Tag: AFRICA
Akinwumi Adesina hits dance floor after raising $7.6bn for Africa
President of African Development Bank (AfDB), Akinwumi Adesina, has hit the dance floor with his team after successfully raising $7.6 billion for Africa’s low...
FirstBank’s 2019 winners of company of the year competition join contest...
First Bank of Nigeria Limited has
announced that Taidob College Abeokuta, the 2019 winners of the National
Company of the Year competition, organised by Junior Achievement...
It’s sin to be a woman in Africa – Tiwa Savage
Award-winning music superstar, Tiwa Savage, has lamented on how hard it is to be a woman in this part of the world.
The ‘Ma Lo’...
AFRIMA jury arrives Nigeria for adjudication
The 13-man International Jury of the All Africa Music Awards, AFRIMA, will arrive Lagos, Nigeria on Wednesday, August 8 ahead of a week-long adjudication...
Dangote prepares to purchase Arsenal in 2020
Africa’s richest man, Aliko Dangote, has pledged to buy Arsenal in two years’ time amid growing speculation that minority shareholder Alisher Usmanov could be prepared to sell his stake.
Dangote,...
Mahrez becomes Africa’s most-expensive player in Europe
Riyad Mahrez is now Africa's most-expensive player in Europe following a £60m switch from Leicester City to Manchester City.
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang previously held that title after...
World Cup: Heartbreak for Africa as Senegal exit on yellow cards
Africa will not have any representative in the last-16 of the FIFA World Cup in Russia after Senegal were eliminated on Thursday.
Nigeria, Tunisia, Egypt and Morrocco...
Gov. Bello commends NGOs on eradication of poverty in Africa
Gov. Abubakar Bello of Niger has commended the Martin Luther King and Dr Joe Beasley Foundations, NGOs, for alleviating poverty in Africa.
Bello gave the...
Nigeria retain 52nd position in latest FIFA rankings
Nigeria retained her previous 52nd position in the world and seventh in Africa in the March FIFA/Coca Cola World rankings released on Thursday.
Nigeria had 609...
World Happiness Report: Nigeria ranks 91, 5th in Africa
Nigeria has been ranked the 91 happiest nations of the world, and fifth in Africa in the 2018 World Happiness Report.
News Agency of Nigeria...