The Confederation of African Football is considering opening doors to African players in the continent to feature in the national teams in future African Nations Championship (CHAN) editions. The competition was initially designed to showcase players in their native countries, but CAF President Patrice Motsepe said they may soon offer continental players the chance to […]
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Nairobi — The deployment of the National Police Service to Haiti will cost Sh91 bIllion with the United Nations Members States expected to raise the funds. The Ministry of Interior and National Coordination has already spent Sh241 million for the pre-deployment exercises which include trainings and medical procedures which will be refunded upon deployment. Appearing […]
South Sudan’s President Salva Kiir Mayardit is expected to take over as the chairman of the East African Community (EAC) Heads of State summit at the next ordinary EAC Heads of State Summit, The East African reports. President Kiir is set to replace Burundi’s President Evariste Ndayishimiye whose one-year tenure came to an end mid […]
Addis Ababa — The National Dialogue Commission of Ethiopia has announced that community groups from 1,400 Woredas (districts) across the country will be engaged in the national dialogue process. The House of People’s Representatives (HPR) has held its 3rd regular session today to discuss on various national agendas. The four month report that indicated the […]
Addis Ababa — Speaker of the House of Peoples’ Representatives, Tagesse Chaffo, today urged all Ethiopians to actively participate in the national dialogue process, describing it as the only pathway to achieving lasting peace and national unity. In his remarks during the presentation of the 4-month performance report of the Ethiopian National Dialogue Commission to […]
Addis Ababa — The Assimba Democratic Party (ADP) has expressed its opposition to the federal government’s plan to conduct a referendum over areas in western and southern Tigray that have been occupied by the Amhara forces since 2020. In a statement released yesterday, commemorating the first anniversary of the Pretoria Peace Agreement, the party emphasizing […]
Addis Abeba — The Sidama Federalist Party (SFP) has accused the Sidama regional government of forcefully entering its headquarters in Hawassa City on 07 October, 2023, looting property, and detaining one member. However, officials from the region’s peace and security bureau maintain that their actions were taken to enforce law and order after some party […]
Addis Ababa — The United Arab Emirates (UAE) will support the construction of a new national elderly center in Ethiopia, ambassador Mohamed Salem Al-Rashedi said. UAE Ambassador to Ethiopia, Mohammed Salem Al-Rashedi announced the pledge during his discussion with senior officials of Ethiopia’s Ministry of Women and Social Affairs, including the minister, Ergoge Tesfaye. During […]
Addis Ababa — The 6th Session of Ethiopia – India Joint Trade Committee (JTC) was conducted in Addis Ababa by reaching an agreement to further enhance bilateral trade and facilitate trade promotion between the two countries. The deliberations of the 6th Sessions of India-Ethiopia JTC were cordial and forward-looking, reflecting the traditionally friendly and special […]
Mr Emefiele regained his freedom after a court in Abuja granted him bail on Wednesday and ordered him to be released from almost five-month detention. Former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele, has regained his freedom after almost five months in detention over corruption allegations, one of his top lawyers confirmed […]
The Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), General Christopher Musa, has disclosed that the Armed Forces of Nigeria (AFN) has recorded 27.9 percent female participation in peacekeeping operations. This is against the 17 percent benchmark stipulated by the United Nations for gender mainstreaming. General Musa stated this in his welcome address at the Defence Headquarters Gender […]
United Kingdom (UK) Mission also known as Foreign Commonwealth Development Office (FCDO) has endorsed the formula adopted by the Jigawa State government to recruit 6,000 teachers. The senior responsible officer for Partnership for Learning for All in Nigeria (PLAIN) in FCDO, a UK-funded project, Mr Ian Attifield, made the commendation when he visited Governor Umar […]
The Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, has said the 2023 supplementary budget signed into law by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Wednesday, November 8, 2023 is not insensitive, but rather a bold and pragmatic response to the pressing and economic challenges Nigeria currently faces. The Minister urged the 2023 presidential candidate of […]
Marrakech — The Nigeria-Morocco gas pipeline will facilitate the integration of the African continent, said the Managing Director of the National Office of Hydrocarbons and Mines (ONHYM), Amina Benkhadra, on the sidelines of the Africa Investment Forum (AIF). “This strategic project, launched by His Majesty King Mohammed VI and former Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari, will […]
Cape Town — Fighting between government forces and Fano militants erupted in the historic Ethiopian town of Lalibela, the BBC reports. Lalibela is home to 13th Century churches registered as Unesco World Heritage sites. Fano, a militia operating in the surrounding Amhara region, is battling the Ethiopian army since it was ordered to disband and reintegrate into the Ethiopian […]
Many of the out-of-school children in Jigawa are Almajiris. The United Kingdom government through the British High Commission in Nigeria has pledged to support the Jigawa State government in developing education in the state. The Foreign and Commonwealth Development Office (FCDO) announced this on Wednesday during an Education Reform Dialogue that aims to address the […]
Justice Emmanuel Ayoola found the convicts guilty of conspiracy, advance fee fraud and cyber stalking of the former lawmaker The Federal High Court has sent six persons to jail for defrauding a former Speaker of the Osun State House of Assembly, Timothy Owoeye, the sum of N38 million and publishing his nude video on the […]
The two Zamfara-born politicians have been at loggerheads since the beginning of the 2022 political campaigns. The Minister of State for Defence, Bello Matawalle, has described how the Governor of Zamfara State, Dauda Lawal refused to take his calls in the wake of the abduction of students of the Federal University, Gusau. Mr Matawalle, who […]