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DRC-Nigeria Business Council: Investors eye energy, transportation, agric sectors

Ihesiulo Grace 8 May 2023 0

By Abiodun Taiwo Former President and Co-Patron of the Democratic Republic of Congo DRC-Nigeria Business Council, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo has expressed satisfaction with the progress recorded by the Council, assuring that both countries can strengthen the continent economically in no distance

World

WHO plans to declare DRC Ebola free

Ihesiulo Grace 20 March 2020 0

The World Health Organisation (WHO)  says it has been over a month since last Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) case was recorded in  Democratic Republic of the Congo  (DRC). Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, WHO Director-General disclosed this in the agency’s official twitter account @WHO. READ ALSO: WHO: Coronavirus may spread further in Africa with onset of […]

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Xenophobic Attack: Rwanda, DRC, Malawi withdraw from World Economic Forum

Ihesiulo Grace 4 September 2019 0

Rwanda, Democratic Republic of Congo, DRC, Malawi, have withdrawn from the ongoing World Economic Forum, WEF in Cape Town, South Africa, over the existing Xenophobic attacks. This decision was taken on Tuesday to show solidarity over the incessant killings of Nigerians and other African Nationals and destruction of their properties in South Africa.

Banking Business

FirstBank boosts financial inclusion through digitisation in Sub-Saharan Africa

Ihesiulo Grace 17 July 2019 0

Ladesope Ladelokun FirstBank of Nigeria Limited has announced its organisation of a Joint Seminar with sub-Saharan African Banking and Telecom Regulators to promote financial inclusion through digital innovations in sub-Saharan Africa. The event which was held in Lagos recently was themed “Advancing ePayment and Digital Innovations in Africa- Evolution of Nigeria’s Payment

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Global panic as DR Congo confirms 2 new Ebola cases

Ihesiulo Grace 9 May 2018 0

Anxiety may soon spread across countries in Africa as two new Ebola virus disease have been confirmed by a laboratory report in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), according to a source from the Ministry of Health on Tuesday. The Ministry source told News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that the two cases were confirmed by […]

Africa Crime News

DR Congo Police Abused Illegal Immigrants

Ihesiulo Grace 19 May 2015 0

Police in southern Republic of Congo used violence and subjected illegal immigrants to degrading treatment in the second phase of a crackdown that drove thousands from the country last year, the Catholic Church and a local charity said on Sunday. Congolese authorities on Thursday launched the next step in operation “Mbata ya bakolo” (“The slap […]

Africa Crime

Killings by suspected Ugandan rebels draw protest in eastern DRC

Ihesiulo Grace 13 May 2015 0

Hundreds of people protested in the east of Democratic Republic of Congo on Tuesday after a machete attack by suspected Ugandan rebels in which a local activist said at least six people were killed. Activist Teddy Kataliko told Reuters that seven other people were wounded and two missing after men with machetes and hatchets attacked […]