Business

WATCH | Ramaphosa lands in Ivory Coast for power-packed CEO summit

Abidjan – South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has arrived at Félix-Houphouët-Boigny International Airport in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, for a... Read more

12 May

Countries

‘They came in the night’: Entire families killed in Nigeria’s Benue massacre

Abuja – Gunmen killed at least 56 people earlier this week in central Nigeria’s Benue state, the governor’s office... Read more

20 Apr

Countries

Guinea ex-dictator freed from jail after 2009 massacre pardon: junta

Conakry – Guinea’s ex-dictator Moussa Dadis Camara, jailed for 20 years over a 2009 massacre, was pardoned for “health... Read more

31 Mar

Burkina Faso

Burkina journalists held after defending freedom of speech – media body

Abidjan – Authorities detained two journalists in Burkina Faso on Monday after the media body to which they belong... Read more

25 Mar

Countries

Deal with bandits brings uneasy peace in Nigeria’s Kaduna state

Kano – A peace deal between authorities and gangs in Nigeria’s Kaduna state has put a dent in deadly... Read more

12 Mar

Business

Nigeria moves gingerly to tame Africa’s biggest crypto market

Lagos – Nigerian authorities are warily moving to regulate Africa’s largest cryptocurrency market in long-delayed efforts to create legal... Read more

11 Mar

Business

Major fuel shortage hits black gold producer Niger

Niamey – Petrol station attendant Amadou Sani gesticulated to approaching motorists in Niamey to keep going because the garage... Read more

11 Mar

Business

Competition drives down Nigeria petrol prices

Lagos – The retail price of petrol in Nigeria has dropped to 860 naira ($0.57) per litre, as a... Read more

5 Mar

Countries

Nigeria’s 2025 budget has major flaws and won’t ease economic burden

Stephen Onyeiwu, Allegheny College There are doubts as to whether Nigerian president Bola Tinubu’s N54.99 trillion (US$36.6 billion) 2025... Read more

4 Mar

Business

Nigerians displaced as rents double in inflation-hit Lagos

Lagos – Nigeria’s economic crisis is hitting renters in Lagos hard as landlords pass down the costs of spiralling... Read more

28 Feb