George Weah
22 Feb
The Director-General of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala; former President of Liberia, George Weah and Chairman/Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Vista Equity Partners...
4 Feb
Director-General of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, former President of Liberia, George Weah and the Chairman/CEO of Vista Equity Partners, Texas, United States,Robert Smith has all been nominated for the African Heritage Awards
14 Jan
With the news and realities of conflicts already in Europe [between Ukraine and Russia], the Middle East [between Israel and Hamas], and brewing challenges in the South American region between Venezuela and Guyana, and then in the Sahel region of Africa, as the ECOWAS threatened military action against Niger, Ms. Zuriel Oduwole believed it was perhaps time for a different approach to addressing some of our world's conflicts, with an emphasis on conflict prevention rather than resolution.
29 Dec 2023
A mere fact that a leader who lost a second term election and could not in fact fulfil most of the promises of the first term is the one being deconstructed as a Person of the Year in a region that parades giants including the most populous...
29 Dec 2023
It was not an auspicious time for politicians to test popularity on the streets. While rich economies in the global north got richer, their poor and developing counterparts in Africa got poorer in 2023.
7 Dec 2023
At a time that military adventurism seems to threaten democratic stability in the West African region, the seamless transition featured in the recent general election held in Liberia presents a positive outlook to civil rule and offers deep lessons to African leaders with a sit-tight mentality. The Liberian election was held to elect a new…
20 Nov 2023
For a long time, political transition has been a serious issue in Africa. Elections are often turned into a theater of warfare as incumbent political leaders wouldn’t want to concede to electoral defeats easily. It is almost rare in Africa for an incumbent President to lose an election. It is sacrilegious! The ugly trend has…
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Gov. Caleb Mutfwang of Plateau says the perennial water crisis in the state is a result of human sabotage. Mutfwang expressed this concern during an interface with stakeholders within the state’s Water and Sanitation sub-sector, on Tuesday in Jos. The governor expressed worry that in spite of the huge investments in the water sector, including…
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President Bola Tinubu on Tuesday urged Northern leaders to seek robust solutions to the numerous challenges confronting the region. Tinubu, represented by Vice-President Kashim Shettima, made the call at a stakeholders’ roundtable on Northern Nigerian Youth Development, organized by the Sir. Ahmadu Bello Memorial Foundation in Abuja. The theme of the roundtable was ‘Empowering the…
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US President-elect Donald Trump nominated Howard Lutnick, the co-chair of his transition team, as his commerce secretary on Tuesday—a choice set to bring a tougher stance on China from the incoming administration. Lutnick will also lead the country's tariff and trade agenda, with "additional direct responsibility for the Office of the United States Trade Representative,"…
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President Bola Tinubu on Tuesday declared that the development of Northern Nigeria remains fundamental to the nation's prosperity. This came as he unveiled a comprehensive youth development strategy spanning multiple key sectors to drive Nigeria's economic transformation. Speaking during a Stakeholders Roundtable on Northern Youth Development organised by the Sir Ahmadu Bello Memorial Foundation in…
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Vice President Kashim Shettima on Tuesday joined his former colleagues at the Senate to pay glowing tributes to the late Senator Ifeanyi Ubah, saying the free spirit of the late lawmaker who passed on earlier in the year, broke down political and ethnic barriers. Shettima's tribute followed the parliament's valedictory session held at the Senate…
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