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Lagos State Government on Thursday commenced the cashless policy for toll payments at Lekki/ Ikoyi Link bridge toll- plaza as earlier announced. It would be recalled that the State Government had last year announced that it would go cashless on toll payments at the Lekki/ Ikoyi toll plaza effective from 1st January 2020 due to huge traffic gridlocks often experienced… Read More

Customarily a majority of African heads of state will address the nation on the eve of January 1, an occasion to review the ending year while making projections into the new year. Ahead of presidential elections in 2020, Ivory Coast president Alassane Ouattara on Tuesday night preached peace, while two opponents denounced the regime’s attacks on democracy in their New… Read More

Active armed conflicts continues to ravage parts of Africa be it as a result of the state versus terrorist groups or infighting between political factions, a typical case of the latter being South Sudan. Some of the deadliest anti-terror campaigns are in West Africa specifically in the Sahel and Lake Chad regions. Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb, AQIM, continues to… Read More

Mauritania’s former president Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz has become the latest leader on the African continent to fall out with his ‘anointed’ successor, over control of the ruling party. On the African continent, it is not uncommon to have leaders that rule their nations for decades, and when they eventually bow out, their prefered successor usually sails to power. It… Read More

Ethiopia’s prominent activist Jawar Mohammed explained that he joined the opposition Oromo Federalist Congress party (OFC) because of its strong stand on federalism. Jawar’s membership in OFC comes five months before general elections that will test the popularity of reformist Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed in the east African nation of more than 100 million people. “I have been working with… Read More

At least 17 people were missing in the Australian state of Victoria as mass evacuations began in the bushfire-ravaged region. Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews confirmed the number of unaccounted people in the state during a news conference on Thursday. “I don’t propose to go through the 17 different locations. I don’t think that serves any purpose. They are from East… Read More

Women in Africa and in the world at large are still poorly represented in senior positions in business, government and even industry. A trend that the International Air Transport Association, IATA, wants to change by 2025. That is the goal of the “25% by 2025” campaign that IATA launched last year. The campaign, which took off a few weeks ago,… Read More