Wednesday, April 24, 2024

PRESS RELEASE

April 14, 2024

Israel-Iran Conflict: Impunity for unlawful acts fuelling war, injustice, South Africa says

South Africa emphasises that all parties must exercise the utmost restraint and avoid any act that would escalate tensions in a particularly fragile region.

Benjamin Netanyahu, Ebrahim Raisi
April 12, 2024

In world first, Nigeria introduces new five-in-one vaccine against meningitis

Health workers roll out an immunisation campaign aiming to reach one million people.

Polio immunisation vaccine
April 12, 2024

Zenith Bank announces remarkable three-digit growth in 2023 

The increase in gross earnings is primarily due to growth in interest and non-interest income. Interest income increased by 112% from NGN540 billion in 2022 to NGN1.1 trillion in 2023.

Zenith bank branch
April 12, 2024

Liberian president declares April 12 holiday for ‘National Fast and Prayer Day’

The Liberian government ordered all public offices, business houses, and marketplaces closed during the observance, which will be held annually.

LIBERIAN PRESIDENT
April 12, 2024

South Africa worried about Ecuador’s invasion of Mexican embassy in Quito

This follows the arbitrary arrest of former Vice-President Jorge Glas Espinel, who was granted political asylum by the Mexican government.

Cyril Ramaphosa (Credit: Daily Maverick)
April 11, 2024

Tinubu admitted business partnership with Gilbert Chagoury; Lagos-Calabar highway project fraudulent: Atiku

The opposition leader said the tentative cost of N15.6 trillion was the equivalent of the total budget of all 36 states of the federation combined.

Atiku, Chagoury, Tinubu
April 11, 2024

UK suspends tariff for flower exports as business blooms in East Africa

The UK has suspended the Global Tariff for cut flowers to increase trade and provide better value for consumers.

Rishi Sunak
April 11, 2024

Ten years after Chibok girls’ mass abduction, Nigerian schoolchildren still at risk: Human Rights Watch

During February and March 2024 alone, bandits kidnapped over 200 children from their schools in Kaduna and Sokoto.

CHIBIOK GIRLS; BOKO HARAM
April 11, 2024

Nigerians’ support for Tinubu, other leaders is ‘vote for better tomorrow’: Buhari

“It is imperative that we stand united in safeguarding the sovereignty and integrity of our nation,” said former President Muhammadu Buhari.

Former president Muhammadu Buhari handing over to President Bola Tinubu