Dangote cement holds 8th AGM, declares dividend of n8.50kobo per share

It is the sixth day of January and the cold associated with the harmattan is biting hard in Nigeria.

Ukraine asked Western powers to share data to help determine whether it was an Iranian missile that caused a plane crash earlier this week. Germany's foreign minister is calling for "the greatest possible transparency."

February 14th every year, lovers all over the world go out to mark the feast of St Valentine’s, commonly referred to as Valentine’s Day. However, Nigerians are not left out on Trends and Voices where they shared their best and worst Valentine tale.

Lewis Hamilton and Lionel Messi have won the Laureus World Sportsman of the Year award.

Tesla has become the world's most valuable carmaker, overtaking Japan's Toyota, after its stock hit a record high. Shares in the electric carmaker touched $1,134 on Wednesday morning before falling back, leaving it with a market value of $209.47bn (£165bn).

Germany's Financial Intelligence Unit reportedly only handed over a small number of reports containing information related to Wirecard. The Munich public prosecutor said "only two" were received before June 2020.

Five years after the United States reopened its embassy in Havana during the Obama administration, Cubans share their expectations for both countries ahead of the US elections, amid a deep freeze in bilateral relations following new sanctions imposed by President Donald Trump's government.

Gains in banking stocks lifted the NSE All-Share Index today swinging the market into positive territory after three straight sessions of losses. Jolomi Odonghanro, Head of Research at Cordros Capital joins CNBC Africa's Wole Famurewa for more.

Nigerian boy Omar Farouq has been sentenced to 10 years for blasphemy by a Sharia court. Now the head of the Auschwitz Memorial is offering to serve part of the sentence, slamming it as "disgraceful" for humanity.

"I feel like I'm still living in a nightmare," says a resident of Roquebillière, in the Alpes-Maritimes, in France, after Storm Alex battered the area destroying the town.

It has been a mixed trading week at Nigeria’s equities market as investors continue to monitor the influx of company earnings. Onyeka Ijeoma, Analyst at Vetiva joins CNBC Africa to take stock of this week’s activities at the Lagos bourse.

The Nigerian government has allowed Dangote Cement to resume exports across its land borders, raising hopes that Africa's most populous nation may be opening up trade with neighbors after a year-long blockade.