President Bola Tinubu has approved the composition of an oversight committee to organise Nigeria’s hosting of the 4th African Union Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (AU MSMEs) Forum scheduled to be held between 23 and 27 June in Abuja. The Forum is a flagship event of the African Union Commission, established in 2022 to strengthen the MSME ecosystem across the …

The African Union (AU) has endorsed Nigeria as the Digital Trade Champion for the continent under the Africa Continental Free Trade Area (AFCFTA) Digital Trade protocol, following the impressive record of the Federal Government in promoting digital enterprise and innovation. The 38th Ordinary Session of the Assembly of Heads of State and Government, which concluded on Sunday in Addis Ababa, …

The African Union (AU) on Tuesday suspended Niger from all of its institutions and activities following last month’s coup “until the effective restoration of constitutional order”. In a communique on Tuesday, the bloc noted that its decision to suspend Niger followed the failure of the military junta to hand over power to the democratically elected President, Mohammed Bazoum. “The AU …

The African Union Commission announced on Tuesday that it would be sending a 90-strong observer mission to Nigeria for this month’s elections. Africa’s most populous country goes to the polls on 25 February for the presidential and National Assembly elections but has been plunged into crisis in the run-up to the vote with dire shortages of cash and fuel. The …

The Chairman of the African Union High Level Panel on Illicit Financial Flows (IFFs), Mr Thabo Mbeki has made a spirited call for a United Nations Tax Convention to halt illicit financial flows from Africa and multinational and corporate tax abuse. The former South African president also called for the establishment of a globally inclusive intergovernmental tax body to strengthen …