Author: Digital Abuja

Ghana Orders Foreigners To Exit Its Gold Trading Market By Month End

Ghana has ordered foreigners to exit its gold trading market by the end of the month. Finance minister Cassiel Ato Forson said in January that the creation of GoldBod as the only entity allowed to buy, sell, and export artisanal gold, would allow Ghana to benefit more from gold sales while maintaining the national currency’s […]

FG Inaugurates 65km C’River Section Of Lagos/Calabar Coastal Road

The Federal Government yesterday inaugurated the construction of the 65 Kilo Metre Section 3A and 3B of the Lagos-Calabar coastal road at Akamkpa Local Government Area of Cross River. The Minister of Works, Chief Dave Umahi, who inaugurated the three-lane dual carriageway in company of the Cross River governor, Bassey Otu, explained that the sections […]

Nigeria Signs ECOWAS Tariff Offers Under AfCFTA To Boost Regional Trade

Nigeria has officially gazetted and transmitted the ECOWAS Schedule of Tariff Offers for Trade in Goods under the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) to the AfCFTA Secretariat. This move comes ahead of the 16th Council of Ministers Meeting on Trade scheduled for today April 15 in Kinshasa, the Democratic Republic of Congo, and marks […]

Former Super Eagles Coach Christian Chukwu Dies At 74

Christian Chukwu, a veteran Rangers Int’l FC of Enugu player popularly known as “Chairman” has passed away at the age of 74. His demise was announced at the weekend, that he died at the Eastern Niger Medical Centre where his remains had been deposited at the morgue Chukwu, was the first Nigerian captain to lift […]

Gabon Coup Leader General Nguema Wins Election

Gabon’s military leader, General Brice Nguema – who in 2023 led a coup that ended a near-60-year Ali Bongo family dynasty – has won Saturday’s presidential election with more than 90% of the vote, provisional results show. His election victory which brings him a seven-year mandate consolidates his grip on power, nearly two years after […]

Federal Government denies exclusion of North–East from SAPZ programme

The Minister of Agriculture and Food Security, Sen. Abubakar Kyari has described as incorrect, the statement by the National Assembly North – East Caucus that its zone was ” completely excluded” from the Special Agro-Industrial Processing Zone (SAPZ) programme. In a statement at the weekend, Kyari explained that the program – aimed at promoting agricultural […]

Presidency disowns ‘premature campaign’ for Tinubu’s re-election in 2027

The Presidency says it has observed the increasing number of billboards in some cities promoting the 2027 campaign for President Bola Tinubu and Vice President Kashim Shettima. The President’s spokesman, Bayo Onanuga, in a statement yesterday however noted that the two leaders do not support any premature campaign that weakens our institutions, the electoral process, […]

I Did Not Attack Seyi Tinubu With “Tell Your Papa” – Eedris Abdulkareem

Nigerian singer and rapper Eedris Abdulkareem says he did not attack Seyi Tinubu with his new song ‘Tell Your Papa’, stressing that he only replied to a statement he made that his father, President Bola Tinubu, is Nigeria’s best-ever president. Speaking yesterday in an interview on Rubbin’ Minds, Abdulkareem said the song was a call […]

Portable Arrested by Saheed Osupa

Portable, the controversial singer, has been arrested by the officers of the Kwara state police command. The ‘Zazoo Zeh’ hitmaker was apprehended at the weekend over allegations of criminal defamation, threat to life, incitement, and character assassination. The arrest followed a petition filed by fellow musician Saheed Osupa, accusing Portable of using abusive and insulting […]

Nigerian Artists Win Big At The AAEA Music Awards

Burna Boy was named the Best Overall Male Artist of the Year at this year’s AAEA Music Awards, which took place recently in Nairobi. Wizkid’s ‘Piece of My Heart’ featuring Brent Faiyaz got the prize for the Best Afro-R&B song, just as British-Nigerian singer, Darkoo, won the award for the Best Diasporan Act for her hit single ‘Favourite Girl’ whose remix features Rema. Asake’s ‘MMS’ featuring […]