You have heard it before, everything in Nigeria is BIG! Home to the largest population on the African continent and boasts the world’s biggest Black population...
This week, there will be a stampede in Nigeria. Stampede for the new Nigerian currencies. The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN’s) policy of currency exchange has...
As the Ugandan president marks 37 years in power this week, it is just right to spill the seven secrets that have helped Yoweri Museveni reign...
A few days ago, an Islamic State-affiliated group bombed a church in eastern Congo, killing and maiming scores of people. Over the years, IS and al-Qaeda-affiliated...
During the week, the business press in Nairobi, quoting a government paper, reported that Kenya and Tanzania had resolved 23 problematic regulations that slowed down trade between the...
The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists (Robert Tressel, 1914) could have been written with us in mind. Tressel wrote only one known book, but it has remained a...
Numeracy is a Nigerian problem but electoral democracy is about counting numbers. Nigerians will vote to elect a president and national legislators on 25 February. On 11...
On January 3, the new United States Congress convened. The US prides itself in being a paragon of democracy. This boast is not without substance. The...
When Uganda opened the floodgate for cities a couple of years back by legislating for 20 new ones, some of us had feared that the country’s...
The murders of Kehinde and Bukola Fatinoye, a few hours after the New Year, have made me pensive and downcast since the news broke. Those dastardly...
Two Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) in Zambia, the Transparency International-Zambia (TI-Z) and the Continental Leadership Research Institute (CLRI), have rated the...
Egypt and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) have reached a staff-level agreement over the fourth review of the Extended Fund...
In a recent statement, the eastern government of Libya claimed it had reached a consensus on a plan to eliminate...
To lower borrowing costs for vulnerable nations, the World Bank has announced the elimination of several loan fees. The action...
The highest court in Mozambique affirmed Monday that the incumbent Frelimo party won the October election, sparking widespread demonstrations from...
According to the mining minister, Nigeria has removed a five-year restriction on mining exploration in the northwest state of Zamfara,...
The Russian Foreign Ministry reported Tuesday that two crew members are still unaccounted for after an explosion tore through the...
The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) withdrawal timeline has been rejected by the Alliance of Sahel States (AES),...
Nigeria’s Vice President, Kashim Shettima, has expressed his belief and optimism that the future of the country is very bright...
Moroccan doctors across the country on Tuesday staged a nationwide protests in what is known as “Week of Anger,” accusing...