•Team Drogba’s electric boat races on the Lagos Lagoon during the E1 final race yesterday Rain soaked Nigeria’s bustling metropolis of Lagos yesterday hosted a race in the UIM E1 World Championship, an all-electric powerboat racing series — the first time that such an event has been held in Africa. An earlier tropical storm delayed […]...
•Former Nigerian international, Segun Odegbami (R) Former Nigerian international Segun Odegbami has stated that Nigeria’s participation at the 2026 World Cup is vital to give Africa a voice on the world stage. Odegbami, who spoke on the ‘Role of Sports in Global Geo-Politics,’ explained that sports had the capacity to checkmate the geopolitic...
•Aliko Dangote Africa’s heavy dependence on fuel imports has turned the continent into a dumping ground for substandard petroleum products, Aliko Dangote, has said. The president of Dangote Industries Limited and Africa’s richest man made the remarks during an interview with journalists, where he highlighted the motivation behind building the ...
•Obasanjo Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has criticised Africa’s political elite for “lacking” the basic economic knowledge needed to drive the continent’s development, blaming this deficiency for underdevelopment, corruption, and dependency on foreign aid. “How many of our leaders even understand basic economics to be able to run the affa...
•Honda passenger vehicles are loaded onto cargo ship for export Surging car theft in the UK is being driven by organised crime gangs targeting vehicles to be smuggled out and resold in countries including the Democratic Republic of Congo and Russia, a study said today. Criminals were increasingly using vehicle theft technology to enable a [&he...
•African Nations in map The safest countries in Africa are peacemakers and political reformers. These countries have implemented policies that ensure their countries are safe for both visitors and citizens. There are many other attributes shared by these countries; rich culture, agriculture, mining, and tourism, which are the main part of the ...
Africa has produced some of the most electrifying football talents the world has ever seen — strikers whose brilliance, consistency, and killer instinct in front of goal have earned them legendary status. From the iconic dance of Roger Milla to the powerful finishes of Rashidi Yekini and the blistering pace of Samuel Eto’o, these players [&hel...
•Lagos-Calabar coastal highway under construction The Minister of Works, Sen. David Umahi, yesterday described the Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway as a Renewed Hope signature project and a signpost of holistic road infrastructure transformation that will be a reference point and flagship of excellence on the continent of Africa. In a statement b...
The race to become Africa’s next “super banker” ends today, with five candidates, including one woman, vying to succeed Nigeria’s Akinwumi Adesina as head of the African Development Bank in a contest that appears too close to call. In 2015 it took six rounds of voting to elect Adesina as president of the AfDB, which […]
•Dollar notes The Economic Community of West Africa States (ECOWAS) Commission has revealed that the African continent is currently losing $88.6 billion yearly to corruption and illicit financial flows. The commission’s Commissioner for Political Affairs, Peace and Security, Ambassador Abdel-Fatau Musah, who disclosed this yesterday in Niger S...
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