Ahmed Abba, a journalist with Radio France International was on Monday sentenced to 10 years in prison by a Cameroonian military tribunal on terrorism charges. He was arrested in 2015 and charged with acts of terrorism and failing to report acts of terrorism to authorities. Abba could be facing the death penalty, his lawyer said.
Learn MoreIn a report released by Financial times in 2016, Egypt remained the leading destination for foreign direct investment (FDI) into Africa in 2015 with $14.5bn of announced investments. This is against the background of a volatile exchange rate, reduced imports and exports, and a private sector that had been in recession for a year. Nigeria
Learn More“After the breakneck growth rates that characterized much of Africa’s first decade in the 21st century, we are entering a more sober period. That is not to say the region is in freefall; while capital investment decreased by 24% to $66.5bn in 2015, the number of FDI projects increased by 6% to 705. Of these
Learn MoreMany smart high net worth individuals (HNIs) are turning to the Comoros citizenship program as to protect their assets as the tiny African country provides a high degree of privacy. Comoros islands are the most open country among the Indian ocean countries in terms of foreign direct investment from Gulf Arabic countries. Comoros is a
Learn MoreThe United Nations migration agency has reported that migrants from West Africa are being bought and sold openly in modern-day slave markets in Libya.Trafficked people passing through Libya have previously reported violence, extortion and slave labor. But the new testimony from the International Organization for Migration suggests that the trade in human beings has
Learn MoreSix years after, British oil giant, Shell has told a US court that it was aware that part of the $1.1 billion paid to acquire one of the largest oil wells in Africa, OPL 245 was meant to facilitate the oil deal. It would be recalled that Shell had previously denied knowledge of bribery,
Learn MoreNot less than 250 Nigerians have been deported from different European countries since January 2017 including the 50 that were repatriated last Thursday from eight countries for immigration-related offenses. The Foreign Affairs Minister, Onyeama, disclosed that the issue of migration had become a priority for most EU countries. He said it was pertinent to engage
Learn MoreAs early as 5.30 am, Sunday, April 9, armed officials of the Lagos State Task Force stormed Otodogbame, a waterfront community in the Lekki area demolishing structures and shanties.The latest demolition came barely three weeks after a wave of demolition, despite a subsisting court order, rendered an estimated 5,000 people homeless. Although the demolition was
Learn MoreForeign Affairs Minister Geoffrey Onyeama told newsmen at a forum in Abuja last weekend that Nigeria and South Africa have set up a 24-hour early warning system to protect Nigerians from unwarranted attacks. Onyeama said that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs discovered that the Nigerian Union in South Africa did not have any access to
Learn MoreThe long-awaited Petroleum Industry Bill will be presented for third reading on April 25, 2017, Senate President Bukola Saraki has promised. Last week, the joint petroleum committee which consists of members of the committees on petroleum (downstream and upstream) and gas submitted its report to the Nigerian Senate, marking the farthest step in reforming
Learn MoreA chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Osun State, Prince Ayodele Kusamotu, has urged Nigerians to exercise patience with President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration, saying they will soon feel the positive economic impact of his government this year. Kusamotu made this known in Ikirun while meeting with the people of Boripe/Odo-Otin/Ifelodun federal constituency. The
Learn MoreBarrister Ayodele Musibau Kusamotu is the Principal Counsel at KUSAMOTU & KUSAMOTU, an international legal firm in Lagos, with offices in Abuja and Onitsha. In this interview with CHINWENDU OBIOHA, he speaks on sundry national issues, including the advantages of Nigeria’s bilateral relationship with China, ways to get out of recession and what can be
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