Anthony Ayine, auditor-general of the federation, has been appointed as a member of the African Union (AU) board of external auditors. Kwesi Quartey, deputy chairperson of the AU commission, conveyed The post Nigeria’s auditor-general appointed into AU board of auditors appeared first on TheCable.
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Nigeria home to almost 2m IDPs – FG
Aidoghie Paulinus, Addis Ababa The Federal Government, on Sunday, said Nigeria was currently home to almost two million Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs). The Federal Government also said the country currently has 60, 000 Nigerian refugees in the Republic of Cameroon. Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama, who led the Nigerian delegation to the 32nd Ordinary […]
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As Kagame steps down, Egypt takes helm at African Union
Rwandan President Paul Kagame, who led an active, reformist tenure as African Union chair, on Sunday passes the baton to Egypt, seen as more likely to focus on security issues than expanding the powers of the body.
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UN chief sees ‘wind of hope’ in African peace deals, elections
United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres said Saturday that a slew of peaceful elections and truces in Africa were signs of a “wind of hope” on the continent.
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Seeking influence, Egypt’s Sisi to chair African Union
Nearly six years after the African Union shut it out in the cold, Egypt will take the organisation’s helm — and strengthening multilateral powers is unlikely to be on the agenda.
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Tutu Leadership Fellows calls for peace amidst unrest in Zimbabwe
Africa needs indigenous agenda to develop economy, trade – Mansur, MAN president
The key is let’s have a trade agenda relevant to where we know exactly what we are getting out of it or what we want to get out of it. Amechi Ogbonna Engineer Ahmed Mansur, the new president of the Manufacturers Association of Nigeria (MAN) and Executive Director at Dangote Group, recently got the mandate […]
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Buhari: Looters compromise law enforcement, pervert course of justice
“With enormous stolen resources, elements have attempted to compromise law enforcing institutions and pervert the course of justice.” Juliana Taiwo-Obalonye, Abuja President Muhammadu Buhari has accused looters of the nation’s enormous resources of attempting to compromise law enforcing institutions and perverting the course of justice. This comes as the president has vowed that his administration […]
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Buhari challenges African youths to champion anti-corruption war
President Muhammadu Buhari on Sunday challenged African youths to champion the fight against corruption, saying their involvement is critical to winning the anti-graft crusade in the continent. Buhari gave the challenge while declaring open the 2018 Africa Youth Congress Against Corruption (AYCAC) at the old Banquet Hall of the Presidential Villa, Abuja. According to him, […]
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Buhari seeks AU’s ratification of common anti-corruption policy
“Throughout this year, we have focused ‘on the strategy for Africa’s structural transformation on strengthening our collective anti-corruption fight.” Juliana Taiwo-Obalonye, Abuja President Muhammadu Buhari has sought the corporation of African Union member states to urgently ratify the convention on preventing and combating corruption on the continent. This is even as he challenged the young […]
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