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Angélique Kidjo Becomes First Black African Honored On Hollywood Walk of Fame
The Hollywood Chamber of Commerce announced Kidjo as one of the 2026 Walk of Fame Honorees. West African singer Angélique Kidjo made history as the first Black African artist to be inducted into the Hollywood Walk of Fame. The Grammy-winning...

Edo ADC Vows To Give APC Run For Its Money In Coming Elections
1 The South-south vice chairman of the African Democratic Congress, Elder Festus Igbinoba, has declared that his party will be able to give the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) a run for its money in the forthcoming 2027 presidential...

Community Land Protection Program Coordinator at SDI Calls on Actors in Land Sector to Take Advantage of NELGA Alumni Program
Accra, Ghana: The Coordinator of the Community Land Protection Program (CLPP) at the Sustainable Development Institute (SDI) is calling on CSOs and individuals working in the land sector of Liberia to take advantage of the Network of Excellence on...

The Morocco-Nigeria gas pipeline is taking its first steps
Morocco has begun the preliminary phase of an ambitious gas pipeline project with Nigeria that is expected to be 5,600 kilometres long. The initial plan is based on connecting the port of Nador, in the north of the country, with the port of...

Metering gap persists amid 187,000 Q1 installations
Despite the various initiatives aimed at tackling estimated billing and enhancing customer satisfaction, over half of Nigeria’s electricity consumers remain unmetered, The PUNCH reports. The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission said in its...

How Tinubu’s foreign policy benefits the common man
Since assuming office in May 2023, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has redefined Nigeria’s foreign policy, not as an elite game of handshakes and photo-ops, but as a strategic extension of his domestic agenda to stabilise the economy, protect national...

2027: Presidency in Panic Mode, ADC Coalition Alleges
*Insists president not governing Nigeria *Obi declares he won’t buy N150bn jet when people are dying *Zulum dismisses defection rumour, affirms loyalty to APC *Ex-police minister, other PDP members move to ADC in large number, LP collapses...

‘Yahoo Boys Killing Investors Confidence In Nigeria’ – EFCC
Acting zonal director of the EFCC’s Benin office, Assistant Commander Effa I. Okim, revealed this during an event held at Unity Hall in Government House, Asaba, Delta State, on Monday. Okim explained that the involvement of young Nigerians in...

DisCos post highest revenue since privatisation amid poor supply
Nigeria’s electricity distribution companies (DisCos) recorded their highest quarterly revenue since privatisation in the first quarter (Q1) of 2025, despite persistent complaints over poor power supply across the country. Data released by the...

Gender-Discriminatory Nationality Laws are Fueling Poverty & Violence Against Women
Democracy, Featured, Gender, Global, Headlines, Human Rights, IPS UN: Inside the Glasshouse, TerraViva United Nations Opinion Maithreyi Kamalanathan is Global Media Coordinator, Equality Now NEW YORK, Jul 16 2025 (IPS) - Around a quarter of...

Former APC Chairman Oyegun Officially Defects to ADC
A former national chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), John Odigie-Oyegun, has formally joined the African Democratic Congress (ADC) in Edo State. Oyegun, a former Edo State Governor, received the membership card of his new party on...
THE REVIEW OF THE BOOK TITLED ‘THE RISE AND FALL OF INDIGENOUS CHIEFTAINCY INSTITUTION IN THE NIGER DELTA,’ AUTHORED BY...
Samuel Marshall The review, authored by Samuel Marshall, a renowned cartoonist, book illustrator, and editor, was composed in June 2025. INTRODUCTION The book provides an insightful, non-fictional historiographical analysis of the rise and...

How schools are being built for extreme heat – without airconditioning
When prize-winning architect Francis Kere was growing up in Burkina Faso he spent his schooldays in a gloomy classroom that was so stifling he says it would have been better suited to making bread than educating children.Years later, while...

Nigeria places 3rd in Africa for highest air ticket charges in 2024 – New Report
Passengers departing from Nigeria, Sierra Leone, and Benin paid some of the highest air ticket taxes and charges in Africa in 2024, placing West Africa at the top of the continent’s air travel cost rankings. Sierra Leone ranked first for regional...

Ghana’s gold exports surge
Ghana is capitalising on its gold exports to drive economic growth, with revenues increasing to $11.6bn in 2024 - a 52.6% increase from the $7.6bn recorded in 2023. Gold exports accounted for 57% of the country’s total export revenue, solidifying...

Ivory Coast farmers hope tech tempts jaded youth back to fields
Stopwatch in hand, dozens of Ivory Coast students raced against the clock to design robots for the farms of the future in the world's top cocoa-producing nation. With each team facing off to draw up the best bot blueprint, the competition is part...

How schools are being built for extreme heat - without aircon
What’s the context? As climate change brings record heatwaves, architects are innovating to keep temperatures down in the classroom. Heat threatens children's education Aircon fuels global warming Architects turn to passive cooling LONDON - When...

AfCFTA: NPA berths first wholly Nigerian-owned container vessel
In a development that signposts readiness to maximize the gains derivable from the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA), the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) has deployed its state-of-the-art marine crafts to berth the first wholly...

IGR: Edo generates ₦52.6 bn in six months
Governor Monday Okpebholo By Jethro Ibileke The Executive Chairman of Edo State Internal Revenue Service (EIRS), Oladele Bankole-Balogun, has disclosed that a total of ₦52.6 billion revenue was generated between January and June 2025....

Edo Revenue Board Widens Tax Net
The executive chairman of Edo Internal Revenue Board (EIRS), Oladele Bankole-Balogun, said the board has adopted measures to ensure that more people are captured under the tax net in a bid to deliver value added services and boost the state...