NESG urges Nigerian government to study, check excesses in crypto-currencies
The Nigeria Economic Summit Group (NESG) has called on the Federal Government to carry out comprehensive study on the workings of cryptocurrencies to check financial...
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Official: NNPC not owing federation account N3.8 trillion
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, (NNPC), has said that contrary to reports that it is owing the Federation Account the sum of N3.8 trillion, it...
Hotel Rwanda ‘hero’ goes on trial amid global calls for release
Paul Rusesabagina, the polarising hero of the hit movie “Hotel Rwanda,” went on trial on Wednesday on charges including terrorism that drew international calls for...
Cameroon arrests troops, police suspected of ‘torture’
Cameroon’s army said on Monday it had arrested several soldiers and police for torturing a suspected “terrorist” in the country’s conflict-scarred anglophone region. A 10-minute...
Cryptocurrency: How 270 addresses got $1.3 billion illicit payments
Amidst the furore generated by the Central Bank of Nigeria’s crackdown on the activities of cryptocurrency traders, research has revealed that criminals are using a...
AstraZeneca says coronavirus vaccine “not perfect, but saves lives”
AstraZeneca’s Covid-19 vaccine is not perfect, but will have a big impact on the pandemic, its chief executive predicted on Thursday, as the drugmaker pledged...
Sudan announces new cabinet with ex-rebels as ministers
Sudan’s Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok announced Monday a new cabinet bringing in seven ex-rebel chiefs as ministers, following a peace deal in October aimed to...
Somali opposition leaders ‘no longer recognise president’
Jack Hill/Reuters Somalia’s opposition leaders have announced that they no longer recognise President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed, after his term expired without a political agreement on...
Suspected Islamists kill 10 in eastern Congo machete attack
Suspected Islamists killed 10 people in a raid on a village in eastern Democractic Republic of Congo and kidnapped several others, local authorities and a...
ICC finds Lord’s Resistance Army commander guilty of war crimes
The International Criminal Court has convicted a Ugandan child soldier-turned-Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) commander of war crimes and crimes against humanity. The Netherlands-based court on...