Davido’s performance of “Feel it’ and ‘Unavailable’ from his ‘Timeless’ album was a highlight of the 2023 BET Awards The 2023 BET Awards went down on Sunday night at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles, U.S., with Burna Boy doing Nigeria proud by winning the Best International Act for a fourth time. Tems snagged the “Best Collaboration”…
President Julius Maada Bio of Sierra Leone has been declared the winner of the presidential election in the country. The final results were announced on Tuesday, June 27.
Malians voted in support of a new draft constitution prepared by the military junta, which makes important and controversial changes to the country’s political structure. The amendments are expected to facilitate a transition to civilian leadership in the West African country.
Partial results announced by the Electoral Commission of Sierra Leone (ECSL) show the ruling Sierra Leone Peoples Party’s (SLPP) candidate and incumbent president, Julius Maada Bio, leading with 1,067, 666 votes while the candidate of the All Peoples Congress (APC), Kamara Samura is trailing with 793,751 votes.
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has approved the immediate dissolution of the Governing Boards of all Federal Government Parastatals, Agencies, Institutions, and Government-Owned companies in the exercise of its Constitutional Powers and in the Public interest. This is contained in a statement Monday night by Mr Willie Bassey, the Director, Information, Office of the Secretary to…
…Names Ribadu, NSA; Gen. C.G Musa CDS; Gen. Lagbaja, COAS; Katose Egbetokun, IGP Omeiza Ajayi, Abuja President Bola Tinubu has sacked the Chief of Defence Staff, all the nation’s Service Chiefs, the Inspector General of Police, IGP Usman Baba Alkali, as well as the Comptroller General of the Nigeria Customs Service, Col. Hameed Ali. Secretary…
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has approved the appointment of eight Special Advisers. The announcement was contained in a statement released on Thursday by Abiodun Oladunjoye,… Read more.
Prolific author and former Ghanaian education minister Ama Ata Aidoo passed away on 31 May 2023 at the age of 81. News of her death reverberated around the world, proof of her towering influence in literary, feminist and political spaces. Read more.
The AfriCaribbean Festival announced on Monday the signing of a partnership with Air Senegal as the official airline of its annual festival held in Freetown. Through this partnership, Air Senegal will offer cheaper round-trip flights to festival attendees from New York, Paris, and Milan for the next three years, starting in December 2023. Read more.
Bola Tinubu, Nigeria’s president has suspended Godwin Emefiele, governor of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) from office with immediate effect. “This is sequel to the ongoing investigation of his office and the planned reforms in the financial sector of the economy,” said Willie Bassey, director, Information at the office of Secretary to the Government of…
