Niger signs deal to supply Mali with cheaper diesel
Niger is set to deliver 150 million litres of diesel to neighbouring Mali, after the two countries signed a partnership on Tuesday. The diesel is to be supplied to Énergie du Mali (EDM-SA), Mali’s national energy company, as the country…
West African Sahel is becoming a drug smuggling corridor
Drug seizures soared in the West African Sahel region according to figures released Friday in a new U.N. report, indicating the conflict-ridden region is becoming an influential route for drug trafficking. Sharp Increase in Cocaine Seizures In 2022, 1,466 kilograms,…
Tunisian journalist sentenced to 6 months in prison
A Tunisian judge has sentenced a journalist and political commentator to six months in prison, in the latest attack on members of the media who criticize the government. Mohamed Boughalleb, who had been accused of insulting a civil servant, was…
Ghana’s John Akomfrah represents Britain at Venice Biennale
This year’s Britain’s national pavilion at the Venice Biennale began with video from the Tudor court that remembers the death of a British-Nigerian man, David Oluwale, who drowned in a Yorkshire river after being beaten by local police in 1969….
Tanzanian president in Turkey
Tanzania’s President Samia Suluhu Hassan has been welcomed in Ankara by her Turkish counterpart, Recep Tayyip Erdogan. The five-day state visit is the first by a Tanzanian leader to Turkey in 14 years and is expected to focus on bilateral…
Reason Why DJ Switch Was Arrèsted In Lagos
Information reaching Studiocb55news, that DJ Switch, also known with her real name as Obianuju Catherine Udeh, a prominent Nigerian DJ, has been detained by the police in Lagos and is being transported to the magistrate court in Eti Osa. According…
Kenya’s military chief and nine others die in helicopter crash
I am deeply saddened to announce the passing on of General rancis Omondi Ogolla, the chief od the Kenyan Defense Force”. With those words Kenya’s president William Ruto announced the death of the country’s military chief Thursday evening. “Together with him…
Aruna exits 2024 ITTF World Cup
Nigerian table tennis icon Quadri Aruna was eliminated from the ongoing ITTF World Cup Macao 2024. The 35-year-old failed to build on his good start to the tournament, losing 3-1 (12-10, 11-9, 11-9, 3-11) to Portugal’s Marcos Freitas in the…
$20bn Dangote Refinery slashes diesel price to N1,000 per litre
THE $20 billion Dangota petroleum refinery has slashed the price of diesel by 16.6 per cent to N1,000 per litre, from N1, 200 per litre in order to assist in impacting Nigeria’s domestic economy. The price of diesel was relatively…
Guinness World Record: Atiku, Sanwo-Olu send message to Nigerian chess master
Former vice-president, Atiku Abubakar has joined millions of Nigerians in home and abroad to support renowned chess master, Tunde Onakoya, as he embarks on a mission to surpass the Guinness World Record for the longest chess marathon at Times Square…