Adeye is The African Exponent's West African Correspondent based on Abuja, Nigeria. He covers all West African Stories that matter with a slick African style.
This decision, announced by Benin's Energy Minister following a high-level meeting between President Patrice Talon and the Director General of the Chinese National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC), marks a crucial step forward in the region's oil distribution strategy.
Media coverage from the scene showed the mosque's charred walls and burned furniture, painting a grim picture of the aftermath.
Throughout his years in the UK, he married British women, raised two sons, and ran his own business without ever having his residency status questioned.
Experts agree that the road infrastructure deficit increases production and transaction costs, hindering economic growth and scaling of opportunities across Africa.
This directive aligns with President Tinubu’s broader strategy to harness Nigeria’s vast gas reserves, which are the largest in Africa yet remain largely underutilized due to insufficient processing infrastructure.
The legal action was spurred by a distressing video that surfaced online earlier this month, showing Bwala being slapped and verbally abused by her peers.
Founded six years ago with just six members, LOWAN has grown to encompass around 5,000 women aged between 25 and 60, all working as commercial drivers across Nigeria.
The Kogi State government has confirmed the kidnapping and is actively coordinating a robust search and rescue operation.
The aircraft, carrying 78 passengers, veered off the runway around 0100 GMT. Despite the severity of the incident, most passengers were not injured.
The first day of hearings was marked by a tense atmosphere, with vigorous exchanges between the legal representatives of the involved parties and Chief Justice Gertrude Torkornoo, who noted the "intemperate" language used in some of the sworn statements.
The revision of the constitution, which now extends presidential terms from five to six years and introduces a single-term limit, has been met with severe criticism.
The detained executives, Tigran Gambaryan, a U.S. citizen and head of financial crime compliance at Binance, and Nadeem Anjarwalla, a British-Kenyan who serves as the regional manager for Africa, are facing separate trials on charges related to tax evasion and money laundering.
Ojukwu was taken into custody following accusations of violating the country's cyber-crime laws, according to local media reports.
This substantial majority follows shortly after the implementation of contentious constitutional reforms that could significantly extend Gnassingbe's 19-year tenure.
Success Masra, the current prime minister of the interim government and a former African Development Bank executive, is among the main challengers.
The backdrop to this development is a broader deterioration in US-Russia relations, particularly since Russia's invasion of Ukraine, which has strained interactions between the two powers globally.
