NIGERIA: Border closure leaves rice-loving Nigerians steaming
The days of heaping 50-kilo sacks of rice across the saddle of their motorbike and slipping a few notes to a customs officer are now gone. With Nigeria …
NIGERIA: Buhari orders immediate voluntary evacuation of Nigerians from South Africa
President Muhammadu Buhari Monday ordered the immediate voluntary evacuation of Nigerians from South Africa after days of anti-foreigners attacks in the country, his media adviser Femi Adesina said. …
NIGERIA: FG demands compensation over attacks in South Africa
The Federal Government yesterday demanded compensation and accountability from South Africa over attacks on Nigerians. But it appealed to Nigerians not to retaliate by attacking South African companies …
LA Press Freedom Week to celebrate the power of journalism
New York, September 05, 2019—The Committee to Protect Journalists will participate in LA Press Freedom Week, a multi-day celebration of press freedom and the importance of the First …
NIGERIA: TraderMoni, MarketMoni beneficiaries doing well – Osinbajo
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo says feedback from the field and testimonies indicate that the TraderMoni and MarketMoni beneficiaries are doing very well and are paying back their loans. Osinbajo’s spokesman, …
GHANA: TEWU Chair, Fin Officer Dragged to court
The National Chairman of the Teachers and Educational Workers Union (TEWU), Mr Peter K. Lumor, together with the Chief Finance Officer, Mr James Azortibar, have been sued over allegations of …
NIGERIA: Wadume’s arrest to bring answers to policemen killing in Taraba – IGP
The Inspector General of Police (IGP) Mohammed Adamu has commended his men for the perseverance and painstaking efforts exhibited that led to the arrest of suspected notorious kidnap …
GHANA: Prof Dodoo retains his seat *As GAA elect its new executives
Ghana Athletics Association (GAA) has elected its new executives for the next four years.
NIGERIA - AfroBasket title: Buhari congratulates D’Tigress
President Muhammadu Buhari has congratulated the national female basketball team, D’Tigress, for an impressive outing at the FIBA Women’s AfroBasket 2019 in Dakar, Senegal, that saw the Nigerian ladies …
NIGERIA: Osinbajo laments unstable electricity in Nigeria, inaugurates power project in Ogun
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo yesterday lamented that in spite of Federal Government’s efforts at improving power generation in the country, electricity distribution companies (DISCOs) have failed to deliver uninterrupted …
NIGERIA: ‘A good opportunity to do more’ – Kanu challenged by political appointment
Nwankwo Kanu has pledged to keep supporting the growth of grassroots sports development in Nigeria. The African football great was appointed as Senior Special Assistant on sports …
US Armed Forces In Africa: Policy of Neocolonialism?
The United State of America (USA), is step by step trying to strengthen their military positions in Africa. To do this, Washington is still lobbying the idea of AFRICOM for …
GHANA: Prostate Cancer Researcher Conferred Professorship At 34
Ghana’s foremost Prostate Cancer and Natural Medicine Researcher, Dr Raphael Nyarkotey Obu, has become the youngest Professor in recent times at age 34.
GHANA: MPs’ research assistants earn as low as GHc300 – Odekro report
A survey by Odekro has shed light on the poor working conditions and lax structures surrounding the employment of research assistants for parliamentarians in Ghana. In a survey …
BENIN - POLITICAL CRISIS: FPHA President Ladislas Prosper Agbessi demands the resignation of Patrice Talon
Since then, the Republic of Benin has been in the electoral process leading to the establishment of the 8th legislature of the National Assembly in a pernicious climate marked by …
GHANA - What Dagbon needs is peace for development
ONE thing that continues to stifle development of our cities, towns and communities is chieftaincy dispute. Its complexity has even made matters worse, particularly when feuding parties assume entrenched …
SOUTH AFRICA / WORLD CONGRESS ON SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT: King Fabrice Zombie Kavabioko calls for a fair distribution of the Economic growth
King Fabrice Zombie Kavabioko undertook a tour in the provinces of Kwa Zulu Natal and Johannesburg in South Africa in early April 2019. This enabled him to actively participate in …
KINGDOM OF MOROCCO: The AU support to the UN Political process on the regional dispute over the Sahara
Fourty African countries at the African Ministerial Conference on the support of the African Union to the United Nations political process on the regional dispute over the Sahara
GHANA: Rawlings Snubs NDC at party’s presidential primary
It appears none of the seven presidential aspirants of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) was a preferred choice of the Founder of the party, former President Jerry John Rawlings, …
GHANA: Nalerigu picked as capital of North East Region February 13, 2019 today North East Region
Nalerigu, the largest town in the East Mamprusi Municipal Assembly, has been selected as the capital of the North East Region.