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Uganda Commissions $1.7 Billion Hydropower Plant Financed By China
Uganda commissioned its largest electricity generation facility, the 600-megawatt Karuma Hydropower Project. The $1.7 billion project, primarily financed through a loan from China,...
Tinubu Appoints New Directors-General For Oppressive Secret Police DSS, NIA
President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of a new Director-General of the Department of State Services (DSS), Nigeria’s secret Police, and a...
Real Warri Pikin, Majid Michel, Others To Feature In Peter Sedufia’s One Night Guests
Film director Peter Sedufia is set to release his movie One Night Guests on December 25, 2024. The film is expected to be...
Bandits Abduct Over 150 People, Steal 1,000 Cows in Gobir
Bandits have abducted over 150 people and stolen more than 1,000 cattle in several villages within the Gobir Emirate of Sokoto State, as...
Starlink to Halt Service To Unauthorised Ghana Users By August 21
Starlink, the satellite internet provider Elon Musk owns, has announced plans to disconnect users in Ghana from accessing its mobile plans by August...
Just In: Nigeria’s Food Inflation Increases by 12% in One Year, Headline Inflation Drops by 0.8% in July – NBS
Nigeria’s headline inflation rate eased slightly to 33.40 per cent in July 2024, down from 34.19 per cent in June 2024. This...
Hoodlums Attack BRT Bus, Passengers in Lagos
A Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) bus was attacked in Orile, Lagos State, by a group of hoodlums in broad daylight, which left passengers...
#EndBadGovernanceProtest: Oby Ezekwesili Charges Nigerian Govt To Stop Spreading Fear
The former Vice-President of the World Bank (Africa Region) and founder of #FixPolitics Initiative, a research-based citizen-led initiative, Oby Ezekwesili, has charged the...
Despite Assuming Office Controversially, Tinubu Boasts Of No Cabal Nor Sponsors To Settle
Despite assuming the Office of President in a widely disputed election, Bola Tinubu stated his campaign did not have cabals or sponsored backing...
Meta Removes 63,000 Nigerian Instagram Accounts Over Sextortion Scams Days After FCCPC Fined It $220m For Discriminatory Practices
Meta has removed 63,000 Nigerian Instagram accounts involved in financial sextortion scams. Meta made this known on Wednesday in a statement titled “Combating...
NIGER: Dismissed Employees of Chinese Oil Company Protest Nonpayment of Salaries
Nigerien employees of a Chinese oil company, CNPC, who are working on the Agadem site in Niger, are protesting nonpayment of salaries following...
U.S. Fintech, Mercury Bank, Adds Nigeria To List Prohibited From Opening Accounts
Mercury Bank, a United States-based fintech popular among African tech founders, has recently added Nigeria to its list of prohibited countries. This move...