By Ayomide Otitoju The Governor of Lagos State, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Thursday reiterated his administration’s dedication to safeguarding lives, property, and investments in the state, while urging citizens to actively participate in addressing Nigeria’s security challenges. He spoke at the 19th Annual Town Hall Meeting on Security, themed “Building Trust, Enhancing Security: A New…
By Ayomide Otitoju APO Group, the award-winning pan-African communications consultancy and press release distribution service, has appointed Nicholas Cull as Head of Human Resources for its volunteer programme supporting the Symposium of Episcopal Conferences of Africa and Madagascar (SECAM), the governing body of the Roman Catholic Church in Africa. Cull joins the programme on a…
By Ayomide Otitoju At the 30th United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP30) in Belém, Brazil, development partners, including the African Development Bank (AfDB), called for a scale-up in financing to meet the 2030 goals of the African Union’s Great Green Wall Initiative. The initiative aims to restore 100 million hectares of degraded land, sequester 250…
By Ayomide Otitoju Several international energy companies are expected to enter the MSGBC region’s upstream market in the coming months, targeting exploration opportunities in The Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, and Guinea-Conakry, industry experts said at the MSGBC Oil, Gas & Power 2025 conference in Dakar this week. Ben Sayers, Partner and Energy Specialist at GeoPartners, noted that…
By Ayomide Otitoju The Islamic Corporation for the Insurance of Investment and Export Credit (ICIEC), a Shariah-compliant multilateral insurer and member of the Islamic Development Bank (IsDB) Group, has approved €135 million in Non-Honoring of Sovereign Financial Obligations (NHSFO) insurance to support the Kars-Iğdır-Aralık-Dilucu (KIAD) High Standard Railway Project in Türkiye. The transaction was arranged…
By Ayomide Otitoju Senegal is positioning itself as a continental leader in gas-to-power development, combining innovative technical models with flexible project delivery to meet rapidly growing electricity demand, industry experts said on Tuesday at the MSGBC Oil, Gas & Power 2025 conference in Dakar. The country made headlines this July by launching Africa’s first LNG-to-power…
By Ayomide Otitoju The African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) has achieved a major sustainability milestone as its Abuja African Trade Centre (AATC) was awarded the prestigious LEED Platinum certification by the United States Green Building Council and Green Business Certification Inc—the highest global standard for sustainable building design and construction. The Abuja AATC is the first…
By Ayomide Otitoju The African Development Bank Group (AfDB) on Thursday approved a €102.12 million loan to Benin to finance the first phase of the country’s Agriculture Transformation Programme in its savannah region. The initiative aims to increase poultry meat production while integrating maize, soybean, and poultry value chains to strengthen food security, create jobs,…
By Ayomide Otitoju MoMo Payment Service Bank (MoMo PSB), a subsidiary of MTN Nigeria, has launched a subsidised transport initiative that will allow students of the University of Lagos (UNILAG) to access campus shuttle rides for just ₦10 per trip. The initiative, delivered in partnership with Ogata Electric Vehicles, aims to reduce transportation costs for…
