Climate change will make it harder for Malawi to achieve its ambitious development goals – unless it accelerates policies and programs, as intended in its national Vision 2063, and supplements this effort with additional investment in adaptation, says the new World Bank Country Climate and Development Report (CCDR) for Malawi. Most immediately, Malawi can take […]
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Nairobi — President William Ruto on Thursday chaired a Kenya Kwanza parliamentary group meeting at State House, Nairobi. Top on the agenda during the meeting was discussions on the implementation of priority Bills in the Kenya Kwanza manifesto. In attendance are MPs from both the National Assembly and the Senate including the house leadership. The […]
The federal government has declared that it would take 30 years of consistent investment for the flood menace to be controlled in Nigeria. Minister of Water Resources, Suleiman Adamu, who made the this known yesterday, while briefing newsmen after the weekly Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting presided over by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo at the […]
The federal government had said it will not be stampeded over the recent travel advisory by the United States (U.S.) concerning possible terror attacks in Nigeria. Minister of information, Lai Mohammed, disclosed this to State House correspondents after the federal executive council meeting presided over by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. […]
Nigeria is losing $600 million due to under reporting of gas flaring every year even as they tasked operators in the oil and gas sector to fully implement the mechanism put in place by the Advocacy for Gas Flared Accountability in Nigeria (AGFAN) to avert the trend. Stakeholders who spoke with LEADERSHIP, at the Accountability […]
Nairobi — South-African retailer Massmart that runs Games Stores will close its Kenyan stores on or about December 25, rendering hundreds jobless. In a letter notice to the Kenya Union of Commercial Food and Allied Workers (“the Union”), the Johannesburg Stock Exchange-listed company says it has informed all its associates and employees of impending closure. […]
Farmers, civil society and faith leaders of the Alliance for Food Sovereignty in Africa recognise the double rebranding of the Green Revolution as an admission of failure, a cynical distraction, and reject the new strategy offered by the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA). The double rebrand sees the name of the African […]
Kisii — At least 200 small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in Kisii county will benefit from a business empowerment tour by Absa Bank Kenya in collaboration with the Kenya National Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KNCCI). Speaking during a stakeholder engagement session with businessmen and women at a hotel in Kisii town, interim Absa Bank […]
The Presidency has moved to assure South Africans that law enforcement agencies are monitoring any threats to the public. This after the Embassy of the United States of America issued a security alert to its citizens in South Africa that terrorists “may be planning to conduct an attack targeting large gatherings of people” in Sandton. […]
Governor Obaseki said recently that Nigeria will break up if the APC wins the 2023 presidential election. The Presidential Campaign Council of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has replied the Governor of Edo State, Godwin Obaseki, over his comment that Nigeria risks breaking up if Bola Tinubu emerges as president in 2023. Mr Obaseki, a […]
From yesterday, this concludes the rejoinder countering the views by Kperogi, Falana and others on the position of INEC on recent party primaries CLEARLY, Falana was speaking in support of his fellow lawyer, Mr. Mike Igini, whose second tenure ended this year as the REC for Akwa Ibom, and whose outspokenness on election matters throughout […]
Despite the myriad of problems facing the country ahead of the crucial 2023 general election, former deputy governors have assured that the country would not disintegrate. Rising from their maiden conference under the aegis of Forum of Former Deputy Governors Of Nigeria (FFDGN), which ended yesterday in Uyo, the Akwa Ibom State capital, the forum […]
The Federal Ministry of Aviation has announced the Corporacion America Airports Consortium as the preferred bidder for the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport (NAIA), Abuja, while ENL Consortium has also been selected as the reserve bidder for NAIA. This is as the federal government, yesterday, declared that planned take off of Nigeria Air in December will […]
Chairman of the Nigerian Universities Ranking Advisory Committee (NURAC), Professor Emeritus Peter Okebukola has announced the good news of the superlative performance of Nigerian universities in the Times Higher Education 2023 Subject Rankings which were released October 25, 2022. Coming on the heels of the impressive ranking of 12 Nigerian universities in the world university […]
Hajiya Sadiya Farouq, Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, said medical support had been provided to 199 Local Government Areas affected by flooding across the country. Farouq briefed State House correspondents after the Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting presided over by Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo on Wednesday at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. She […]
Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) president, Nelson Chamisa will be among hundreds of dignitaries set to attend Lesotho’s new prime minister’s inauguration set for Friday. The incoming Prime Minister, Sam Matekane (64), ended the reign of the All Basotho Convention (ABC) and the Democratic Congress, which have dominated politics in the kingdom of 2,1 million […]
Various local independent media houses, wrongly viewed as appendages of opposition forces, have been barred from attending the Zanu PF Congress set for Robert Mugabe Square in Harare. The event, which kicks off Thursday, was preceded by the last Zanu PF Politburo meeting Wednesday, before selection of new members into the elite organ. Select media […]
Stakeholders have raised concern over the increased financing of politics by the private sector that they said in turn kills the public interest of service delivery. “The big elephant in the room has been the interplay between private sector and financing of politics in Africa. The private sector has been complaining for some time that […]