Skip to content
Performance drives gender diversity in African business leadership, report finds
Sopuruchi Onwuka Gender diversity in African business leadership is increasingly being shaped by performance rather than advocacy alone, according to new research on the continent’s private capital industry. The report, released by the African Private Capital Association (AVCA), shows that…
Paystack plots broader financial service range
Ziggy Ojiegbe Paystack, a leading digital payments company with a strong footprint in Nigeria’s financial services market, is planning to expand beyond payments into retail banking and consumer finance as unmet demand continues to create new growth opportunities across the…
NLNG reskills Abuja journalists at 2026 #NLNGChangeYourStory workshop
Sopuruchi Onwuka No fewer than 32 Nigerian journalists from various media organisations have benefited from the 2026 edition of the #NLNGChangeYourStory initiative, a capacity-building workshop organised by Nigeria LNG Limited (NLNG). The three-day training, hosted in Abuja and concluded on…
After buying out M&P, Tony Elumelu takes seat in Seplat Energy’s board
Sopuruchi Onwuka Following the completion of a deal to acquire the entire 20.07 percent equity stake held by Etablissements Maurel et Prom (M&P) SA, Nigerian billionaire investor Tony Elumelu has joined the board of Seplat Energy Plc as a Non-Executive…
Iran leads with 1,500 executions as death sentences surged in 2025 — UN
Frank Okon Iran and several neighbouring Middle Eastern countries with restricted democratic space recorded high numbers of executions in 2025, contributing to a global surge in death sentences, the United Nations has said. Despite a long-term global decline in the…
Atrocious war crimes ‘repeated town by town’ in Sudan, UN Security Council told
Ziggy Ojiegbe Atrocities in Sudan’s Darfur region are spreading from town to town in an organised campaign of violence involving mass executions, rape and ethnic targeting, amounting to war crimes and crimes against humanity, the International Criminal Court (ICC) has…
Rising hunger and displacement pose growing economic risk, UN tells Davos
Ziggy Ojiegbe As global leaders gather at the World Economic Forum in Davos this week, United Nations agencies are warning that rising hunger and displacement are not only humanitarian emergencies but growing threats to global economic stability. The UN World…
Cameroon’s Kribi oil refinery to begin early operations in 2026
Nigeria’s fuel exports to Cameroon are expected to decline as Cameroon’s Kribi oil refinery prepares to begin partial operations in the second half of 2026, almost two years ahead of its original schedule. The refinery project, backed by Cstar Petroleum,…
FG seeks to appeal judgment on attacks on journalists, MRA alerts
Nearly two years after a Federal High Court in Abuja ordered the Federal Government to investigate, prosecute and punish perpetrators of attacks against journalists and other media practitioners, the Attorney-General of the Federation has asked the Court of Appeal in…
Catholic knights equip youths with digital skills
Members of the Victoria Garden City (VGC) Sub-council of the Knights of Saint Mulumba (KSM) have launched a capacity-building program aimed at closing digital skills gaps among Nigerian college graduates. The VGC Sub-council said the initiative, which began at the…
