Ecobank Nigeria boosts confidence with 50% early Eurobond repayment
Ecobank has demonstrated strong liquidity and financial resilience by repaying 50 per cent of its Eurobond ahead of the scheduled maturity in February 2026. The repaying was confirmed in a statement, which said, “Ecobank Nigeria Limited has confirmed the success…
AfDB Spotlights Startling Scale Of Illicit Financial Flows In Ethiopia
Ethiopia is losing up to 2.2 percent of its annual GDP growth and between 10 and 30 percent of government revenue to illicit financial flows (IFF), according to data highlighted in the African Development Bank’s (AfDB) 2025 Country Focus Report…
Court dismisses Iyabo Ojo’s N1bn defamation suit against Lizzy Anjorin
LAGOS—A Lagos High Court sitting in Osborne, Ikoyi, has dismissed a N1 billion defamation suit filed by Nollywood actress Iyabo Ojo against her colleague, Lizzy Anjorin. Justice Olabisi Akinlade, who presided over the matter, held that the suit was incompetent…
Iran President Pezeshkian was reportedly injured in Israeli strikes
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian was reportedly slightly injured during one of Israel’s attacks on Iran last month. Iran’s state Fars news agency, close to the revolutionary guard, says that on 16 June, six bombs targeted both access and entry points…
Find Lasting Solutions To Niger Delta’s Socio-Economic Difficulties, Okonjo-Iweala Tells NDDC
Her advice comes as the oil-producing region suffers from environmental degradation from decades of oil and gas exploration. The Director General of the World Trade Organization (WTO), Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, has called on the Niger Delta Development Company (NDDC) to…
Morocco, UAE Sign Industrial Property Cooperation Agreement
The agreement is set to develop and strengthen cooperation between Morocco and the UAE in the field of industrial property. Rabat — Morocco and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) are expanding their areas of cooperation, as both countries signed a…
Former Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari Passes Away at 82
Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari, who has died age 82 in a London clinic, was a former military ruler and self-styled converted democrat who returned to power through elections but struggled to convince Nigerians he could deliver on the change he…
Trump Announces 30% Tariffs on EU and Mexico
U.S. President Donald Trump on Saturday announced a 30% tariff on imports from the European Union and Mexico, setting an August 1 deadline for renegotiated trade deals to avert the new levies. The tariff threat, posted in letters to…
Afghan taxi drivers beat the heat with handmade air coolers
Afghanistan taxi drivers use handmade coolers to beat the heat In a sweltering city in Afghanistan, taxis have been spotted with scrubby barrels and exhaust tubes mounted to their roofs. These are the hand-made air coolers that taxi drivers have…
Ugandan artiste Chameleone seeks land to build music school in Western Equatoria
Celebrated Ugandan musician Joseph Mayanja, popularly known as Jose Chameleone, has appealed to the Government of Western Equatoria State (WES) to allocate land for the construction of a music and arts school to nurture local talent. Chameleone made the appeal…