Wednesday, August 5, 2026

PRESS RELEASE

May 31, 2024

State Department bars Ugandan speaker from entering U.S. for committing ‘significant corruption’

Impunity allows corrupt officials to stay in power, slows the pace of development, facilitates crime, and causes unequal distribution of resources.

Ugandan speaker Anita Among
May 30, 2024

Airline chief operating officer jailed for defrauding Polar Air Cargo of multimillion-dollar

He personally received kickbacks connected to approximately 11 separate vendors or customers of Polar totaling over $6 million.

Polar Air Cargo
May 30, 2024

Afreximbank named ‘African Bank of the Year’ for second year, wins ‘Deal of the Year in Infrastructure’

Afreximbank’s results for the financial year ending December 31, 2023 showed remarkable strength and resilience, surpassing the previous year’s performance.

Afreximbank
May 30, 2024

African leaders join AfDB to demand reform of global financial architecture

The annual meetings bring together AfDB’s governors representing 54 African countries and 27 non-African shareholders.

African Leaders
May 29, 2024

Countries not transparent enough on debt, social spending, Open Budget Survey finds

Since 2012, East Asia & the Pacific and Sub-Saharan Africa have had the steepest increases over time.

TINUBU PRESENTING BUDGET BOX
May 29, 2024

Global economic outlook is brightening, WEF latest report says

But geopolitical and domestic political tensions cloud the horizon. Some 97% of respondents anticipate that geopolitics will contribute to global economic volatility this year.

Lagos market
May 29, 2024

FBI nabs Chinese YunHe Wang, disrupts 911 S5 botnet’s multibillion-dollar heist

Botnet infected over 19 million IP addresses to enable billions of dollars in pandemic and unemployment fraud, and access to child exploitation materials

Kasperky's Illustrated Botnet
May 29, 2024

Flutterwave Mozambique receives payment aggregator licence approval in principle

“The expansion into Mozambique aligns with Flutterwave’s strategic vision of deploying its infrastructural reach.’’

Flutterwave
May 29, 2024

Transcorp Group announces N142 billion revenue, celebrates 10 years’ unbroken dividend payment

The company’s outstanding financial results were driven by successful execution across all business lines.

President/GCEO, Dr Owen D. Omogiafo, OON with Chairman, Tony O. Elumelu, CFR at the 18th Annual General Meeting of Transnational Corporation (TRANSCORP) Plc held at Transcorp Hilton Abuja on May 27, 2024.
May 29, 2024

Tinubu using ‘cocktail of trial-and-error’ to run dysfunctional Nigeria: Atiku

Tinubu laid out no plans for the ‘remodeling’ of the economy but soon embarked on a cocktail of policies to achieve it.

Tinubu sleeping and Atiku laughing