The federal government has partnered with the Bank of Industry (BOI) to support 75,000 micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs). In a statement on Tuesday, Olusegun Dada, special assistant to President Bola Tinubu on social media, said the application portal is now open for interested applicants across the country. Dada said the partnership aims to grant eligible

Ghana could buy petroleum products from Nigeria’s Dangote Oil Refinery once the facility operates at full capacity, the head of the country’s oil regulator said on Monday. According to a report by Reuters, this could end monthly fuel imports from Europe of $400 million, Mustapha Abdul-Hamid, chairman of the National Petroleum Authority, Ghana said at the

A group of investors led by Development Partners International’s African Development Partners (ADP) III fund, and Google’s Africa Investment Fund, have invested a total of $110m in equity financing into the digital payment platform, Moniepoint. According to a release by the firm, the funding will allow Moniepoint to power the dreams of millions of businesses

Moscow announced on Tuesday it had seized control of the mining hub of Selydove in eastern Ukraine as Kyiv initiated a fresh mobilisation drive and raised concerns over North Korea’s expanding military cooperation with Russia. The Kremlin’s forces have been advancing rapidly across the sprawling eastern front, where exhausted and outgunned Ukrainian troops are being

Nigeria, alongside other West African countries, is set to adopt a unified driver’s license and vehicle registration system as part of a regional effort to streamline transportation and enhance road safety. The Federal Road Safety Corps is also collaborating with the Economic Community of West African States through the West African Road Safety Organisation to

An Anambra State High Court sitting in Nnewi, Anambra State, on Tuesday, sentenced a South African-based activist, Boniface Okonkwo, to 18 months in prison for defaming a businessman, Sir Emeka Offor. The court, presided over by Justice Vincent Agbata, found Okonkwo guilty of posting defamatory content on the “Oraifite WhatsApp platform,” describing Offor’s meter manufacturing

A member of the House of Representatives, Alex Ikwechegh, who assaulted an e-hailing (Bolt) driver who went to deliver a package to him has tendered a public apology. Ikwechegh admitted that his behaviour did not meet the standards expected of a public official. He issued the public apology on Monday, saying, “As a public servant,

Air component of Operation Hadin Kai has neutralised cores of Boko Haram terrorists at two locations in Bula Marwa in Borno State. The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) disclosed this in a statement on Monday, saying the operations happened on October 25. Air Force spokesman, Air Commodore Olusola Akinboyewa, said Bula Marwa was identified as a

Rape is widespread in Sudan’s civil war, a United Nations investigation said Tuesday, accusing paramilitaries especially of committing sexual violence on a “staggering” scale. Children are not spared the abuse, while women and girls are being abducted for sexual slavery, the UN Independent International Fact-Finding Mission for the Sudan said in a new report. “There is

Sporting a scarf emblazoned with an image of Kamala Harris, shop owner Jimmie Thorne watched US election coverage on TV from his printing shop in Ghana’s capital Accra. As US election day draws near, the 70-year-old is among a unique set of African American voters closely following the presidential race from the other side of