The Lagos House of Assembly has commenced an audit exercise for all the 20 Local Government Areas (LGAs) and the 37 Local Council Development Areas (LCDAs) in the state. The Chairman, House Committee on Public Account (Local), Mojeed Fatai, made this known in a statement issued in Lagos on Saturday. Fatai said that the committee […]
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Cape Town — As of July 11 confirmed cases of Covid-19 from 55 African countries reached 5,914,501 while over 37,004,431 vaccinations have been administered across the continent. Reported deaths in Africa reached 151,175 and 5,105,201 people have recovered. South Africa has the most reported cases 2,179,297 and 64,138 people died. Other most-affected countries are Morocco (541,405), Tunisia (491,021), Egypt (282,985), […]
Police say they have arrested one man from Luweero District in central Uganda over offensive communication after he allegedly circulated falsified news that President Museveni had passed on. “Incontrovertible evidence got on him and shall be used for prosecution,” said CID spokesperson, Mr Charles Twiine, who identified the suspect as Jamilu Ssekyondwa. The arrest comes […]
This should provide a historical perspective in the fight against corruption in Malawi from Kamuzu Banda’s era to the incumbent president, Lazarus McCarthy Chakwera. Hastings Kamuzu Banda (1964 – 1994); His regime never passed any legislation that specifically dealt with corruption; Scholars have called the form of corruption prevalent during Kamuzu era – extractive corruption. […]
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Nigeria: Imo PDP Chieftain Joins APC
Mr Hillary Ugochukwu, a chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Imo, has defected to the All Progressives Congress (APC). Ugochukwu, a former senatorial aspirant of the party, announced his defection at a reception organised in his honour by the state leaders of the APC in Owerri on Saturday. Ugochukwu lauded Gov. Hope Uzodimma […]
Deputy President William Ruto’s recent trip to Uganda has brought into focus the close ties he enjoys with the country’s strongman, Yoweri Museveni. The deputy president is cultivating deep political and commercial ties in one of Kenya’s biggest trading partners and is reputed to have commercial interests in the country. Coming at a time he […]
The hospitality sector has pleaded with the government to review the current strict Covid-19 lockdown restrictions as room occupancy levels hit zero as the industry faces huge financial losses. Speaking to NewZimbabwe.com Saturday, Hospitality Association of Zimbabwe (HAZ) president, Clive Chinwada bemoaned the low business levels which have pushed the sector to the brink of […]
Nigeria beat the USA for the very first time on Sunday morning. In their first tune-up game towards the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, Nigeria’s men’s national basketball team, D’Tigers, sounded a note of warning to their Group B adversaries with a 90-87 win over a star-studded U.S. team. Nine years after an 83-point loss to the […]
World Health Organisation (WHO) study has highlighted an unacceptably high global prevalence of syphilis among men who have sex with men. The world body, in the new study on ” Prevalence of syphilis among men who have sex with men: A global systematic review and meta-analysis from 2000 to 2020″ also emphasised ways to eliminate […]
Five people have been killed and one seriously injured while an unknown number of livestock has been stolen in retaliatory attacks between two pastoral communities in Kerio Valley. The attacks have claimed the lives of 12 people in the last two weeks. The latest incident took place around midday on Saturday in Kaben after suspected […]
The Ford Kenya leadership has denied claims that they are secretly engaging Deputy President William Ruto for a possible alliance ahead of the 2022 General Election. Deputy party leader Richard Onyonka, who is also the Kitutu Chache MP, told the Nation that they believe in the ideologies of the One Kenya Alliance (Oka) and as […]
One of the students of the released judge, however, told PREMIUM TIMES that N1 million was paid for his release. Kidnappers have released Ismail Babangida, a Shari’a judge, 54 days after he was kidnapped. Mr Babangida was kidnapped in a Shari’a court in Safana town, where he had gone to deliver judgement. The police in […]
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Cameroon: ‘We Have Our Eyes Everywhere’
Bernard Okalia Bilai, President of the Limbe-Buea site, Governor of South West Region. Mr. President, the South West, notably Limbe and Buea, is playing host to some African Countries for the event of CHAN 2021. What words have you for the visitors from abroad to your Region? We want to tell our guests to feel […]
A fire brigade has managed to extinguish a burning fire at the Dar es Salaam’s popular market-Kariakoo that burnt for over five hours. Authorities said they will launch an investigation into its roots but observers and eyewitnesses faulted the technology employed by the Fire and Rescue Unit as well as the management of the market. […]
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Ethiopia Comes Out Victorious
The National Election Board of Ethiopia (NEBE) announced yesterday the results of the 6th General elections in the presence of President Sahlework Zewde. Presenting the Board’s report, Deputy Board Chairperson Wubshet Ayele enumerated the challenges faced and achievements obtained during all the phases of the election. He said, the Board members took over an election […]
Amid raging controversy over the zoning of the 2023 presidency, no fewer than six northern governors are backing the South for the nation’s top office. They spoke about their preference for power to move from the North in the next elections. The incumbent, President Muhammadu Buhari, from the North, is due to complete his maximum […]
The United Nations (UN) Secretary-General António Guterres applauded the efforts of Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed (Ph.D) in creating access to humanitarians to support Tigray State of Ethiopia. The Secretary-General and Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed (PhD) undertook phone conversation yesterday on humanitarian situation in the aforementioned state. According to the Spokesman for the secretary-general , the […]
The American government has been urged to continue to provide all the support required to influence the domestication of the United Nations’ CRPD Article 4 which is capable of bringing a permanent end to the current security challenges in the country, so that the support from the American government to Nigeria henceforth would be for […]