The trade agreement that could be the most significant development in U.S-Africa trade relations, since the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) passed in Congress in 2000, faces another hurdle.
In a startling revelation that could potentially ring alarm bells on the African continent, the Indian Diaspora in South Africa has been subjected to horrifying and terrorising threats from a Pakistan-sponsored group. The threat message was received from a mobile number on November 27, 2020, categorically stating:
Protests against the jailing of former South African president Jacob Zuma spread from his hometown to the country’s main economic hub of Johannesburg Sunday.
President Muhammadu Buhari has condemned the incessant attacks and killings being perpetrated by bandits in Zamfara, Kaduna and others States in the North.
Nigerians have expressed genuine concerns over the trade deficit between Nigeria and Russia as the latter have continued to benefit more from the two countries bilateral relations.
Various accounts dominated the airwaves yesterday about how leader of Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu, was arrested by Nigerian security agents working in collaboration with the International Police Organisation, Interpol, on Sunday.
Kenyan authorities say at least 350 young people who joined the Somali Islamist militant group al-Shabab have surrendered this year and will be reintegrated into society.
Nigeria’s President, Muhammadu Buhari, has reaffirmed the strategic and constitutional role of the National Space Research and Development Agency (NASRDA) as the only Government Agency saddled with the core mandate to build and launch satellites for various applications in Nigeria.
A militant group, Niger Delta Avengers, which wreaked havoc on the Niger Delta during President Muhammadu Buhari’s first tenure has announced its return.
China, Netherlands, and the United States led the list of top Nigeria import sources in the first quarter of 2021, jointly accounting for 48.8% of the total import bill recorded in the period.
Pope Francis has declared his support and readiness to collaborate with the Federal Government of Nigeria to end insecurity in the country and sub-Saharan Africa.