Senegalese President Bassirou Diomaye Faye directed his prime minister on Tuesday to develop an immediate “action plan” to boost the country’s struggling economy and finances, according to a statement from his office.
Atiku Abubakar, the Peoples Democratic Party’s presidential contender for the 2023 election, has challenged President Bola Tinubu to disclose the actual cost of the Lagos-Calabar coastal highway project.
Volodymyr Zelensky, President of Ukraine, has accused Russia of preparing to deploy an additional 300,000 troops to the front lines in his nation by the beginning of June.
Bassirou Diomaye Faye, a left-wing pan-Africanist, was sworn in as Senegal’s youngest president on Tuesday after winning a first-round election on a platform of radical reform 10 days after being released from prison.
The Presidency says it is investigating accusations that the Office of the Chief of Staff to the President, Femi Gbajabiamila, approved N3 billion for verification of the national social register.