The Sahel region’s Great Green Wall Initiative received a major boost from the African Development Bank on Monday. During a forum hosted by French President Emmanuel Macron and His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, the Bank pledged to assist in mobilising up to $6.5 billion over five years, to advance …

Facebook has shut a slew of accounts belonging to Ugandan government officials accused of seeking to manipulate public debate ahead of elections Thursday, the internet giant told AFP on Monday. The East African nation is holding presidential and parliamentary elections after a tense and bloody campaign, with President Yoweri Museveni, …

Oil prices fell on Monday, amid concerns over weak global fuel demand as a surge of COVID-19 infections hit China and Europe. China, the second-largest oil user globally, saw its largest daily rise in virus cases in over five months today, with authorities imposing lockdown measures barring people and vehicles …

Non-teaching staff in the universities under the aegis of the Joint Action Committee, will on Tuesday, embark on three-day nationwide protests over the government’s handling of the Integrated Personnel and Payroll Information System, sharing formula of the N40 billion earned academic allowances and non-payment of arrears of the new minimum …

Troops of Operation Hadarin Daji, on Saturday, eliminated no fewer than 50 bandits at Kuriya village in Kaura Namoda Local Government Area of Zamfara, Defence Headquarters says. The Coordinator, Defence Media Operations, John Enenche said in a statement on Sunday that the troops also recovered 334 rustled livestock from the …

US President Donald Trump has, on Friday, said he will not attend the inauguration of President-elect Joe Biden on January 20, 2021. He said this a day after Biden’s Electoral College win was certified by a joint session of the US Congress. “To all of those who have asked, I …

In a first report on global economic prospects for 2021, issued on January 5, the World Bank forecasted a slow recovery for Nigeria and other sub-Saharan African countries with a growth rate seen at 2.7% for the year. The figure is below the initial June 2020 forecast of 3.1% for …

The United States Congress has affirmed President-elect Joe Biden’s Electoral College victory over President Donald Trump. The counting of Vermont’s three electoral votes put Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris over the 270-threshold needed to win the presidency. The certification comes after Pro-Trump rioters invaded the US Capitol on Wednesday. …

Police ordered the evacuation of several office buildings for the US Congress Wednesday as supporters of President Donald Trump broke down security barrricades on the steps of the Capitol. Capitol Police sent orders for Congressional staff to leave the Cannon building and other large offices after Trump called on his …

Sodiq Oyeleke with agency report Democrat Raphael Warnock ousted an incumbent Republican Wednesday in the first of two critical runoff elections in Georgia that will decide control of the US Senate at the outset of Joe Biden’s presidency, networks projected. Warnock, a Black pastor with deep roots in Georgia, narrowly …