By Ayomide Otitoju Access Holdings Plc has announced the 2025 edition of its annual Access Walk Against Cancer, a flagship initiative aimed at promoting breast cancer awareness, early detection, and community health education in commemoration of Breast Cancer Awareness Month. The walk, slated for Saturday, October 25, 2025, will commence at Access Towers, proceed to…
By Ayomide Otitoju Fidelity Bank Plc, a leading financial institution, has organised a debate competition for female secondary school students to commemorate the 2025 International Day of the Girl Child. The event, held on Thursday, October 16, 2025, at the Fidelity SME Hub in Gbagada, Lagos, featured students from six schools debating the topic: “In…
By Ayomide Otitoju The African Development Bank (AfDB), in partnership with the Government of Angola and the European Union (EU), has launched the $125 million Crescer Project—a major youth employment and entrepreneurship initiative designed to create over 149,000 jobs and strengthen Angola’s economic diversification efforts. The project aims to generate 37,430 direct and 112,290 indirect…
By Ayomide Otitoju The West African Development Bank (BOAD) has reached a major milestone with the successful completion of a historic €1 billion bond issuance on the international capital market, featuring a 15-year maturity — the longest euro-denominated benchmark bond ever issued by an African multilateral development bank (MDB). The issuance drew overwhelming investor demand,…
By Ayomide Otitoju CS OILFIELD, a Turkey-based specialty oilfield chemicals and technical services company, has reinforced its commitment to quality, safety, and operational excellence as a Silver Sponsor at the Africa Energy Week (AEW) 2025 held in Cape Town from September 29 to October 3. With a growing presence in eight African countries, including Nigeria,…
By Ayomide Otitoju Sunbeth Global Concepts, a leading commodities sourcing and trading company, will co-convene the upcoming Africa Sustainable Agriculture (ASA) 2025 Summit, bringing its expertise in agribusiness strategy, capacity building, and development partnerships to the event. Speaking on the company’s involvement, Eyitemi Adebowale, Head of Corporate Affairs and Communications at Sunbeth, reaffirmed the firm’s…
By Ayomide Otitoju Tension erupted at an airport on Tuesday after an airline flight was abruptly delayed due to a dispute between its pilots and management over unpaid salaries, causing panic and confusion among passengers who had already boarded. According to eyewitnesses, the crew informed passengers that the pilots had refused to operate the flight…
By Ayomide Otitoju European Union member states have agreed to phase out all remaining gas imports from Russia by the end of 2027, marking a decisive move to end the bloc’s longstanding energy dependence on Moscow amid the ongoing war in Ukraine. Energy ministers meeting in Luxembourg on Monday approved a European Commission proposal to…
By Ayomide Otitoju The upcoming Wider Africa Energy Summit (WAES), scheduled to take place in Aberdeen, Scotland, on November 18–19, 2025, is set to bring together international operators, leading service providers, and African energy stakeholders to explore new opportunities across the continent’s oil and gas value chain. Organised by OGV Group in partnership with the…
