An official said Nigerians in diaspora were free to come back home with expired or non-expired Nigerian passport. The Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, has directed the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), to allow Nigerians in diaspora to return to Nigeria with their expired International Passports. Mr Aregbesola gave the directive on Wednesday, in Lagos, while […]
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The Later Day Saints Charity, an NGO, in collaboration with the Enugu State Government has built toilets and a borehole to help end open defecation in the state. Mr Christopher Ogbu, the Coordinator, Small Town Water and Sanitation Unit, Ministry of Water Resources, made this known to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Enugu, […]
Nairobi — With 25 days to the August general election, the question on whether Former Nairobi Governor Mike Sonko will be on the ballot still remains a big headache to the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC). The Commission’s Chairman Wafula Chebukati and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Marjan Hussein are reading from different scripts on […]
About 4.1 million people urgently need food assistance across Borno, Adamawa and Yobe in northeast Nigeria,” Mr Haq said. The UN humanitarian partners have delivered food and nutrition assistance to no fewer than 26,000 people in the past week in the town of Rann, Northeast Nigeria. The UN correspondent of the News Agency of Nigeria […]
It is a city that has often been referred to as the green city in the sun and rightfully so. From the onset, it has established itself as a city with a vast network of green and public spaces, where nature and concrete blended seamlessly. That city is none other than Nairobi, The only city […]
Cape Town — Flags, Now Philharmonic Orchestra – What’s Nathi Mthetwa’s Next Move? Arts and Culture Minister Nathi Mthetwa has done it again – this time around he wants to establish a R30 million philharmonic orchestra that was according to News24, approved in 2018. Far from being music to the ears of political parties […]
Kusile was meant to be finished in 2014 with a budget of R81bn, but so far only four of the six planned units have achieved commercial operation, with R152bn already spent. In a joint operation with the Hawks and the SA Revenue Service on Tuesday, the National Prosecuting Authority’s Investigating Directorate (ID) arrested two former […]
Mr Abacha, who connived with his family and associates, systematically plundered Nigeria between 1993 when the dictator seized power and 1998 when he died. The more than two decades international hunt for Nigeria’s billions stolen and stashed in various banks across the world by late dictator Sani Abacha and his family and associates yielded its […]
Paris — Tunisian opposition lawmakers are in Paris to lobby against a controversial constitutional referendum taking place later this month, which they argue risks plunging the fragile Arab Spring democracy back into dictatorship. For years, Tunisia’s bickering parties delivered gridlock in parliament and mounting public anger. So today, it’s strange to see onetime political foes […]
Lome, Togo — Authorities in Togo are working to prevent their small, West African nation from becoming the next country in the region to struggle with a violent, spreading, Islamist insurgency. Saturday’s deadly explosion could mark a turning point if it’s confirmed that the seven minors killed were the first civilian casualties in the conflict. […]
Sir Mo Farah has said he is relieved that the Home Office will not take action against him after he revealed he was trafficked into the UK. The Olympic star disclosed on Monday that his real name is Hussein Abdi Kahin, but he got British citizenship under the name Mohamed Farah. Mohamed Farah was the […]
New York / Sirba / Khartoum — Reports of violent suppression of freedoms that characterised the 30-year regime of Omar al Bashir, on all levels of society, are increasing again. Last month, police forces in Zalingei, capital of Central Darfur, held four Christian men in a church in the city. A 20-year-old woman was sentenced […]
Barely 24 hours to the kick off of the Oregon 2022 World Athletics Championship in Eugene, United States, Africa’s fastest man from Kenya, Ferdinand Omanyala, faces a race against time for an American visa so he can compete at the global track & field showpiece. Similarly, some Nigerian coaches and four accredited Nigerian sports journalists […]
This is the first time ever the North Africans qualify for the World Cup. The Atlas Lionesses of Morocco have emerged as the second African team after Zambia to qualify for next year’s FIFA Women’s World Cup to be staged in Australia and New Zealand. The North Africans sealed their historic qualification following a hard-earned […]
Tunis — July 25 Referendum on a Text Weak in Rights Safeguards The draft constitution proposed by Tunisian President Kais Saied enumerates many rights but eviscerates the checks and balances needed to protect them, Human Rights Watch said today in a question-and-answer document about the draft. Saied unveiled the text of the draft constitution on […]
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Tunisia’s Constitutional Referendum
Tunisia’s shuttered parliament. President Saeid suspended the body on July 25 as part of his seizure of extraordinary powers. July 26, 2021, Bardo, Tunis, Tunisia. © 2021 Ahmed Zarrouki Tunisian President Kais Saied has decreed a national referendum for July 25, 2022, on a new draft constitution, to replace the 2014 constitution. It was published […]
THE Minister of Culture, Arts and Sports Mohammed Mchengerwa has shown commitment to work with the National Arts Council’s (BASATA) Executive Secretary Kedmon Mapana in implementing a major revolution in the arts sector with a view to boosting the country’s economy. While addressing this, he noted that despite the arts doing well as a ministry; […]
THE ruling CCM party has raised a red flag over some carders who are corruptly flexing their political muscles with an eye on the 2025 General Election. CCM Secretary General, Daniel Chongolo issued the warning on Wednesday, censuring the party’s cadres to refrain from bribing fellow members for key positions in the party, insisting the […]