The Obi-Kwankwaso Movement (OK Movement) has rejected claims that it receives financial support or administrative direction from presidential candidate Peter Obi or the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC), insisting that it operates as an independent political organization. The movement’s National Director-General, John Ozyl Ughulu, made the clarification in a statement issued in Abuja on Friday, September […]

The Federal High Court in Lagos has ordered the remand of luxury goods dealer and lifestyle influencer Afolabi Kazeem Michael, popularly known as KC Luxury, and two other defendants over an alleged cocaine trafficking operation involving 184.5 kilograms of cocaine. The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) said the seized cocaine was worth approximately ₦39 […]

Burkina Faso’s military leader, Captain Ibrahim Traoré, says the country will stop placing new orders for armored vehicles from abroad as it expands a program to adapt and assemble vehicles locally. The announcement follows the presentation of the Nanga fleet, which the government says is being prepared for its defense and security forces and the […]

Egypt is developing eight international logistics corridors linking its Red Sea and Mediterranean ports with the Suez Canal, inland production centers and routes to neighboring markets, Transport Minister Kamel El-Wazir has said. The corridors are designed to combine railways, electric high-speed trains and highways with dry ports and seaports. By improving connections to industrial, agricultural […]

DataPro Limited will hold its sixth International Rating Webinar on October 8, 2026, bringing together researchers and financial experts to discuss how African countries can strengthen their sovereign credit ratings. The free online event, themed “Sovereign Credit Rating: Africa’s Roadmap to Investment-Grade Status,” is scheduled for 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. West Africa Time. Discussions […]

Nigeria’s National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) says it has dismantled a clandestine methamphetamine laboratory in Enugu State and arrested two men accused of working with a Mexico-based drug trafficker. The agency identified the suspects as Chukwu Obumneme Christopher, 45, also known as Brown, and Chukwu Georginus Monday, 60, also known as George. It said […]

Tensions between Ethiopia’s federal government and forces in the northern Tigray region have intensified following reports that Tigrayan fighters took control of airports in Mekelle, Shire and Axum on September 23. The reported takeovers and a suspension of flights to the region could not be independently confirmed. The developments come days after the Tigray People’s […]

Ethiopia’s latest political tensions have revived a long-running debate over how the country should share power between its federal government and regions organised largely around language and ethnic identity. The federal system established under the TPLF-led government was designed to give Ethiopia’s diverse communities a measure of self-government. The constitution recognizes the rights of nations, […]

Nigerian President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has called for an overhaul of the United Nations Security Council, arguing that its structure no longer reflects the world it is meant to serve. Vice President Kashim Shettima delivered Nigeria’s address on Tinubu’s behalf at the 81st United Nations General Assembly in New York on Thursday, September 24. Tinubu […]

American rail-equipment manufacturer Wabtec Corporation has signed a long-term services agreement valued at more than $700 million with La Compagnie du TransGuinéen to support Guinea’s Simandou iron-ore project. The agreement is Wabtec’s largest services contract in Africa. When combined with locomotive orders placed in 2024, the company’s total business connected to the Simandou project now […]