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Buhari, Barrow head to Mali after failing to convince Jammeh

January 14, 2017

The delegation led by President Muhammadu Buhari flew out of Banjul, capital of Gambia, late Friday after being unable to reach any deal with President Yahaya Jammeh. Geoffrey Onyeama, minister of foreign af...

AU to stop recognizing Jammeh as President from next week

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January 14, 2017

African News, Issues, Spotlight, West

The African Union (AU) will cease to recognise President Yahya Jammeh as the nation’s legitimate president from January 19. It is the date he is due to hand over to Adama Barrow, winner of 1 December electio...

Asa pushes African music to a higher level with extraordinary live concert in Lagos

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May 2, 2016

African News, Events, Nigerian News, Spotlight

It was more than a night to remember on Sunday at the prestigious Eko Hotels and Suites in Victoria Island, Lagos State of Nigeria as one of Nigeria’s biggest exports, popularly known as Asa performed live on s...

President Buhari seeks to reduce trade imbalance between Nigeria and China

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April 12, 2016

African News, Nigerian News, Spotlight, World News

President Muhammadu Buhari has urged Nigerian and Chinese business communities to work harder to reduce the trade imbalance between both countries which is currently in China’s favour. The Nigerian President...

Ghana’s new apex bank governor to tackle inflation and boost growth

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April 12, 2016

African News, Spotlight

Ghana's new central bank governor said on Monday his top priority was to fight inflation, but he also wanted to pursue new policies to boost local business growth. In his first interview since being named Ba...

Cash crunch: Nigeria’s revenue agency targets N4.9trn in 2016

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April 12, 2016

African News, Nigerian News, Spotlight

The Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) says it is targeting a revenue of N4.9 trillion in 2016. Chairman of FIRS, Mr Tunde Fowler, disclosed this on Monday at the opening of the 134th Joint Tax Board meet...

2016 Budget: Nigeria may sell Panda Bond

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April 12, 2016

African News, Nigerian News, Spotlight

Nigeria is considering selling Chinese Panda bonds to help finance the 2016 budget, its finance minister said on Saturday. The OPEC member is also looking to sell Eurobonds, apart from loans from multilatera...

Cameroon: Military frees hundreds of hostages, Kills 100 Boko Haram members

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February 27, 2016

African News, Central, Issues

Cameroon's military said Saturday that its forces had freed several hundred hostages and killed about 100 Boko Haram militants in a joint operation with Nigerian troops. Military commanders said the combined f...

Boko Haram: Nigeria army foils attack in Borno

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February 25, 2016

African News, Issues, Nigerian News

Acting Director, Army Public Relations, Col. Sani Usman Nigeria’s troops have foiled a planned Boko Haram attack on a camp of displaced people in the northeastern town of Dikwa, previously targeted by the i...

Prison break aborted in Cote d’Ivoire, 10 killed

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February 23, 2016

African News, Issues

No fewer than 10 people were killed in an attempted jail break in Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire capital city, authorities said on Monday. The incident occurred after inmates, who had obtained firearms, tried in a f...