Breaking: BRICS Officially Adds 13 New Partner Countries, Including Nigeria and Turkey
BRICS has officially added 13 new partner countries to its alliance. This announcement was made on Wednesday, October 23, during the ongoing BRICS...
Nigeria’s Cabinet Approves Borrowing ₦1 Trillion for Italian-made Fighter Jets and Ammunition
Nigeria’s Federal Executive Council has approved a ₦1.02 trillion ($618 million) loan to purchase six Italian-made M-346 attack jets and ammunition for the...
Nigeria’s EFCC Withdraws Money Laundering Charges Against Binance Executive Gambaryan
The Nigerian government has dropped all charges against Tigran Gambaryan, a Binance Holdings executive detained on money laundering charges. The Economic and Financial...
Nigeria’s FG Bans Exports of Cooking Gas Amid Rising Prices
Nigeria’s Federal Government has ordered the Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) and Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) producers to stop exporting cooking gas starting...
Mainpower Takes Over Electricity Distribution In Enugu State, Replaces EEDC
MainPower Electricity Distribution Limited has officially replaced the Enugu Electricity Distribution Company (EEDC) as the electricity distributor in Enugu State. The handover took...
House of Reps Passes Bill to Split Oyo State into New Oyo and Ibadan States
Nigeria’s House of Representatives has passed a bill for a second reading to divide Oyo State. Sponsored by Akeem Adeyemi and six others,...
Abia State Approves N70,000 Minimum Wage for Civil Servants Starting October
Abia State civil servants will start receiving a new minimum wage of N70,000 in October 2024, according to an announcement by the state...
DR Congo Army Recaptures Kalembe Town From M23 Rebels
The Democratic Republic of Congo’s army has regained control of Kalembe, a town in North Kivu that was briefly seized by M23 rebels....
Sacked CBN Officials Take Legal Action, Demand Reinstatement Following Unlawful Dismissal
Former officials of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), whose appointments were terminated in March, have taken legal action against the bank. The...
Egypt Certified Malaria-Free by World Health Organisation
The World Health Organisation (WHO) declared Egypt malaria-free on Sunday, October 20, 2024. This marked the end of a nearly century-long effort by...
EFCC Re-arraigns Ex-Kwara Governor and His Finance Commissioner Over N5.78bn Fraud
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) re-arraigned former Kwara State Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed and his ex-Commissioner of Finance, Ademola Banu, on Monday....
Nigeria Approves ExxonMobil’s $1.28 Billion Asset Sale to Seplat
Nigeria has approved the sale of ExxonMobil’s onshore assets to Seplat Energy, according to Reuters. The $1.28 billion deal had been under regulatory...