The South-West region has the highest foreign and domestic debt stock among all the six geopolitical zones of Nigeria, as at 31st December 2020. According to official figures obtained from the Debt Management Office, the six geopolitical zones of the country currently have a total domestic debt of N4.18 trillion and US$4.77 billion. As at…
It is a crushing victory and an unsurprising one. At the end of the first round of the presidential election held on Sunday 21 March, Denis Sassou Nguesso was re-elected for a fourth term at the head of Congo with 88.57% of the vote, according to provisional results announced on Tuesday by Raymond Zephirin Mboulou,…
A cargo container ship that’s among the largest in the world has turned sideways and blocked all traffic in Egypt’s Suez Canal, officials said Wednesday, threatening to disrupt a global shipping system already strained by the coronavirus pandemic. The MV Ever Given, a Panama-flagged container ship that carries trade between Asia and Europe, became grounded Tuesday in…
France will reopen its embassy in the Libyan capital, Tripoli next Monday. French President Emmanuel Macron revealed this when he received the new President and Vice President of the Libyan Presidential Council at the Elysée Palace on Tuesday. The gesture signifies support for the interim government. “As of Monday, our embassy in Tripoli will reopen,…
The main opposition candidate in Congo Republic’s presidential election, Guy Brice Parfait Kolelas, has died while being evacuated for medical treatment, aides said on Monday, as early results from Sunday’s vote showed the incumbent in the lead. Kolelas’ election campaign had said on Sunday that the 61-year-old former minister was in hospital with Covid-19, which…
The Muslim Rights Concern, MURIC, has urged Nigerians to expose bad eggs among them instead of stigmatising a particular tribe. MURIC said by so doing, the frightening insecurity in the country will melt away like ice cream under the sun. The organisation gave this advice in a press statement issued by its director, Professor Ishaq…
Dozens of people, including parents of kidnapped students in Nigeria protest on Monday, demanding the release of the wards. The protesters blocked a highway outside the Federal College of Forestry Mechanization in the northwest city of Kaduna, disrupting traffic. Before their demands, one parent led a prayer session at the scene of the protest. “Because…
South Africa has concluded the sale of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines to other African Union member states, the health ministry said Sunday. The country had acquired the jabs but did not use, becuase it failed to offer minimal protection against mild to moderate illness caused by the local variant. Last month, Johannesburg had suspended AstraZeneca…
Nearly one-third of Nigerian children do not have access to enough water, the UN children’s agency UNICEF said Monday. It is calling for urgent measures to address the problem. In a statement to mark World Water Day, UNICEF said more than 1.42 billion people, live in areas of high or extremely high water vulnerability in…
Monitoring Defense and security from March 15th to 22nd, 2021-CC