Cadre deployment is one of the best-known policies of the African National Congress (ANC), which has governed South Africa since the end of apartheid in 1994. And many of the party’s woes over the past decade can be traced back to it. The concept of “deployment” has a strong military association. Conventionally, it is about […]
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The nine new Justices of the Court of Appeal swell the rank of the judges of the court to 81. The Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Olukayode Ariwoola, on Wednesday, swore in nine new Justices of the Court of Appeal, swelling the rank of the judges of the court grappling with huge backlog of cases […]
For her ‘open door’ refugee policy in 2015, the former German chancellor will be awarded the Felix Houphouet-Boigny UNESCO Peace Prize in Ivory Coast. A bright, monumental building rises 30 meters into the sky of Yamoussoukro, the strangely quiet capital of Ivory Coast, far from the hustle and bustle of the economic metropolis of Abidjan. […]
Abuja — Kenya has appealed for increased cross-border cooperation among African nations to combat the escalating drug trafficking crisis that has plagued the continent. Kenya’s Secretary for National Administration in the State Department of Internal Security, Beverly Opwora, who is leading the Kenyan delegation at the 31st meeting of the Heads of Drug Law Enforcement […]
The NSA, IGP, and defence Chief gave the assurance at a meeting with INEC in Abuja. The National Security Adviser (NSA) to the President, Babagana Monguno, has assured Nigerians that the 2023 general elections would be conducted in an atmosphere devoid of rancour. Mr Monguno, a retired major general, gave the assurance on Tuesday during […]
The doctors’ association said the devastating phenomenon of brain drain, and its attendant work overload for the doctors remaining onshore have been repeatedly emphasised. Last week, within the space of five days three senior medical doctors at Alimosho General Hospital (ALGH), Igando, in Lagos, died under what some of their colleagues described as demeaning circumstances. […]
In 2008, Women in Successful Careers, WISCAR, a non-governmental organisation, was set up to focus on empowering and developing professional women to contribute to development and growth in Nigeria and indeed Africa. With the aim to help build the next generation of women leaders in Nigeria through intelligent planning and focused effort, WISCAR’s motto is […]
As the clock ticks towards October 3, the date Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and Trade Union Congress (TUC) have scheduled to commence a nationwide indefinite strike, the federal government appears to be ramping up efforts to appease the trade union centres and try to prevent them from embarking on the industrial action. National Economic Council […]
With just seven years left to achieve the target of ending female genital mutilation, FGM, – the total or partial removal of the external female genitalia – the United Nations Children’s Fund, UNICEF, the United Nations Population Fund, UNFPA, and the Initiative for Girls Right and Health Development, IGRHD, in commemoration of the International Day […]
Lagos — As the gridlock on the Oshodi-Apapa Expressway worsened, yesterday, the Lagos State government, representatives of transporter unions, truckers and port operators, yesterday, vowed to implement a new order to ensure the free flow of traffic on the axis and port access roads. The Lagos State government, however, mandated all truckers to make use […]
HE was only 30 when he died on February 4 1999. The void he left is strongly felt on the local showbiz landscape, 24 years after he breathed his last. Snatched from Hosiah Chipanga’s camp and roped into the then star-studded Khiama Boys camp around 1986, this boy from Zaka, Masvingo, was a bit special. […]
Nigeria marks her 63rd Independence on Sunday. Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has felicitated Nigerians on the country’s 63rd Independence Anniversary. Atiku, the 2023 PDP presidential candidate, spoke in a statement on Saturday in Abuja by his media aide, Paul Ibe. “Sixty-three years ago, when this great country acquired independence, it was upon the promise […]
South African police have intensified their crackdown on the smuggling of cigarettes from Zimbabwe via Beitbridge and illegal crossing points along the Limpopo River, seizing five vehicles and cigarettes worth more than R400 000 on Thursday, arresting 11 of the suspected Zimbabwean smugglers. Police cornered the five vehicles after a high-speed car chase with the […]
Nairobi — With the African continent recycling less than 11 percent of its waste, COP28 provided leaders on the African continent to consider integrated waste systems that include informal waste workers. Akinyi Walender, Africa Director at Practical Action, an innovative international development group, says the informal waste workers are rarely involved. She was speaking recently […]
* Cautions judiciary against determining winners of elections With about two weeks to the general election, the decision of the Osun State Election Petitions Tribunal nullifying the victory of Governor Ademola Adeleke in the July 16, 2022, governorship election on the basis of over-voting despite the deployment of Bimodal Voters Accreditation System (BVAS) has raised […]
Before its official removal in May 2023 by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, fuel subsidy regime had been in Nigeria for more than 53 years, having begun in the 1970s. However, following the promulgation of the Price Control Act in 1977, it (fuel subsidy) became institutionalised. By implication, the promulgation made it illegal for petrol and […]