By Aminatta Diof (Newsleader West African Bureau Chief, in Abidjan)

The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank Group, on Wednesday, approved the Lusophone Compact Guarantee Program (LCGP or the Compact), with a maximum risk exposure of up to EUR400 million.

Aminatta Diof (NewsLeader West Africa Bureau Chief, in Abidjan)

President of the African Development Bank (AfDB), Akinwunmi Adesina, has said Africa must leverage investment to unleash the potential and ingenuity of its youth, its most important asset.

• * Africa's Share Of Global Trade Was 2.7% In 2019, Below 4% Figure Of The 1970s

By Abdel Rahman Aamir (NewsLeader North Africa Bureau Chief, in Cairo)

The Global trade expected to contract by 9.2% this year, having fallen by 2.9% in 2019; Africa’s share of global trade was 2.7% in 2019, below the 4% figure of the 1970s; informal cross-border trade which is a key component of intra-African trade is wide-spread in its composition; the African Trade Report estimates that in Eastern African ICBT is very high and could be worth as much as 80% of the value of formal trade in some countries; South Africa was the biggest contributor to Intra-African trade, accounting for 23% of total trade, in 2019.

Togo’s President Faure Gnassingbe on Monday named the first ever female prime minister to head the government in the West African nation.

• * As Nigeria's Ex-President Jonathan Grace Event

By Babaca Ousmane (Newsleader Correspondent, in Mali)

Ba N’Daou, Mali’s former Defence Minister, Ba N'Daou, were on Friday, sworn in as new President of the transition government, while coup leader, Colonel Assimi Goita, was sworn in his Vice President.

By Valentine Nnamani (Enugu State Correspondent)

The recently renovated Akanu Ibiam International Airport, Enugu, will rev back to life again, as commercial flights will resume on Monday morning at the Airport.

By Michael Garang (Newsleader East Africa Bureau Chief)

The African Development Bank, at the weekend, approved grants worth $25.1 million to Somalia to bolster the national budget for government efforts to mitigate national and regional impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Rehabilitation work is expected to begin in earnest, as the federal government has announced a partial closure of the lagos Third Mainland Bridge from midnight on Friday.

By Mike Agunwa, Abuja.

Mpape is one of the informal settlements in the Federal Capital Territory. It was originally inhabited solely by the native Gbagyi tribe. Following the influx of people into the Federal Capital Territory in search of greener pasture and consequent upon security challenges which has engulfed some parts of the country especially the north east, Mpape became a

Barely four months to the United States of America Presidential election, incumbent President Donald Trump, has called for the outright postponement of the US Presidential poll, billed for November 2020.

Apparently peeved by the tell-all disclosure by her niece, Mary Trump, United States President, Donald Trump, has attacked Mary in a series of tweets on Friday, claiming that she is a liar but also that she is revealing information that violates a non-disclosure agreement.

• * As FG Expresses Satisfaction With Project's Progress

By Celestine Okafor (Editor-in-Chief) @CelestineOkaf11

In yet another major step towards boosting nationwide gas supply to drive industrialization and economic growth, the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC Ltd) is set to deliver the Obiafu-Obrikom-Oben (OB3) Gas Pipeline project.