Global body in charge of security, United Nations Security Council, says it is worried over what it described as continued tensions linked to disputed electoral processes, social and economic difficulties, and conflicts between farmers and herders in the Lake Chad Basin. Nigeria, Cameroon and Chad are members of the Lake Chad Basin on which the […]
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United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc’s chat banking personality, Leo, has been launched in Cameroon, Zambia, Cote D’Ivoire, Senegal and Congo. Already Leo which has been very active in Nigeria, has brought ease to the customers, as it has aided them with numerous transactions since the beginning of the year when it was officially launched […]
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Cameroon’s economic growth rate is expected to slip to 3.7 percent this year, down from an earlier estimate of around 4 percent, due to falling oil production, the International Monetary Fund said on Friday. The IMF approved a $666 million, three-year extended credit facility in June for Cameroon, which has been hit hard by the […]
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Cameroon has broken international law by forcibly deporting at least 100,000 Nigerians who had fled there to escape Islamist Boko Haram militants, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said on Wednesday. Cameroon’s minister of communications declined to comment on the report, which said the army had been detaining the refugees and torturing some of them, before the […]
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A spurt in attacks by Boko Haram Islamists has claimed nearly 400 lives since April in Nigeria and Cameroon, double the figure of the previous five months, Amnesty said on Tuesday. The increasing use of suicide bombers — often young women and girls forced to carry and detonate explosives in crowded areas — has killed […]
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African Trade Insurance (ATI) is currently discussing with Nigeria’s insurance industry and those of seven other nations on the need to be a part of the association as member countries. The seven other countries are: Ghana, South Sudan, Angola, Cameroon, Sudan, Djibouti and Sierra Leone. ATI’s Chief Executive Officer, George Otieno, who noted that some […]
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MTN, South Africa’s mobile telecom giant, has agreed on a three-year $5 million sponsorship deal with the Cameroon Professional Football League (LFPC). According to the agreement signed in Yaoundé, MTN Cameroon will invest $1.7 million in the local soccer annually for the next three years. MTN Cameroon CEO Philisiwe Sibiya, who signed the deal on […]
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The Federal Executive Council on Wednesday approved a Revised National Policy on Environment for the country and the contract for the construction of the $39.9m Cameroon-Nigeria border link bridge. These were the highlights of a meeting of the council presided over by the Acting President, Yemi Osinbajo, at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. The Minister of […]
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President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday evening disclosed that over 56,000 Nigerians are currently taking refuge in neighbouring Cameroon because of the activities of the Boko Haram sect in the North Eastern part of the country. He said he was saddened by the terror unleashed by the sect on the country which he said led to […]
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President Paul Biya of Cameroon arrives Nigeria, meets Pres. Buhari
Read More President Muhammadu Buhari is currently meeting President Paul Biya of Cameroon behind closed doors inside the Presidential Villa, Abuja. Biya who is on a two-day official visit to Nigeria arrived the Presidential Villa with his wife, Chantal, and other members of his entourage at about 2pm. He was received on arrival at the forecourt by […]
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As the scarcity of Premium Motor Spirit continues to take a toll on motorists and other consumers in most parts of the country, the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Dr. Ibe Kachikwu, on Monday said the trucks conveying the product were being diverted to Cameroon and Chad. The Minister, who stated this in Lagos at […]
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