MALI military-led government has escalated its dispute with foreign mining companies, issuing an arrest warrant for Mark Bristow, Chief Executive of Barrick Gold Corporation. The charges include money laundering, underscoring growing tensions over mining revenues in the gold-rich nation. Abbas Coulibaly, general manager of Barrick’s Loulo-Gounkoto complex, is also targeted …

THE Chairman of Transcorp Group, Tony Elumelu, has urged the Federal Government to urgently prioritise security and power supply in the country to bring about the needed development. Elumelu made the call in his graduation lecture for participants of the Executive Intelligence Management Course (EIMC) 17 of the National Institute …

THE World Bank announced it has raised close to $24 billion to provide loans and grants for some of the world’s poorest countries, which it can leverage to generate a record $100 billion in total spending power. Donor countries committed $23.7 billion to replenish the bank’s concessional lending arm, known …

PRESIDENT Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of chief executive officers for the National Universities Commission (NUC), the Nigerian Educational Research and Development Council (NERDC), the Solid Minerals Development Fund/Presidential Artisanal Gold Mining Initiative (SMDF/PAGMI) and the New Partnership for Africa Development (NEPAD). President Tinubu appointed Prof. Abdullahi Yusuf Ribadu, …

PRESIDENT Bola Ahmed Tinubu has forwarded to the Senate for confirmation a modified list of members of the inaugural Governing Board of the North West Development Commission (NWDC) even as he nominated Hon. Emeka Atuma as chairman of the South East Development Commission (SEDC). In a list of nominees sent …

Governor Nasir Idris has appointed 200 youths in Kebbi State to serve as special assistants under his administration. Naija News reports that the male and female appointees were confirmed during a ceremony held at the All Progressives Congress (APC) Secretariat in Birnin Kebbi on Thursday. During the event, the state APC Chairman, Abubakar …

NIGERIAN music star, David Adeleke, popularly known as Davido, has revealed how his father influenced his annual birthday donations to orphanages. Speaking during an appearance on The Morning Hustle podcast on Tuesday, Davido recalled how in 2021, his father warned him against keeping the money he got from donations during …

THE Muslim community has been thrown into mourning following the death of a renowned Islamic cleric, Alhaji Muyideen Bello. His passing was announced by another prominent Islamic scholar, Alfa Aribidesi of At-Tawdeeh Islamic Da’awah, on Friday morning. Born in 1940 in Ibadan, Alhaji Bello was widely respected for his profound …

THE central parity rate of the Chinese currency renminbi, or the Yuan, strengthened 31 pips to 7.1848 against the dollar on Friday. This is according to the China Foreign Exchange Trade System. In China’s spot foreign exchange market, the Yuan is allowed to rise or fall by two per cent …

THE Minister of State, Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA), Dr Mariya Mahmoud,  has called on relevant stakeholders in the film industry to continue to celebrate and uplift  African cinema. Mahmoud made the call at the closing ceremony/ award night of the foremost Zuma Film Festival in Abuja on Thursday. She …