African Leaders
24 May
African leaders, yesterday, faulted the global financing architecture that is plunging several African countries into debt trap amid biting socioeconomic realities.
15 Nov 2022
Ahead of the African Union (AU) summit on industrialisation and economic diversification, African leaders and policy makers have been urged to prioritise actions that are critical for driving economic prosperity and job creation through industrialisation.
26 Oct 2022
Majority of African leaders are blinded by vainglory and selfishness, says the General Overseer of Christ Apostolic Church (CAC), Arogungbogunmi International, Richard Kolawole.
25 Jul 2022
Ministers and experts from across Africa have called for an urgent increase in financing to protect the world’s biodiversity.They also urged all nations to commit one per cent of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and protect 30 per cent of the planet by 2030.
28 May 2022
President Muhammadu Buhari says African political leaders must respect the right of citizens to make their choices at elections. He warned that peoples’ right to vote and determine who leads them should not be treated lightly. Malam Garba Shehu, the president’s spokesman stated in Abuja on Saturday that Buhari gave the warning at a bilateral…
1 Dec 2021
African leaders have been urged to speak against racial discrimination and police brutality of blacks at the virtual “Summit for Democracy” held between December 9 and 10 in the United States of America.
31 Oct 2021
The Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar III, has urged African countries to develop fresh ideas from the wisdom of its past leaders to get solutions to the challenges facing the continent.
19 Oct 2021
The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of SIFAX Group, Dr. Taiwo Olayinka Afolabi, has been nominated, alongside some top African leaders by Health, Environment and Safety (HSE) professionals
9 May 2021
African leaders have been advised to invest in research and development and to also encourage innovative ways to process nutritious foods through indigenous food products.
14 Jan 2021
Group Chief Executive Officer, Tingo International Holdings, Dozy Mmobuosi, has said projected benefits of the African Continental Free Trade Agreement (AfCFTA), could be hampered unless African leaders...
8 Oct 2020
Recent events in Mali — which saw massive popular protests culminating in a military coup on August 18 — have invoked the spectre of the return to power in Africa of “men on the horseback.”
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Ondo State governor Rotimi Akeredolu has vowed to deal with petroleum marketers and owners of fuel stations in the state hoarding the product. Akeredolu made this known in a statement issued by his Chief Press Secretary, Richard Olatunde, in Akure. Akeredolu, has therefore directed the states Task Force to move round and deal with those…
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Women's Lifestyle Hub (WLH) has marked a significant milestone with its Nigerian members as they joyously commemorated the graduation of the inaugural cohort of the Hub. This May, the WLH community gathered for an exquisite brunch event, applauding the remarkable achievements of the program's graduating class.
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Kenya's airports authority triggered a flurry of panic online Wednesday after it announced an incident involving a plane at Nairobi's international airport -- only to clarify it had been a drill. Images posted on Twitter by some media outlets showed black smoke billowing from a site at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA), one of the…
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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has sought the withdrawal of its amended charge against the Kano Central senatorial candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Abdulsalam Abdulkareem Zaura before the Federal high court sitting in Kano. Prior to Wednesday's retraction, EFCC at the last proceeding failed to produce prosecution witnesses to prove the…
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Saudi Arabia's population has grown by more than one third since 2010, and a majority of the kingdom's nationals are aged under 30, according to a census published Wednesday. The 2022 Saudi census marks the "most comprehensive and precise population survey conducted in the Kingdom's history," the General Authority of Statistics said. It set the…