The Minister of Interior, Abuja has revoked the Work Permit, Visa and Residence Permit of the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Seplat Energy Plc, Mr. Roger Brown, over allegations of racism, favouring of foreign workers and discrimination against Nigerian employees levelled against him by employees of the company. The federal government equally accused Brown of […]
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Revenue from Value Added Tax, VAT, and Company Income Tax, CIT, rose by 33 per cent, Year-on-Year, YoY, to N4.92 trillion in 2022 from N3.68 trillion in 2021. Data at the National Bureau of Statistics, NBS, showed that CIT recorded stronger growth at 45 per cent while 24.5 per cent growth was recorded in VAT […]
Nigeria has asked a London High Court to deliver judgement in its favour in a case against Process and Industrial Developments Company, P&ID. In the case marked CL-2019-000752, the Federal Government is seeking to overturn an arbitration award in favour of P&ID which has now accrued interest worth $11 billion. The company claimed it entered […]
·Calls for their support for Tinubu’s govt President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday in Doha, Qatar, told Nigerians in the Diaspora that his administration set forward to emplace credible, transparent and fair elections which would conclude on Saturday, March 11, with the governorship and State Assembly elections. His declaration in Doha came, despite the Independent National […]
Truth will always prevail over lies and deceit no matter the manner it is presented, elders statesmen of southeast extraction, under the aegis of Igbo Patriotic Forum, said yesterday. They stated this in reaction to the declaration of Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, as Nigeria’s next leader by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC. Addressing journalists in […]
Lusaka, Zambia — Zambia’s government said it will not tolerate the promotion of LGBTQ rights, saying such rights are against the country’s Christian values. The warning came a day after police arrested four activists from a feminist group for allegedly giving false information about a planned protest. The group held an approved demonstration against gender-based […]
President Museveni has told off Ugandans to stop making excuses and fight poverty that has eaten up most parts of the country. “All Ugandans, stop excuses. It is possible to get out of poverty. You all can get out of poverty,” Museveni said. The president was on Wednesday speaking during the women’s day celebrations in […]
ZIMBABWE international defender Alec Mudimu has completed a move to Cymru Premier club Flint Town United Football Club in Wales. The 27-year-old, who is a product of the Sheffield Wednesday Academy in England hasn’t played since December for another Cymru Premier club Caernarfon Town and joins Flint in a bid for regular first-team football. Flint […]
Nairobi — Former Treasury Cabinet Secretary Ukur Yatani has dismissed allegations of coercion by Controller of Budget Margaret Nyakang’o who claimed to have been forced to release Sh15.5 billion, describing it as calculated malice. Yatani stated that the Sh15.5 billion were recently approved by Parliament as part of the Sh127.5 billion supplementary budget. In a […]
Tropical storm Freddy, the longest-lived tropical cyclone on record which hit Madagascar, southern Mozambique and Zimbabwe in the third and fourth weeks of last month before returning to sea, is far from dead. The destructive storm has been rebuilding strength near the southwest coast of Madagascar and is projected to head towards northern Mozambique around […]
 Tragedy as Toddler Dies After Bookshelf Falls On Him Three-year-old Kganya Mokhele passed away after a bookshelf collapsed on him at Little Ashford Preschool in Bedfordview, Ekurhuleni. The toddler was rushed to Linksfield Hospital, where he succumbed to his injuries, reports EWN. The grieving family says it is battling to come to grips with the […]
Malawians in Lingelethu township in Malmesbury, Western Cape, are accusing police of turning a blind eye when two Malawian men were murdered by a crowd in October 2022. According to a witness, the police were a few metres from the scene when the men were beaten and they failed to intervene. At least four people […]
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Zimbabwe: Cholera Infections Rise
AT LEAST 60 suspected cases of cholera have been reported in Zimbabwe, all but two in Chegutu, although so far only five have been confirmed, with health authorities now on high alert. Speaking after the Cabinet meeting on Tuesday, Acting Information, Publicity and Broadcasting Services Minister Jenfan Muswere said besides the 58 suspected cases reported […]
The election was scheduled to hold on Saturday, 11th March, two weeks after the presidential election. There are strong indications that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) will postpone the Governorship and States Houses of Assembly elections scheduled to hold on Saturday, 11 March. Multiple sources hinted on Wednesday night that the elections may be […]
Mr Buhari joined the UN Secretary General, António Guterres, and other world leaders to mobilise political will, solidarity and actions to transform LCDs. President Muhammadu Buhari has returned to Nigeria on Wednesday after a four-day trip to Doha, Qatar, where he participated in the 5th United Nations Conference on the Least Developed Countries, LCDs. At […]
Several villagers are reported to have been killed when an unidentified fighter jet bombed Akere town in Wushishi local government area of Niger State The incident which occurred on Tuesday evening left many other villagers injured. The latest incident came barely one month after a similar tragedy occurred at Galadimakogo town in Shiroro local government […]
President Paul Kagame has saluted women the world over, on the occasion of the International Women’s Day (March 8), a global day celebrating the social, economic, cultural, and political achievements of women. Kagame tweeted: “We are with you in this Gender equality struggle in its real sense!!” From the beginning, RPF has walked the talk […]
The World Bank has temporarily suspended its future engagement talks with Tunisia amid uproar over recent statements by the country’s president against migrants. The two sides were engaged in talks for providing Tunisia with loans up to $520 million. In an internal message to staff, outgoing World Bank President David Malpass attributed the decision to […]