Akinwumi Adesina: AfDB Governors Order Independent Probe
The Bureau of Governors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) has authorized “an Independent Review of the Report of the Ethics Committee of the Boards [Read more …]
Month: June 2020
‘Africa’s Agriculture Value Chains Must Go Digital’
Africa must seize the opportunity of the COVID-19 pandemic to deepen the digitalization of agricultural value chains and transform the sector, speakers at a webinar [Read more …]
ICPC Arraigns Former Lecturer For Alleged N6m Fraud
A former lecturer with the Waziri Ummaru Federal Polytechnic, Birnin Kebbi, Mohammed Sani Nuhu, has been arraigned in court by the Independent Corrupt Practices and [Read more …]
AfDB Retains AAA Rating
Ratings agency S&P Global on Friday affirmed its ‘AAA/A-1+’ long- and short-term issuer credit assessment of the African Development Bank (AfDB) with a stable outlook. [Read more …]
ICPC Launches Constituency Project Tracking Phase 2
Following the success recorded in the first phase of the constituency and executive projects tracking exercise conducted in 12 states of the federation in 2019, [Read more …]
ICPC Arrests Teacher, GTB Officials, Lawyer For Alleged N550m Money Laundering
The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has arrested a primary school teacher, Mrs. Roseline Uche Egbuha, three staff of Guaranty Trust [Read more …]
The AU Covid-19 Response Fund: A New Social Contract
By Ebba Kalondo and Carlan Manlan The African Union recently rolled out the Partnership to Accelerate Covid-19 Testing (PACT) building on the lessons from past [Read more …]
Buhari Orders N19.67b Release For East-West Road
Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Sen. Godswill Akpabio, has disclosed that President Muhammadu Buhari has directed that N19.67 Billion be released immediately to fast-track the [Read more …]
Africa Must Not Squander COVID-19 Opportunities, Say Okonjo-Iweala, Others
COVID 19 has unearthed massive inequalities within our societies and brought to glaring light the unique burdens which women carry the world over. Allocation of [Read more …]
Abuja Maiguard Kills Employer’s Wife, Bludgeons Husband Into Coma
A security guard at the Lugbe Area of the Federal Capital Territory on Saturday killed his boss’s wife with an axe and a knife and [Read more …]