Day: April 9, 2021

Africa gets single trade Currency Soon +All you should know in 9 paragraphs

Aoko Benjamin

  The Secretary-General of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA’s) announced that the continent will soon have its own uniform payments and settlement platform to ease the burden of doing business in 42 currencies. Wamkele Mene revealed the plans at a webinar organised by the ruling South African ANC’s Progressive Business Forum on the AfCFTA on Friday. ‘Working with the Afreximbank [the African Export–Import Bank established to finance, promote and expand intra-African and extra-African trade] we are developing a pan-African payments and settlement platform to overcome this challenge of…

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Nigeria’s Jailbreak: Escapee Hardened Prisoners dissolve into Society

Precious Ibekwe

  None of the hardened and Condenmed Criminals also known as hardened and condemned inmates (HCI) servicing prison terms at the Imo Correctional centre, Southeast Nigeria, who escaped during historic jailbreak at the facility has returned. A total of 82 prison inmates most of who are awaiting trials and who have almost served out their sentences have, however, voluntarily returned. Men of Correctional Services are concerned that none of the hardened and condemned inmates (HCI), who escaped, have returned. A statistics from the Nigerian Correctional Services, which confirmed this, gave…

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Tanzania’s new President changes Magufuli’s policy on COVID-19, Media

Aoko Benjamin

  New president of Tanzania appears to be taking a detour from the belief and action of her predecessor, John Magufuli on COVID-19 as she took a new, scientific approach to combat the pandemic. President Samia Suluhu Hassan (pictured) said Tuesday she will form a technical committee to advise her about the scope of Covid-19 infections in the country and how to respond to the pandemic. Covid-19 is ‘not something we should be quiet about or refuse flatly or accept without doing a scientific examination,’ Hassan said in Swahili. ‘We…

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11 soldiers, Officer murdered in Benue – Nigerian Army

Tade Salako

  . Soldiers killed 30 Villagers during reprisals- Report   Ten soldiers  and one Army Officer who were declared missing were found dead in Benue state, cemtral Nigeria The Operation Whirl Stroke found their dead bodies  at Konshisha Local Government Area of the State. According to a statement by the Director Army Public Relations Brigadier General Mohammed Yerima, the attack on the troops in Benue State was unprovoked. The statement reads: “Nigerian Army (NA) troops operating in Benue State came under attack while on routine operational task. ”The troops comprising one…

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Countdown: Muslims Await Ramadan in 4 days + “And then What?” About Fasting

Dawood Rabiu

  Platforms Montessori School, Ota, Southwest Nigeria, mulls free medical test, drugs, Iftar at annual Ramadan programme planned to be in full adherence to COVID-19 protocols    There are less than 4 days until April 11, 2021, which has been picked as the day to look for the Crescent of the month of Ramadan 2021. With this, preparations have begun in the Muslim World for the month of sacred fasting, which must have begun in the next five days (120 hours). Adherents of Islam constitute the world’s second largest religious…

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Dangote, BUA’s bickering worsens, Nigerian billionaires take feud to Sugar

Aliyu Aliyu

  We wrote it, Dangote confirms authorship of letter to Minister Against BUA The bickering between two Nigerian billionaires, Alhaji Aliko Dangote and AbdulSamad Rabiu, has continued to degenerate. This time, the two business Lords from Kano, Northwest Nigeria, have taken their long-time sour relationship, which became obvious from Cement price war to the Sugar industry. Dangote Sugar Refinery PLC (DSR), owned by Africa’s richest man, has confirmed that it wrote a letter to the minister against BUA. BUA was earlier reported to have said that it was ready to…

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