LONDON, United Kingdom, July 21, 2026/APO Group/ — Backbase (www.Backbase.com), the leader in AI-powered banking, in partnership with African Banker magazine, has published The State of AI in African Banking 2026: The Reality of Banking in the Agentic Era. The report, the first systematic assessment of the return on investment of AI in African banking,…
From Paul Orude, Bauchi The Bauchi state government has inaugurated a seven-member committee to screen beneficiaries and supervised the distribution of starter packs and grants to 1,250 trained youths and women under the Innovative and Integrated Agricultural Value Chain and Agribusiness Programme. Speaking during the inauguration ceremony yesterday in Bauchi, the state Commissioner for Agriculture,…
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has announced 26 new appointments into 10 Federal Government agencies and commissions, with former governor of Ekiti State, Ayo Fayose, emerging as chairman of the Rural Electrification Agency (REA), and Major General Junaid Bindawa as chairman of the National Salary and Wages Commission. Fayose heads the board of REA, with Alhaji…
The Inspector-General of Police, Tunji Disu, on Tuesday decorated 30 senior police officers with their new ranks of Assistant Inspector-General of Police (AIG) and Commissioner of Police (CP) at the Force Headquarters in Abuja. The IGP decorated 13 newly promoted Assistant Inspectors-General of Police and 17 Commissioners of Police, describing their elevation as a significant…
By Christian Njoku Cross River Sector Command of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) says road traffic crashes reduced by 55 per cent in the first half of 2026 compared with the corresponding period in 2025. The Sector Commander, Mr Innocent Etuk, disclosed this while briefing journalists during the inauguration of Operation Shark Smile, a…
CAPE TOWN, South Africa, July 21, 2026/APO Group/ — Verified data gathered from across Africa’s real estate investment landscape reveals that the continent’s leading property and hospitality roleplayers completed more than $2.1 billion worth of transactions over the past 18 months, representing one of the most concentrated periods of institutional real estate deal activity in…
