Dangote: Cement price is between N2,450 and N2,510 per bag, VAT inclusive- Management
…says Nigeria price is in line with or lower than prices across the West African coast Management of Dangote Cement Plc has clarified that […]
Africa
Africa’s confirmed COVID-19 cases near 3.94m
The number of confirmed Coronavirus (COVID-19) cases in Africa has reached 3,937,028 as of Friday, the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) […]
Okonjo Iweala scores another first, becomes WTO DG
In a significant tweet at exactly 3.29 pm (Nigerian time), Monday, February 15, 2021, the headquarters of the World Tade Organisation (WTO) announced the confirmation […]
Buhari canvasses restructuring of ECOWAS, orders release of $20m to counter terrorism
By Ismaila Chafe President Muhammadu Buhari has advocated for the restructuring of ECOWAS, saying that the organization needed to streamline its management to adjust to […]
Nigeria will continue to play expected role in Africa-Buhari
President Muhammadu Buhari said Wednesday that Nigeria will continue to play the role expected of it not only in the West-African sub-region, but also on […]
Buhari: We’ll always stand by Chad
Nigeria will always be there for the Republic of Chad, as we are not only neighbours but brothers, President Muhammadu Buhari has pledged. The President […]
Gov. Bello lauds activities of IFAD, promises to give needed support
Governor Abubakar Sani Bello of Niger State has described the activities of the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) as laudable programme capable of stimulating […]
Breaking: No AFCON till 2022 – CAF
Next January’s Africa Cup of Nations finals in Cameroon have been postponed by one year and will now take place in 2022, the Confederation of […]
China assures Africa on coronavirus vaccine
By Lizzy Okoji Abuja, June 17, 2020 (NAN) The President of the People’s Republic of China, Xi Jinping, has assured African countries that they would […]
COVID-19 accelerating in Africa, cases hit 215,000 – WHO warns
By Cecilia Ologunagba The World Health Organisation (WHO) has warned that COVID-19 has continued to spread in Africa since the virus was first detected on […]
Floyd: Africa is not innocent
By Majeed Dahiru The killing of George Floyd, an unarmed Black American man by a White police officer on the 25th of May 2020 in […]
Covid-19: UK earmarks N8.84b to fight coronavirus in Africa
The United Kingdom is to invest £20 million (about N8.84 billion) in the African Union’s (AU) Anti-COVID-19 Fund to tackle the disease and save lives. […]
WHO rejects using Africa as testing ground for Covid-19 vaccine
Tedros Ghebreyesus, head of the World Health Organisation, has dismissed as “racist” a suggestion by two French scientists that the coronavirus vaccine should be tested […]
Africa Covid-19 update: Burundi, Botswanna, Sierra Leone confirm index cases
Sierra Leone has confirmed its first Covid-19 case, after a 37-year-old male travelled from France on March 16 via Air Brussels. Prior to this confirmation, […]
Coronavirus: WHO warns Africa to prepare for worst times
The World Health Organization, WHO, has warned African countries to prepare for the worst as cases of the virus is on the increase in the […]