by both parties should be for the interest of the continent,’’ Chief of Defence Policy and Plans, AVM Ayo...
The Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Mrs Zainab Ahmed, said Nigeria’s economy remained the largest in Africa with over N400 billion in Gross Domestic Product (GDP). The minister said this at the 21st edition of Town Hall Meeting on the achievements of the Federal Government in infrastructure...
Nigeria and five other African countries have been chosen to begin production of COVID-19 vaccine, with the continent having had limited access to jabs. The World Health Organisation announced this on Friday. The other countries are: Egypt, Kenya, Senegal, South Africa and Tunisia. According to the WHO, they were...
The Nigerian Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (NIEEE) has given the leadership of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) a pat on the back for setting the pace of 5G deployment in Africa.The Engineering body in a statement signed by its outgoing National Chairman, Engr. Kings Adeyemi, singled out...
The UN Joint Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) Fund on Monday announced an additional $54.5 million in investments for projects across five countries to put the SDGs back on track. UN, in a statement, stated that Kenya, Madagascar, North Macedonia, Suriname and Zimbabwe were selected from proposals submitted by more than 100 countries, as being the...
World Health Organisation (WHO) says Africa is on track to control the COVID-19 pandemic in 2022 if current trends continue, but vigilance will remain key. WHO Regional Director for Africa, Dr Matshidiso Moeti, said since the first case was identified on the continent nearly two years ago, Africa had...
Under-Secretary-General of the UN Office of Counter-Terrorism, Vladimir Voronkov, says Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIL), a terrorist group, is expanding its affiliates and network beyond Syria and Iraq to Africa. The UN counter-terrorism chief told the Security Council on Wednesday that the epicentre of ISIL terrorist group...
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) on Friday, World Cancer Day, launched a new initiative aimed at providing cancer care for people living in low and middle-income countries in Africa. The initiative, dubbed “Rays of Hope”, was officially launched at an event held on the sidelines of the 35th...
The 2022 Top Employers have been announced with Nestlé recognised as a Top Employer in Nigeria. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that being certified as a Top Employer showcases an organisation’s dedication to a better world of work, exhibited through excellent HR policies and people practices. The...
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has called on the international community to support Africa’s efforts in combatting climate change, containing the COVID-19 pandemic, fighting terrorism, as well as curbing poverty. Osinbajo, who raised these concerns on Friday in his virtual address to the World Economic Forum (WEF) 2022, said that...
Guinea Bissau Coach Basiro Candé has described the Super Eagles as one of the best in Africa ahead of their clash with the Nigerian team at the ongoing 2021 AFCON in Cameroon. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the Super Eagles will on Wednesday file out against...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – FCT Minister of State, Dr. Ramatu Aliyu has identified poverty, social exclusion, distance from school facilities and poor quality education coupled with gender disparities as factors working against women’s leadership roles in Africa. The minister stated this at the African Women in Leadership Organisation...
Ghana’s President, Nana Akufo-Addo, says the inauguration of the Pan-African Payment and Settlement System (PAPSS) will accelerate transactions in Africa. Akufo-Addo, represented by the Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, spoke at the inauguration of PAPSS in Accra, Ghana, monitored virtually by the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN). According to...
The AfCFTA Secretariat says the commercial roll-out of the Pan-African Payment & Settlement System (PAPSS) will save Africa up to US$5 billion dollars annually. The Secretary General of AfCFTA, H.E Wamkele Mene, made the remarks on Thursday at the Commercial Launch of the PAPSS in Accra, Ghana, which held...
By TOM CHIAHEMEN – China has promised $40 billion in financing Africa economic growth this year as it defends itself from claims that its lending of money to Africa is creating a debt trap. Beijing has said Africa should be a big stage for international co-operation rather than an...
PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – A Non-Governmental Organization (NGO), The State of The African Diaspora (SOAD), has pledged to do everything within its reach to ensure that artifacts illegally taken away from Africa museums to Canada, Europe and America are repatriated back to the continent. SOAD Ambassador to Nigeria, Ms....
Africa is being left behind, having received only 450million of the eight billion COVID vaccine doses distributed. Dr Richard Mihigo, Immunization and Vaccines Development Programme, Coordinator World Health Organisation’s Regional Office for Africa (WHO AFRO), made this known while speaking on “Vaccination in Africa: Research Capacity, Advocacy, Manufacturing and...