By Ayomide Otitoju President Dr. Sidi Ould Tah of the African Development Bank (AfDB) and Luxembourg Finance Minister Gilles Roth have pledged to deepen cooperation as preparations advance for the seventeenth replenishment of the African Development Fund (ADF-17), the Bank Group’s concessional financing window. The commitment was made during the leaders’ first official bilateral meeting…
By Ayomide Otitoju René Awambeng, Founder and Managing Director of Premier Invest, will speak at the upcoming G20 African Energy Investment Forum in Johannesburg, where global investors, policymakers, and development institutions are set to explore strategies for mobilizing private capital and driving sustainable growth in emerging markets. Awambeng’s participation highlights a growing presence of Africa-based…
By Ayomide Otitoju As Senegal enters a new phase of energy development, Talla Gueye, Director General of Petrosen E&P, the upstream arm of the national oil company Petrosen, has been confirmed as a speaker at the upcoming MSGBC Oil, Gas & Power 2025 Conference and Exhibition, taking place from December 8 to 10 in Dakar,…
By Ayomide Otitoju West Africa’s leading Tier III carrier and cloud-neutral data centre, Rack Centre, has announced the launch of EdgeNext’s Content Delivery Network (CDN) and cloud hosting services in Nigeria. The new services will be hosted at Rack Centre’s state-of-the-art facility in Lagos. With a population exceeding 200 million and one of Africa’s youngest…
By Ayomide Otitoju Equinix, the world’s leading digital infrastructure company, has announced plans to open a new high-performance data center in Lagos, Nigeria — its latest strategic investment in Africa’s fast-growing digital economy. The $22 million project, known as LG3, marks the first phase of Equinix’s broader $100 million investment plan aimed at transforming Africa’s…
By Ayomide Otitoju President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has congratulated Professor Charles Chukwuma Soludo on his re-election as Governor of Anambra State, describing his victory as a testament to visionary leadership and the state’s steady progress under his administration. In a statement personally signed by the President, Tinubu said Soludo’s overwhelming victory in Saturday’s governorship election…
By Ayomide Otitoju The incumbent Governor of Anambra State, Professor Chukwuma Charles Soludo of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), has won in all 21 Local Government Areas of the state in the November 8 governorship election. The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) declared Soludo the winner with 422,664 votes, while his closest rival, Nicholas…
By Ayomide Otitoju Governor Chukwuma Charles Soludo has welcomed the declaration of his victory in the Anambra State governorship election by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), extending a hand of fellowship to the 15 other candidates who contested against him. In a statement issued by his Chief Press Secretary, Christian Aburime, Governor Soludo described…
By Ayomide Otitoju The Deputy Speaker of the Kebbi State House of Assembly, Muhammad Sama’ila Bagudo, who was abducted on October 31, 2025, has regained his freedom. The Kebbi State Police Command confirmed his release in a statement on Sunday, noting that the lawmaker has been reunited with his family after receiving medical attention. According…
