By Ben Aroh | The Whistler Despite a Supreme Court judgement in Ukeje vs Ukeje in 2014 which affirmed that women have the same right to inherit their fathers’ estates as their male counterparts, many Igbo women are being denied…
By Zainab Sanni The energetic, wildlife friendly city of Nairobi, Kenya played host to climate stakeholders from across the African continent in September 2023. Experts have since expressed divergent views about the representation of women at the summit which ended…
The Human and Environmental Development Agenda (HEDA Resource Centre) has indicted the past governments from 1999 to 2022 over missing of public funds in the tune of $825 billion (N1.7 trillion). HEDA, then, called on the Economic and Financial Crimes…
Prospective applicants of online money lenders who were unable to conclude registration on November 14, 2022 have been given a window opportunity till January 31, 2023 to conclude the exercise. This was disclosed on Friday, in a statement issued by…
The Nigeria’s House of Representatives has asked Godwin Emefiele, Governor of the Central Bank, to suspend its latest policy – limiting cash withdrawal at deposit money banks and other financial institutions in the country. The order was given on Thursday,…
The current seven (7) million 5G connections in two of Africa’s countries – Nigeria and South Africa with the largest telecom subscribers’ base is projected to hit 150 million by 2028, according to the latest mobility report by a global…
A total package of about $8.9 billion was mobilized on Tuesday by the African Development Fund (ADF) for Africa’s low-income countries, the highest in its 50-year history. The fund will be considered in ADF’s 2023 to 2025 financing cycle. The…
The Federal Government of Nigeria (FGN) says it is ending the conditional cash transfer December 31, 2022 after six years the scheme was launched. According to the head of the National Cash Transfer Office (NCTO), Dr. Ibraheem Adam in an…
The Liberian Government will be supporting farmers as they increase climate resilient food production following the approval of $5.12 million grant from the African Development Bank (AFDB) in its Emergency Food Production Program in the country. The grant became necessary…
Nigeria’s President, Muhammadu Buhari, has unveiled the newly redesigned naira notes at the State House, Abuja on Wednesday, November 23, 2022. MAP NEWS reported yesterday that the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele disclosed that the President would would…