Sao Tome and Principe’s President Carlos Vila Nova issued a presidential decree on Sunday appointing Americo D’Oliveira dos Ramos as the country’s new prime minister. Before the appointment, Americo Ramos served as the governor of the country’s central bank. This decision followed the resignation of former Prime Minister Ilza Amado Vaz, who submitted her resignation…
The South Sudan Minister of Finance, International Monetary Fund (IMF), Africa Energy Investment Corporation (AEICORP) and Trade & Development Bank (TDB) have struck a deal during the country’s Oil and Power Summit. Finance leaders at the sixth edition of the South Sudan Oil & Power conference put investment in East African energy projects top of…
Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) says its National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting will hold on Tuesday (today) as scheduled. The party’s acting National Chairman, Umar Damagum, stated this while addressing newsmen after the PDP Extraordinary Caucus Meeting held on Tuesday in Abuja. “We just finished the extraordinary caucus meeting. We are moving to Legacy House for…
The Police Command in Anambra has detained a suspect for his alleged involvement in the 2022 killing of a female police inspector at the Ukpo Police Division in the Dunukofia area of the state.The suspect is also alleged to be part of a group enforcing the illegal Monday sit-at-home order in the region. The Police…
President Bola Tinubu, on Sunday condoled with the government and people of Oyo State over the death of Dr Victor Olunloyo, the former governor of old Oyo State. Tinubu extended sympathy to the Olunloyo family and all who knew and respected the late elder statesman and scholar. The president’s condolence message wss contained in a…
The Forward Operating Base (FOB) Escravos of the Nigerian Navy says it has deactivated six illegal refining sites at Obodo Omadina Community, Warri South Local Government Area of Delta. Navy Capt Ikenna Okoloagu, the Commanding Officer, FOB Escravos, disclosed this to newsmen on Monday in Warri. Okoloagu said that the illegal refining sites were deactivated…
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has suspended its planned nationwide rally over proposed 50 per cent telecommunications tariff hike. Mr Emmanuel Ugboaja, General Secretary of the NLC disclosed this in a statement addressed to all its state councils and affiliates on Tuesday in Abuja. It would be recalled that the NLC’s National Administrative Council (NAC)…
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has urged more nations to join his country’s security coalition and increase pressure on Russia, insisting that Ukraine has no choice but to fight to protect its sovereignty. Delivering his statement to the 80th UN General Assembly in New York on Wednesday, Zelenskyy said international institutions had become too weak to…
Rwanda’s Ministry of Health has announced new guidelines to curb the spread of the Marburg virus disease (MVD) following an alarming rise in fatalities. The ministry said in a statement that the death toll from the MVD has reached eight, with 26 confirmed cases and 18 individuals currently in isolation and receiving treatment. In response…
A traditional ruler in Akwa Ibom State, Eteidung Aniedi Ebong, has reportedly survived an alleged attack amid an ongoing legal and community dispute involving a Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) solar project. Eyewitnesses in Ifa Ikot Akpan told reporters that unidentified men assaulted the village head last week in what they described as an attempted…
