Basketball: Grass to grace, despair to hope, the story of Jeremiah Armstead
Jeremiah Armstead moved around so much he wasn’t even eligible to play high school basketball until his senior year. He never lost faith through all the nights his family slept in their car when they couldn’t get a hotel room…
Tinubu Appoints 36-yr-old Nwagba As New CEO For CREDICORP
President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of Engineer Uzoma Nwagba as the new Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian Consumer Credit Corporation (CREDICORP). According to a statement by Presidential spokesman, Ajuri Ngelale, on Friday night, the appointment was…
Chad election: Campaigns start as opposition candidates lament violations
In the capital Ndjamena, the billboards and posters promoting the candidacies of junta leader Mahamat Idriss Deby and Prime Minister Succes Masra are already up despite the official start of campaigns for the presidential election still being weeks away. Campaigning…
BREAKING: Government Announces 4-Day Eidul Fitr Holidays From April 10
Government Announces 4-Day Eidul Fitr Holidays From April 10. Studiocb55news reports that the government on Thursday announced a three-day and four-day holiday for Eidul Fitr for offices observing five and six working days a week, respectively. As per a notification…
Morocco opens Ivory Coast’s largest mosque
Morocco has opened what is now Ivory Coast’s largest mosque, after seven years of work in the Ivorian capital, Abidjan. Muslims make up around 40 percent of the population in Ivory coast, and are concentrated in the country’s north. Mabri…
Dangote, Onyema responsible for recovering economy – Agbakoba
A former chairman of the Nigerian Bar Association, NBA, Olisa Agbakoba, SAN, has said that the economy is beginning to turn, showing signs of recovery. This is even as he suggested that the turning points now witnessed in the economy…
Sierra Leone declares emergency over drug abuse
Sierra Leone has declared a national emergency after increased cases of substance abuse. President Julius Maada Bio’s decree Thursday follows an explosive rise in the use of a synthetic drug known as Kush. The drug which is highly addictive is…
Nicole Shanahan has been quiet since being named RFK Jr.’s running mate
Nicole Shanahan leapt into the political spotlight in California two weeks ago, when Robert F. Kennedy Jr. named her as the vice presidential nominee for his independent ticket. But the Bay Area lawyer and entrepreneur has been out of the…
Togo opposition calls for mass protest over legislative elections delay
Tensions between President Faure Gnassingbe’s government and the opposition have heightened following parliament’s approval of a contested constitutional reform critics say is a bid to keep Togo’s leader in power. The presidency announced Wednesday that more consultations were needed over…
French Foreign Minister Stephane Sejourne visits Kenya
France will aim to renew ties with Africa and build “balanced partnerships” that are beneficial to the continent, the country’s top diplomat Stephane Sejourne said Saturday (April 6). Appointed in January, Sejourne began his first visit to Africa on Saturday…