Abuja — President Muhammadu Buhari has commiserated with the family of the late irrepressible lawyer, Gani Fawehinmi, over the death of their son, Mohammed. This was contained in a statement by the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina in Abuja. According to the statement, the President condoled with Ganiat, mother […]
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Torrential rain has destroyed no fewer than 1,567 farmlands on Tuesday in Jama’are Local Government Area of Bauchi state. The rain which lasted for over 20 hours submerged farmlands and destroyed crops in seven villages in the area. Alhaji Samaila Jarma, the Council’s Chairman, confirmed the incident to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), on […]
Opposition parties represented in the National Assembly have asked the Windhoek High Court to urgently hear their application to declare the appointment of the newly appointed Anti-Corruption Commission heads and commissioners of the Electoral Commission of Namibia as illegal. Members of the National Assembly and the nation at large were not afforded an opportunity to […]
National Treasury has today released an annual report on non-compliance with payment of suppliers’ invoices within 30 days. The report shows that national departments achieved an annual average timeous submission rate of 73% during the 2020/21 financial year. This represents a regression when compared to the annual average timeous submission rate of 85% achieved in […]
After spending more than a month abroad, Mabuza arrived back in South Africa on Wednesday amid mounting public concern over his prolonged absence from his duties. After a prolonged absence to seek medical treatment in Russia, Deputy President David Mabuza made his first public appearance on Wednesday when he delivered a virtual address at the […]
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Zimbabwe: Loga Snubs Local Players
WARRIORS coach Zdravko Logarušic has resolved to feature only foreign-based players for the upcoming world cup qualifiers. The Croat had wanted to infuse some of the fringe players who did duty at the recent Cosafa Cup tournament in South Africa, into the main Warriors squad, but this has not been possible due to the inactivity […]
It has been exactly a month since a massive cloud of toxic chemical fumes engulfed residential areas over large parts of Durban for 12 days – but government officials and the Indian-owned UPL agrochemicals giant are still refusing to release a full inventory of the quantity and type of poisons to the public. Jan Botha, […]
Rundu — Nurses at the Rundu Intermediate Hospital are unhappy the health facility filled a vacancy of a chief registered nurse at the maternity ward without advertising the post. They are also not happy the hospital did not appoint one of the nurses that have worked in the ward for decades but chose one from […]
The detainees’ lawyer describes SSS’ application as strange and an abuse of court process. The lawyer to the 12 detained associates of Sunday Igboho has faulted an application filed by the State Security Service (SSS) for court’s cancellation of the bail earlier granted them. The 12 detainees were arrested at Ibadan, Oyo State home of […]
PANGEA-RISK https://www.pangea-risk.com/ published a special report on Africa & Us: Lack Of Transparency In Us Military Footprint Expansion In Africa. Report While the US is pledging to reinvigorate economic and commercial engagements with Africa, a planned drawdown of US troops on the continent is unlikely to proceed. Biden administration policy advisers are advocating to maintain […]
The environment ministry stands to generate close to N$6 million after successfully selling off 57 out of 170 elephants that were put on tender in December 2020. The ministry announced the sale of these jumbos will raise N$5.9 million and attracted five bidders, of which only three were successful. The ministry could not provide the […]
The draft National Infrastructure Plan 2050 (NIP 2050) has been gazetted for public comment by the Department of Public Works and Infrastructure. The plan was gazetted on Tuesday following six months of preparation by Infrastructure South Africa working with sector specialists and stakeholders. The NIP 2050 recommends a focus on strengthening the performance of state-owned […]
The draw for the preliminary rounds of the CAF interclub competitions will take place on Friday in Cairo. 54 clubs have committed to participate in the 2021/2022 CAF TotalEnergies Champions League, while 51 clubs have registered for the 2021/2022 CAF TotalEnergies Confederation Cup. The different clubs have until August 15 to register their players on […]
The Country has a Central Government under executive authority and regional government under Councils. It has also other structures of administration like the National Assembly and the Judiciary, Each authority has an administration and management under its service . The Central Government has the Public Service, The National Assembly has the National Assembly service, etc […]
The weapon developed when the fight started was a concerted effort to ensure hand washing, the use of sanitisers, maintenance of safe distance, use of face mask, immediate contact tracing to avoid the spread of the illness and periodic fumigation of public places Foroyaa is aware of a workplace where traces of the virus have […]
Uyo — Three buildings have collapsed while others are being threatened by the fast encroaching ravine along Ikpa Road in Itu Local Government Area, near Uyo, the Akwa Ibom State’s capital. People living around the area have cried out to the state government to intervene and save the residents from the threatening ravine. A Councilor […]
At the launch of the prosthesis shop in Ikeja area of Lagos by the Care Organisation Public Enlightenment (COPE), a handful of breast cancer survivors reminisced about their pitiful ordeals following their diagnosis with breast cancer and mastectomies afterwards. While a few recollected how as young girls they couldn’t wait to attain puberty and have […]
The last time the country recorded a higher daily figure was on January 18, at the peak of the second wave of the disease. Nigeria on Wednesday recorded 790 cases of coronavirus disease, the nation’s highest daily figure within the last six months. According to the update by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), […]