Category: Africa
Chad Repaying $100m Debt To Angola With Cattle
Chad is repaying Angola a debt of $100m (£82m) with cattle, Angola’s state-run newspaper has reported. The unusual agreement is seen as creating a win-win…
CAF postpones 2021 AFCON Qualifiers Indefinitely
Following the growing concerns of the COVID-19 virus and the declaration by the World Health Organization (WHO) describing it as pandemic, CAF has decided to…
Coronavirus: Ghana, Gabon Confirm First Cases
(Reuters) – Gabon and Ghana confirmed their first cases of coronavirus on Thursday, becoming the ninth and tenth countries in sub-Saharan Africa to register positive…
Jonathan Congratulates Okonjo-Iweala On Her New South African Appointment
I congratulate Dr.Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala who served as the co-ordinating minister for the economy/finance minister in my cabinet, on her appointment as a member of South…
Cameroon Records First Case Of Deadly Virus
Cameroon’s health ministry on Friday confirmed its first case of coronavirus, a 58-year-old French citizen who arrived in the capital Yaounde on Feb. 24. It…
We’d lift 100m Nigerians out of extreme poverty- Presidency
Nigeria’s presidency has once again re-stated its vow of lifting 100m Nigerians out of extreme poverty in the next 10 years. President Buhari’s Senior Special Assistant…
All African countries are corrupt – Osinbajo
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has stated that all African countries are corrupt and only a few countries in the world can boast of not being…
BBC journalist who went undercover to expose lecturers begins receiving death threats
Kiki Mordi, the BBC journalist who went undercover to expose university lecturers guilty of sex for grades, has started receiving death threats from people angry about…
NEWSBoko Haram: Rights group claims International NGOs working with insurgents in Borno
A Civil Rights group, Coalition for Good Governance and Change, CGG, has alleged that some international Non-Governmental Organisation, NGO, were passing classified military information to…
Boko Haram: Borno gov defends prayer option
Kayode Idowu, Maiduguri Borno State Governor, Prof. Babagana Umara, has said the state is ready to employ lawful means to end the Boko Haram crisis…
