Dangote Breaks $30 Billion Barrier as Pan-African Refinery IPO Takes Shape
Africa’s richest man reaches a historic Forbes milestone as his refinery eyes a $40-50 billion listing across six stock exchanges, including Ethiopia’s new bourse. Aliko Dangote has officially crossed the $30 billion threshold on the Forbes real-time billionaires tracker, reaching $30.3 billion and cementing his status as not just Africa’s wealthiest person but a genuine... Read More
ADC Faces Wipeout From 2027 Ballot as Supreme Court Delays Verdict With Just 13 Days to INEC Deadline
The opposition party that Peter Obi and Kwankwaso are banking on for their joint presidential ticket could be disqualified from fielding any candidates if leadership disputes aren’t resolved by May 10 The African Democratic Congress — the party at the centre of the most talked-about opposition alliance in Nigerian politics — is staring at potential... Read More
Atiku Under Pressure to Step Down as Obi-Kwankwaso Joint Ticket Gains Momentum for 2027
A seismic political realignment is underway as Peter Obi and Rabiu Kwankwaso formalize their alliance, putting Atiku Abubakar’s presidential ambitions in jeopardy. Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar is facing the most serious challenge to his 2027 presidential ambitions as the joint ticket movement between former Anambra Governor Peter Obi and former Kano Governor Rabiu Kwankwaso... Read More
Mali Defence Minister Killed as Jihadists and Rebels Seize Towns in Unprecedented Coordinated Assault
The deadliest attack on Mali’s military junta sees al-Qaeda affiliate JNIM join forces with Tuareg separatists for the first time, shaking the Sahel to its core. Mali’s Defence Minister General Sadio Camara was killed in a suicide truck bombing at his residence in Kati on Saturday, the government has confirmed, as the West African nation... Read More
Ruto’s “You’ll Need a Translator” Jab Explodes Across Naija
It started as a one-liner. By Friday morning in Lagos, it was a continental meme war with diplomatic teeth. In a clip that detonated across Nigerian social media overnight, Kenyan President William Ruto is heard telling an audience that Kenya’s education system is world class, adding: ‘Our English is good. We speak some of the... Read More
Dangote’s $20B East Africa Power Play: A Second Mega-Refinery
Africa’s richest man has offered Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania a 650,000-barrel refinery in Tanga — and the Iran war just made him impossible to ignore. Aliko Dangote has done it again. At the inaugural Africa We Build Summit in Nairobi this week, Africa’s richest man stood in front of East African heads of state and... Read More
Coup Plotters Face Court Today: Sylva, Retired Generals Charged With Treason
Nigeria arraigns six suspects, including a former minister and retired military officers, over an alleged 2025 plot to overthrow President Tinubu. Six people accused of plotting to overthrow President Bola Ahmed Tinubu are expected to be arraigned at the Federal High Court in Abuja today, Wednesday, April 22, in what is shaping up to be... Read More
Tinubu Sacks Finance Minister Wale Edun, Appoints Taiwo Oyedele as Replacement
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has relieved Wale Edun of his position as Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy in a cabinet reshuffle announced on Monday, April 21, 2026. The directive, contained in a memo from the Secretary to the Government of the Federation dated April 20, was described by the Presidency as... Read More
CBN and NCC Join Forces to Fight Nigeria’s Electronic Fraud Epidemic
A landmark agreement between the Central Bank and the telecoms regulator targets SIM-swap scams, payment fraud, and identity theft in one of Africa’s fastest-growing digital economies Nigeria’s Central Bank and its telecommunications regulator have signed a landmark agreement aimed at combating the country’s surging electronic fraud problem, uniting the financial and telecoms sectors in what... Read More
All Six Goldman Prize Winners Are Women for the First Time Ever
Nigerian bat conservationist Iroro Tanshi leads a historic all-female class honored for fighting wildfires, mining giants, and climate destruction across six continents. The Goldman Environmental Foundation made history on Monday by announcing an entirely female slate of winners for its prestigious annual prize, the first time in the award’s 37-year existence that all six honorees... Read More