5,000 Civilians Freed From Boko Haram’s Grip
Cameroon said its troops had rescued 5,000 civilian "hostages" held by Boko Haram Islamists in a cross-border operation that left ...
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African Football Chief Hayatou Faces Challenger In Bid For 8th Term
Issa Hayatou, the last of the old generation leaders in world football, faces a rare and determined challenge when he ...
Ghanaian Leads AYGC Delegation To UN Women’s Conference
Washington Mandela Fellow and the Chair of the Committee on Gender and Social Protection of the African Youth and Governance ...
Elumelu Speaks On Africapitalism To Youths At Legon
Tony Elumelu visited Ghana as the first stop of his tour of Africa propagating the ideal of Africapitalism. In continuation ...
Actress Mercy Johnson Gets Government Appointment
Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi in Nigeria has appointed Nollywood actress, Mercy Johnson as his new Senior Special Assistant (SSA) ...
Qualifiers For 2018 AWCON To Begin Early Next Year
The Super Falcons of Nigeria won the last edition The Confederations of African Football (CAF) has confirmed that the preliminary ...
Purported Boko Haram Video Shows Execution of Alleged Nigerian Spies
Islamist militant sect Boko Haram on Tuesday released a video purporting to show the execution of three men the group ...
Nigeria Saves $5m Daily From Ban On Rice, Wheat Imports
The Minister of Agriculture, Chief Audu Ogbe yesterday in Kano said the policy on the ban of importation of rice ...
UBA Pledges Support For Government’s Development Agenda
The Chairman of United Bank for Africa (UBA), Tony Elumelu, has assured President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, of the Bank’s ...
Goverment Committed To Placing Private Sector At Forefront of Economic Recovery
The President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo says the government’s first budget presented to Parliament recently was the clearest signal of ...
We Can Get Sick, We Are Not Machines – Brown Gaisie Tells Critics
Chief Fire Officer Dr. Albert Brown Gaisie has lambasted persons who criticized him and called him names after he took ...
Chad’s Faki Assumes African Union Leadership, Pledges Reform
Chad's former foreign minister Moussa Faki Mahamat assumed office as head of the African Union Commission on Tuesday, pledging to ...
Akufo-Addo Provides “new Hope” – UBA Boss
The Chairman of United Bank for Africa (UBA), Tony Elumelu, has assured President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, of his bank’s ...
CAF Elections: Pinnick Ordered To Back Hayatou
Nigeria’s government has ordered the head of the country’s football association to back current CAF president Issa Hayatou of Cameroon ...
Boko Haram Splinter Group Head Charged With Kidnappings, Murders
The leader of Boko Haram splinter group Ansaru appeared in court in the Nigerian capital Abuja on Tuesday charged with ...
Akufo-Addo Provides ‘new Hope’ – UBA Boss
The Chairman of United Bank for Africa (UBA), Tony Elumelu, has assured President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, of his bank’s ...
We Will Support Your Govt To Succeed – UBA Tells Prez
The Chairman of United Bank for Africa (UBA), Tony Elumelu, has assured the President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa ...
Gov’t To Renegotiate Fifth Freedom Rights…as National Airline Looms
Government is to renegotiate existing Fifth Freedom Traffic Rights as it firms up plans to establish a new national airline ...
Ghana Records 2,900 Millionaires In 2016
The High Network of Wealthy Individuals (HNWI) in Ghana is expected to grow by 80% in the next 10years reaching ...
Niger’s Opposition Leader Hama Amadou Jailed In Absentia
A court in Niger has sentenced main opposition leader Hama Amadou to a year in prison for child smuggling. Amadou ...