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Thu, 10 Apr 2025 09:15:35 GMTAfrica: All of Africa Today - April 10, 2025
[allAfrica] Campaigners Urge Gambia Not To Lose Hope In Seeking Justice For Past Crimes
Fri, 11 Apr 2025 06:39:14 GMTNigeria: Europe's Anti-Deforestation Regulation Threatens Nigeria's Cocoa Export
[Premium Times] Nigeria is a major cocoa exporter, though it ranks behind Ghana and Ivory Coast, with the EU being its largest market.
Thu, 10 Apr 2025 10:44:57 GMTNigeria: Verydarkman - 'Be Fair With Abike-Dabiri, She's Done a Lot to Curb Human Trafficking'
[Vanguard] Following the backlash directed at Abike Dabiri-Erewa, the chairperson of the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM), over the increasing number of Nigerians stranded in foreign countries, Advocate Against Human Trafficking & C...
Thu, 10 Apr 2025 10:27:03 GMTLiberia: Arrest Order Out for Ex-LWSC Md Kamara, Others
[Liberian Observer] Criminal Court 'C' has issued a re-arrest order for former Managing Director of the Liberia Water and Sewer Corporation (LWSC), Duannah Kamara in connection to the alleged disappearance of US$240,510, intended for the operations o...
Fri, 11 Apr 2025 07:38:33 GMTNigeria: No Room for Distractions, It's Time to Build Our Party, Declares Nenadi Usman
[This Day] Abuja -- The Acting National Chairperson of the Labour Party, Senator Nenadi Usman, has assured party members and supporters of her commitment to rebuilding and growing the party for victory.
Fri, 11 Apr 2025 07:38:33 GMTNigeria: Court Orders Final Forfeiture of Landed Assets Recovered From Ex-Bank Official
[Premium Times] The EFCC has stated that investigations indicate Mr Adeyinka and his associates received up to N35 billion from the alleged fraud.
Fri, 11 Apr 2025 07:38:32 GMTNigeria: AKK Pipeline 72% Completed - NNPC
[Daily Trust] The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC) has disclosed that the Ajaokuta-Kaduna-Kano (AKK) gas pipeline project is now 72 percent completed.
Fri, 11 Apr 2025 07:38:32 GMTNigeria: Two Weeks After, FCT Teachers, Area Councils' Workers Still On Strike
[Daily Trust] Teachers in the FCT primary schools as well as workers of the six area councils have refused to call off the strike they resumed on March 24 over the non-implementation of the N70,000 new minimum wage by the councils' chairmen.
Fri, 11 Apr 2025 07:38:32 GMTAfrica: Tinubu Hails Afreximbank's Role in Breaking Africa's Trade, Financing Barriers
[This Day] President Bola Tinubu, yesterday hailed Afreximbank's role in shaping Africa's trade landscape, and commitment to breaking down barriers, bridging financing gaps as well as empowering African businesses to compete globally.
Fri, 11 Apr 2025 07:38:31 GMTChad: Lake Chad - EU, Others Target 36,000 Nigerians, Launch €40m Intervention
[Daily Trust] The European Union (EU) and the French Development Agency (AFD) on Thursday in Abuja launched the €40m worth second phase of the 'Inclusive Economic and Social Recovery around Lake Chad' (RESILAC project) targeting at least 36,00...
Fri, 11 Apr 2025 07:38:31 GMTNigeria: APC Shuts HQ As Abducted Party Director Dies in Captivity
[Daily Trust] The ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has shut its national secretariat in Abuja in honour of its national director of administration, Rauf Adekunle Adeniji, who was killed by his abductors.
Fri, 11 Apr 2025 07:38:30 GMTNigeria: Govt Approves Eligibility Criteria for VC, Rector, Provost Appointments
[Daily Trust] The Minister of Education, Dr Tunji Alausa, has approved a policy establishing eligibility criteria for the appointment of Vice Chancellors, Rectors, and Provosts in federal tertiary institutions.
Fri, 11 Apr 2025 06:39:14 GMTNigeria: Davido's Interview - Lessons and Observations
[Premium Times] I spent an hour yesterday watching Davido's interview on The Breakfast Club, and it felt so good for so many reasons.
Fri, 11 Apr 2025 05:25:29 GMTNigeria: Nigeria'll Be Hit By U.S.-China Trade War - Economist
[Daily Trust] The ongoing trade war between the United States and China is poised to have far-reaching consequences for Nigeria, Prof. Ken Ife, a distinguished economist and global trade analyst, has warned.
Fri, 11 Apr 2025 05:25:28 GMTNigeria: High Airfares, Scheduled Flights Delays Trigger Concern for Business Class Passengers
[This Day] The Managing Director and CEO of Aero Contractors, Ado Sanusi, has confirmed that many business class passengers that patronise schedule commercial airlines are becoming worried about the high airfares and delays in flight, which have comp...
