The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank (www.AfDB.org) has approved Nigeria’s Country Strategy Paper (CSP) 2020-2024, which builds on the successes and challenges of the 2013-2019 edition, and incorporates emerging developmental realities and opportunities shaping Nigeria’s political and economic landscape, including in the post-COVID-19 period. The approval... Read more
African Leaders Call For Immediate Action To Save Additional Lives From Malaria In The Face Of COVID-19
AfricaPress Releases May 12, 2020
Statement: Meeting the Challenge of COVID-19 Five years ago, we drafted Agenda 2063: the Africa We Want, to share our optimism about a prosperous future for Africa’s people, society and economy. Critical to achieving this vision was a sustained focus on ending preventable and treatable diseases, like malaria, within a... Read more
Intervene Before Christians Are Wiped Out In Northern Nigeria, Human Rights Group Begs World Leaders
Considering what it called a “choreographed genocide of Christians and the burning of their churches and houses in towns and villages of northern Nigeria by Islamic terrorists and armed Fulani herdsmen,” the Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA) has called on the world leaders to intervene without further... Read more
African lawyers have been charged to leverage on their exclusive control of the judicial arms of their governments to enforce and advance the cause of justice, human rights and overall development in the continent. Making the call while giving the opening remarks at the just ended conference of African... Read more
A yet to be identified African soldier has taken to social media to show off the potency of his bullet charm as he fires different types of guns into his mouth without any injury. According to him, no gun on planet earth including AK 47 assault rifle can penetrate... Read more
The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) on Thursday closed the Kaduna office of South African Telecommunication giant, MTN, over xenophobic attacks and killings of 118 Nigerians in the last two years. NANS’ Director, Travels and Exchange, Mr Dominic Philip, explained in Kaduna that the step was necessary to... Read more
President of Tunisis Beji Caid Essebsi has died at the age of 92 after being taken to a military hospital on Wednesday for the second time in the last one month. Beji Caid Essebsi was a Tunisian politician who was the fifth President of Tunisia from December 2014 until his... Read more
. Around 2,000 delegates gathered in Malabo, Equatorial Guinea, to discuss ways to fast-track regional integration MALABO, Equatorial Guinea, June 14, 2019/ — The African Development Bank (www.AfDB.org) on Friday concluded its Annual Meetings, amid growing consensus that regional integration is imperative to a new phase in African prosperity.... Read more
By Dianabasi Effiong Port Harcourt – The head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State, Pope Francis, has urged Catholic Bishops in Nigeria to preach peace to their followers. The Pope gave the advice on Thursday in Port Harcourt, at a sermon marking the Episcopal... Read more
Singer Jeffery Tyovenda Torkuma a.k.a JayDrillz electrified the stage with his breathtaking performance as he thrilled his audience with his popular single ‘Blessings’ at the just concluded Miss Africa Golden 2018 beauty pageant. The pageant saw Miss Violet Ejiata representing Ethiopia emerge winner of Miss Africa Golden 2018 out... Read more
