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Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala Dismisses Claim of Involvement in False $57.5 Billion Loan to Pro-Biafra in Exile
Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Director-General of the World Trade Organization, has denied involvement in any loan deal allegedly facilitated for the Biafra Republic Government...
Countries Do Not Always Have to Follow IMF Advice – Nigeria’s Finance Minister
Olawale Edun, Nigeria’s Finance Minister and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, said that countries do not necessarily have to take advice from the...
Nigerians Paid 24 Per Cent More for Petrol in September As Prices Soar Above N1,030 Per Litre – NBS
Nigerians paid 24 per cent more for a litre of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) in September, according to data from the National Bureau...
Peter Obi Laments Rising Hunger in Nigeria, Urges Shift to Production Economy Amid Severe Food Crisis
The 2023 presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, on Wednesday, lamented that severe hunger has now become an unfortunate member of...
BRICS Investment in Nigeria Soars 189% in Six Months
Nigeria’s foreign investment inflows from BRICS nations have soared to 189 per cent in the first two quarters of 2024, being January to...
Tanker Explosion Kills Over 90 People In Jigawa State
A tragic explosion involving a petrol tanker on Wednesday morning has reportedly claimed over 90 lives in Majiya Town, Taura Local Government Area...
Amid Pending Strike in Federal Tertiary Institutions, Senate Passes Bill to Establish Three Federal Institutions
The Nigerian Senate has passed a bill establishing three federal institutions in Edo, Delta, and Imo states. The bills were passed during Tuesday’s...
Burkina Faso Marks 37th Memorial of Thomas Sankara
Burkina Faso’s President Captain Ibrahim Traore poses with the torch given by revolutionary elders during the ceremony for the 35th anniversary of the...
Ondo: APC Leader Gbogi Emmanuel Quits Party Says APC Now a “Weapon of Poverty”
A prominent All Progressives Congress (APC) leader, Mr Gbogi Emmanuel, has resigned from the party, criticising it for abandoning the principles of democracy...
Uganda’s Bobi Wine To Run For President In 2026
Uganda’s young opposition politician, Robert Kyagulanyi, popularly known as Bobi Wine, has declared his intention to contest in the presidential election coming up...
UNGA: Malawi President Urges International Community To Write Off Africa’s Debt
President Lazarus Chakwera of Malawi has urged the international community to write off or restructure debts owed to bilateral and multilateral institutions by...
Meta Suspends African Stream Accounts Following U.S. State Department’s Accusation
Social media company Meta has banned African Stream, a pan-African digital media organisation, days after US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken announced sanctions...