Says Cllr. T. Dempster Browne Those that will cause killings in the 2023 elections will be taken to the Hague for prosecution, Independent National Commission On Human Rights (INCHR) Chairperson Cllr. T. Dempster Browne has warned. At the official launch of a UNDP – sponsored Sanoyea District palaver hut hearing in Bong County, Cllr. Browne […]
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Nairobi — The Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) has began the validation of Form 34B returns against Forms 34A. According to the commission’s chairman Wafula Chebukati, Returning Officers have began arriving at the Bomas of Kenya. He further stated that the uploading of Form 34A is at 99.84 percent representing 46,156 polling stations. He […]
Amid tensions, some elders of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, yesterday, intervened in the crisis rocking the party by giving approval for the constitution of the presidential campaign council. Vanguard gathered that while some PDP leaders are pushing for the party to wield the big stick against those engaged in anti-party activities, other leaders are […]
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Nigeria Not What It Should Be – Obasanjo
FORMER President Olusegun Obasanjo, yesterday lamented that Nigeria is not what it should be. He said this at the Wilson Badejo Foundation, WBF 15th Annual Lecture with the theme: ‘Overcoming the Twin Challenge of Poverty and Insecurity in Nigeria: Way Forward’. Obasanjo, who said that insecurity feeds on poverty and poverty feeds on insecurity, pointed […]
Human Settlements Deputy Minister, Pamela Tshwete, has reiterated that title deeds are not a licence to sell government subsidised houses. “A title deed is proof of ownership of an asset that must be handed over to future generations. We discourage people who sell their houses after receiving their title deeds. This, including the renting out […]
Harare — A Zimbabwean court ordered the defence hearing to proceed Wednesday for award-winning author Tsitsi Dangarembga despite her lawyers asking for postponement to allow them to prepare for the case. Barbra Mateko, sitting at a Harare magistrate’s court, rejected the deferral request, accusing the author of trying to buy time in the case where […]
Addis Abeba — The Council of the newly constituted South West Ethiopian People’s Regional State has reviewed and approved the bill for multi-capital city, which will pave ways for the creation four capital cities with equal status. In so doing, the new regional state became the first among Ethiopia’s 11 federated states to become a […]
The presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Mr. Peter Obi, has cautioned the President Muhammadu Buhari-led Federal Government against further borrowing for consumption. Obi handed down the words of caution in a series of tweets on his verified twitter handle @PeterObi, yesterday. He said: “As a matter of urgency, Nigeria must stop borrowing for consumption, […]
Stakeholders yesterday urged the National Assembly to urgently amend the Fiscal Responsibility Act, 2007 with a view to curbing widespread fiscal indiscipline in the Ministeries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs). Speaking at a Roundtable forum organized by The GIFT Nigeria Project held in Abuja yesterday, the stakeholders made of Non-governmental Organisations (NGOs) observed that corruption remained […]
Nairobi — Returning officers across the country are today expected to start streaming in at the national tallying center at Bomas of Kenya to deliver presidential results declaration forms. 290 Returning Officers across the constituency tallying center are supposed to deliver Form 34B which is the collation of results across the polling station at the […]
Award-winning actress Lupita Nyong’o has congratulated his father, Professor Peter Anyang’ Nyong’o, and thanked the people of Kisumu for voting for him in a tweet that reads: ABICH MORO! Congratulations to my Daddy and THANK YOU to the people of Kisumu for their overwhelming support at the polls. @AnyangNyongo #5moro #TichTire On the day of […]
Zimbabwe and South Africa will work together to find a common solution on the Zimbabwe Exemption Permits (ZEP that are due to expire at the end of this year. This emerged yesterday during the mid-term review meeting of the third session of the Bi-National Commission (BNC) between Zimbabwe and South Africa. Foreign Affairs and International […]
The Center for Accountability and Transparency in Liberia (CENTAL) says the recent statement by Minister of State for Presidential Affairs Nathaniel F. McGill has already undermined citizens’ and international partners’ confidence in the Government of Liberia. “The anti-accountability comments made by Minister McGill have the ability to further undermine citizens and development partners’ confidence in […]
Public Works Minister Ruth- Coker Collins appears to be in hot water, as Civil Law Court “A” Presiding Judge, Nancy Finda Sammy issues a writ of arrest against the Minister, her lawyer and two deputies. The judge’s action is in connection with an investigative survey on an alleyway that was conducted by the Public Works […]
Nairobi — Peter Orero who was the Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) party candidate for the Kibra parliamentary seat has won the seat with 33,008 votes. McDonald Mariga who vied on a United Democratic Alliance (UDA) ticket came in second with 20,049 votes while Imran Okoth who was vying as independent came third with 18,901 votes. […]
The governor said the project would “permanently resolve” flooding in Lagos Island Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State on Wednesday said the state government is constructing a new 1.2 kilometre drainage diversion at Ilubirin area of the state. Mr Sanwo-Olu made this known while addressing journalists after the inspection of some projects on the Island, […]
A stalwart of the running Coalition for Democratic Change (CDC) Dr. Lester Zomatic Tenny sharply blames the Minister of State for Presidential Affairs Nathaniel F. McGill, for disunity in the ruling party. Minister McGill is a former executive of the CDC. Dr. Tenny’s harsh words are in response to Minister McGill’s comments about corruption made […]
Bungoma — Martin Wanyonyi of Ford Kenya has become the first person with albinism to be elected through the ballot in Kenya, after clinching the Webuye East Parliamentary seat. Wanyonyi garnered a total of 12,864 votes, followed by Wanjala Iyaya of DAP-K with 5,383 votes. Addressing the press after being declared the winner, Wanyonyi thanked […]