Fri, 11 Apr 2025 07:38:30 GMTNigeria: North-East Lawmakers Lament Exclusion of Zone From Multi-Billion Naira Agro-Industrial Projects
[Premium Times] The lawmakers said despite its enormous agricultural potential, the North-east is conspicuously missing from the list of states allocated the processing zones.
Fri, 11 Apr 2025 06:58:18 GMTNigeria: Nigerian Govt Warns FCT, 30 States Against High-Risk Flooding
[Premium Times] The minister also announced the rollout of several initiatives like the national flood insurance programme (NFIP) -- an insurance project aimed at protecting vulnerable households, farmlands, and livestock.
Fri, 11 Apr 2025 06:58:18 GMTNigeria: SSANU Rejects Fuoye Council Decision Clearing VC of Sexual Harassment Allegations
[Premium Times] The union called for the dissolution of the university council, "for lacking in integrity".
Fri, 11 Apr 2025 06:58:17 GMTNigeria: Katsina, UNICEF Sign Three-Year Work Plan to Boost Health, Education, Child Protection
[This Day] The Katsina State Government and the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) have signed a three-year work plan (2025-2027) to boost health, education, nutrition and child protection in the state.
Fri, 11 Apr 2025 06:58:16 GMTNigeria: Presidency Withdraws List of Appointees, Cites Errors
[Premium Times] Sunday Dare, the special adviser to President Bola Tinubu on Information and Strategy, made this known in a post on X.
Fri, 11 Apr 2025 06:50:13 GMTNigeria: Federal Govt Bans Eedris Abdulkareem's Anti-Tinubu Song 'Tell Your Papa' On Radio, TV Stations
[Leadership] The National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) has officially banned the broadcast of veteran rapper Eedris Abdulkareem's latest protest song, 'Tell Your Papa', across radio and television platforms in the country.
Fri, 11 Apr 2025 06:50:11 GMTLiberia: Liberia Pushes for 15% Budget Allocation for Disability Programs
[Liberian Observer] A high-level delegation of Liberians has returned from the 3rd Global Disability Summit in Berlin with a bold commitment to reshape national development through inclusivity, signing the landmark Amman-Berlin Declaration and advoca...
Fri, 11 Apr 2025 06:50:10 GMTNigeria: Lemo Ward Residents Struggle to Access Medical Care
[Nigeria Health Watch] Residents of Lemo Ward face immense challenges in accessing basic healthcare services in Tsamiya Babba community of Gezawa Local Government Area (LGA). Despite being part of Kano's metropolitan city, the absence of a healthcare...
Fri, 11 Apr 2025 06:42:45 GMTNigeria: Govt Builds 7 Dams, 21 Irrigation Sites in Southwest
[Daily Trust] Adedeji Ashiru, Managing Director of the Ogun-Osun River Basin Development Authority (O-ORBDA), has disclosed that the federal government is building seven new dams in the southwest to boost agriculture and food security.
Fri, 11 Apr 2025 06:39:15 GMTAfrica: Africa CDC Raises Concern Over Triple Health Threat
[Premium Times] He, however, said that challenges persisted in active case search, contact tracing, and follow-up, especially within sexual networks driving the outbreak
Fri, 11 Apr 2025 06:39:13 GMTNigeria: 12 Biafran Agitators Regain Freedom in Ebonyi As Prosecution Withdraws Charges
[Vanguard] ...Discharge Follows Years of Legal Battles and Court Rulings
Fri, 11 Apr 2025 06:39:13 GMTNigeria: Top Nigerian Governors, Ministers Attend France Business Forum in Paris
[Vanguard] Several Nigerian state governors and top federal officials joined international delegates at the France Business Forum held in Paris on Wednesday, signaling a strong push to deepen economic ties and attract foreign investment into Nigeria.
Fri, 11 Apr 2025 06:36:54 GMTNigeria: Presidency Admits Errors in List Released On Tinubu's Appointment
[Daily Trust] The Presidency has apologized for the errors in the list of appointments made by President Bola Tinubu he assumed office.
Fri, 11 Apr 2025 06:36:53 GMTNigeria: Dangote Reduces Petrol Price to N865 Per Litre
[Daily Trust] Dangote Petroleum Refinery and Petrochemicals has reviewed its ex-depot (gantry) loading cost of petrol to N865 per litre.
Thu, 10 Apr 2025 17:53:14 GMTEast Africa: Liberia Seeks Saudi Support for UNSC Seat
[Liberian Observer] Minister of Foreign Affairs, Madam Sara Beysolow Nyanti, has visited the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to seek Saudi Arabia's endorsement for Liberia's bid for a non-permanent seat on the United Nations Security Council (UNSC), emphasiz...