PRINCE HARRY LEAVES AFRICAN PARKS BOARD AFTER CHARITY ADMITTED RANGERS COMMITTED HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES. (PHOTO).

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 Prince Harry leaves African Parks board after charity admitted rangers committed human rights abuses Prince Harry has left the board of African Parks after nearly a decade with the conservation charity, a year after the organization acknowledged that some of its rangers had committed human rights abuses. A spokesperson for Harry, 41, confirmed his departure while emphasizing that his work in African conservation will continue. “The Duke is proud of his 10 years with African Parks and fully supports the ongoing strengthening of its Board,” the spokesperson said. “His commitment to conservation in Africa continues, and he remains a supporter of African Parks’ mission.” Harry first partnered with African Parks in 2016 and became president of the organization the following year. He was appointed to its board of directors in 2023. His departure comes after African Parks commissioned an independent investigation into allegations that rangers had r@ped, beaten and tortured Indigenous peo...

PRESIDENT TINUBU REQUEST THE APPROVAL OF $7,864BILLION LOAN FROM AFDB.(PHOTO).#PRESS RELEASE



PRESIDENT TINUBU REQUEST THE APPROVAL OF $7,864BILLION LOAN FROM AFDB



President Bola Tinubu has this wednesday sent a letter  requesting  the Senate  approval of a loan of  $7,864billion and 100million euro  from  the African Development Bank (AFDB) for infrastructural development across the 36 States of the Federation and the Federal Capital Territory.


The planned loans as explained in the letter and read in plenary by the President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio, are also meant to mitigate the adverse effects of fuel subsidy removal on Nigerians through palliative measures.


President Bola Ahmad Tinubu in the letter also explained that part of the loans being sought for, were earlier approved by the immediate past government in the 2022 -2024 External Borrowing plans which however had to be jerked up by the present government as a result of fuel subsidy removal.


The  planned projects cut across all sectors with specific emphasis on infrastructure, agriculture, health, education, water supply, security and employment as well as financial management reforms, among others.


In the letter President Tinubu said the senate is invited to note that following the removal of fuel subsidy and its impact on the economy in the country, African Development Bank (AFDB) and the World Bank Group (WBG) have indicated interest to assist the country in mitigating the economic shores and recent reforms with a sum of $1 billion and $2 billion respectively.


The president further explained that the projects and programmes borrowing plans were selected based on positive technical economic evaluations as well as the expected contribution to the social economic development of the country, including employment generation, skills acquisitions , supporting the emergence of more enterprenuers, poverty reduction and food security to improve the livelihood of an average Nigerian.

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