The Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Nigerian Army, Lieutenant General Waidi Shaibu, alongside his Rwandan counterpart, the Army Chief of Staff, Rwanda Defence Force, Major General Vincent Nyakarundi, participated in a walking session at the Kigali Running Track, Rwanda, on Tuesday, 20 October 2026. The exercise was aimed at...
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The Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lieutenant General Waidi Shaibu, has underscored the importance of modern military training, professional military education and cadet exchanges in developing combat-ready, adaptable and interoperable armed forces. He stated this on Tuesday, 20 October 2026, during a visit to the Rwanda Military Academy (RMA),...
Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lieutenant General Waidi Shaibu, has arrived in Kigali, Republic of Rwanda, for a five-day official working visit aimed at strengthening bilateral military cooperation, enhancing professional exchanges and advancing collective responses to emerging security threats across Africa. The visit, scheduled for 18–23 October 2026, is...
*From declining finance to trillion dollar economies as Africa prepares for transformation By ANGEL NWOKOCHA, The First Mail, Abuja Prominent leaders, entrepreneurs, investors, academia and policymakers from across the African continent would be speaking at the 2026 Innovate Africa Global Conference scheduled to start on October 12, in Kigali,...
While President Bola Tinubu has envisioned to build a $1 trillion Nigeria economy by 2030, some Big Tech multinationals, namely Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) and IBM are working in reverse order to undermine both the President’s efforts and the economy. It is on record that Microsoft is in advanced...
The saving grace of the democratic state is the prospect of positive change through periodic elections. For those who live in a democracy, the classical belief is that the next election offers the populace a chance to change their lot for the better by trooping out to queue at...
For years, Africa has been called a continent of untapped potential. Potential doesn’t build roads. Potential doesn’t feed people. Potential hasn’t made Africa the global powerhouse it is meant to be. Despite having over 60% of the world’s usable arable land left untilled and miles upon miles of the...
The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) has officially rolled out a 30-day visa exemption for Rwandan nationals, effective immediately. The move follows a direct announcement by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, at the Africa CEO Forum held in Kigali, Rwanda. It serves as a reciprocal gesture to Rwanda’s existing policy granting...
At the ongoing Africa CEO Forum in Kigali themed “Scale or Fail: Why Africa Must Embrace Shared Ownership,” NNPC Ltd’s Executive Vice President, Gas, Power & New Energy, Olalekan Ogunleye, yesterday joined global CEOs on the African Oil and Gas Coalition’s Strategic Roundtable to discuss the topic ‘Gas without...
President Bola Tinubu’s economic and investment drive received a further boost on Thursday, as world-class port operator APM Terminals pledged a $600 million investment in Nigeria’s maritime sector. Regional President, APM Terminals Africa-Europe, Igor van den Essen, disclosed this when he led other executives, including Head of Investments, APM Terminals,...
President Bola Tinubu traveled to Kigali, Rwanda, to present Nigeria’s investment case to African and global business leaders at the Africa CEO Forum 2026, the Presidency has said. Special Adviser on Media and Public Communications, Sunday Dare, said on Wednesday that the forum would serve as one of the...
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and President Paul Kagame have resolved to activate mechanisms to deepen bilateral relations between Nigeria and Rwanda. Upon arrival in Kigali, Rwanda, for the Africa CEO Forum, President Bola Tinubu met with Kagame at the Urugwiro Presidential Villa. Both leaders emphasised the importance of reviving the Joint...
President Bola Tinubu has arrived in Kigali, Rwanda, ahead of the 13th edition of the Africa CEO Forum, which begins on Thursday. President Tinubu according to a statement by his media aide, Bayo Onanuga, was received at the Presidential Wing of the Kigali International Airport by the Minister of...
From Equatorial Guinea to Tanzania, from Accra to Addis Ababa, and now, from Nairobi to Kigali, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, with sartorial elegance and swashbuckling confidence, is traversing Africa preaching Nigeria’s reform story to the world. While the echoes of President Tinubu’s economic reforms have since reverberated across every...
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has rescheduled the commencement of his planned three-nation trip, shifting his departure date from Saturday to Sunday. The adjustment marks a change from an earlier announcement that the President would leave Abuja on May 2 for official visits to France, Kenya and Rwanda. The Special...
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu will depart Abuja on Saturday, May 2nd, on a visit to Kenya, Rwanda and France. Special Adviser to the President (Information & Strategy), Bayo Onanuga, announced this in a statement issued on Friday in Abuja He said President Tinubu’s first stop will be in France, after...
The reported migration arrangement between Nigeria and the United Kingdom is said to have emerged during the recent visit of Bola Ahmed Tinubu to Britain—a trip framed around deepening bilateral cooperation, investment, and strategic engagement. Yet, beyond the formal diplomatic optics, the agreement has quickly drawn attention for its...