Nigeria to Review January 18 School Resumption Date
Nigeria’s federal government has said it will review the January 18 date earlier fixed for resumption of schools. It has also begun talks with state governors on the review of
Nigeria’s federal government has said it will review the January 18 date earlier fixed for resumption of schools. It has also begun talks with state governors on the review of
John Odigie Oyegun, a former National Chairman of the Nigerian governing All Progressives Congress (APC) has said the rising insecurity plaguing the country has shown that the West African country
Malawi’s President Lazarus Chakwera has taken personal blame for being among those responsible for the recent rise in Covid-19 cases in the country. There’s been a “collective sense of relaxation
A former National Chairman of Nigeria’s governing All Progressives Congress (APC) John Oyegun has said, individuals who stand against the restructuring of the country are making a “very tragic mistake”.
Mozambique’s President Filipe Nyusi has concluded a one-day state visit to Tanzania where bolstering bilateral cooperation and security between the two neighbouring countries were top of the agenda. President John
Facebook says it has shut dozens of accounts aligned to Uganda’s ruling party National Resistance Movement (NRM). The tech giant accused the accounts of seeking to manipulate public debate ahead
Sierra Leonean technologist Hafiz Alhassan Kanu, has developed a mobile messaging app called Supfrica aimed at connecting users across the continent. In an interview over the weekend with PanAfrican Daily TV, Alhassan
South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa will on Monday night give a national address about the country’s response to the coronavirus pandemic. The address comes two weeks after he announced tough
Nigeria’s Defence Headquarters says the country’s armed forces have checkmated the potency of Boko Haram terrorists in the North-eastern part of the country. Coordinator, Defence Media Operations, Major-general John Enenche, stated this in an
Ugandans vote on Thursday in a presidential election pitting long-time leader Yoweri Museveni against ten candidates including opposition frontrunner Bobi Wine, a singer-turned-lawmaker whose star power has rattled the ruling
Professor Kingsley Moghalu has said there’s a lot of rent-seeking concerning the Nigerian Naira driven by a greed for power by the country’s highly influential and politically connected individuals and
A magistrate court in the nation’s capital Abuja has granted bail to Omoyele Sowore, publisher of Sahara Reporters’ in the sum of N20 million ($52,459), a bail sum the publisher has said is
A former deputy governor of Nigeria’s Central Bank, Kingsley Moghalu has said the country’s currency – the Naira – keeps falling in value because handlers of the Nigerian economy is pursuing an economic
Troops of Operation Hadarin Daji at the weekend eliminated 50 armed bandits in Kaura Namoda Local Government Area of Zamfara State, the Nigerian military has said. The onslaught against the
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has emphasised the need for Nigeria to remain an indivisible entity despite the differences in religion, ethnicity, political affiliations, or other diversities among the citizenry. Osinbajo,
Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune flew back to Germany on Sunday for treatment in hospital for complications in his foot resulting from a coronavirus infection, the presidency said. Tebboune, 75, had
The Nigerian Army Headquarters on Saturday approved the redeployment of over 1000 senior officers across military formations in the country. The affected officers include Major Generals, Brigadier-Generals, Colonels, Lieutenant Colonels,
Nobel Laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka on Saturday called for the use of “soldiers of fortune”, also known as mercenaries, to tackle the growing insecurity in the country. Soyinka, who appeared
Gambian authorities seized nearly three tonnes of cocaine from a shipment of industrial salt originating in Ecuador, a spokesman said on Friday, in one of the largest ever busts in
Gambian authorities seized nearly three tonnes of cocaine from a shipment of industrial salt originating in Ecuador, a spokesman said on Friday, in one of the largest ever busts in
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