Enugu — The apex Igbo socio-political organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, has constituted a legal team that will ensure a fair trial for leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Mr. Nnamdi Kanu. Ohanaeze, which is speaking for the first time since the arrest of Kanu, said it is not averse to Kanu’s trial. South-east […]
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Nairobi — The prosecution will call 35 witnesses in a murder case facing Migori Governor Okoth Obado. Assistant Director of Public Prosecution Catherine Mwaniki told trial Judge Cecilia Githua her team will demonstrate that indeed Obado and his co-accused Casper Obiero and Michael Oyamo played a major role in the murder of Sharon Otieno which […]
Diplomats and intelligence chiefs from Rwanda and South Africa held their first bilateral meeting in Kigali, a fortnight ago during which Foreign Affairs ministers of both countries set up a technical committee that is expected to come up with a roadmap to restore relations. On June 6 and 7, a technical committee of top officials […]
Somalia appeared to hit the first hurdle in preparing for the upcoming indirect elections after officials disagreed on who should be members of the electoral teams for the breakaway regions of Somaliland. The planned selection of leaders for the State Indirect Electoral Implementation Team (Sieit), responsible for Somaliland, ended up with two parallel lists of […]
Nairobi — Law lecturer Florence Jaoko, one of the candidates eyeing a commissioner slot at the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commissioner (IEBC) has proposed the use of an alternative identification documents for voter registration to reach more eligible electors. She made the remarks while facing the seven-member panel conducting interviews in search for four IEBC […]
Nairobi — Family Bank has completed a Sh3 million renovation of the Nairobi Central Police Station giving it the much-needed refurbishment to enhance service delivery to members of the public. “As a Bank, we are very proud of this partnership with the National Police Service. It is my firm belief that this facelift will enable […]
The NatJOINTS has intensified deployments in all Gauteng and KwaZulu-Natal areas affected by the violent protests that have seen properties damaged and looted over the weekend. On Monday, the NatJOINTS [National Joint Operational and Intelligence Structure] in a statement said it is receiving intelligence support from its Intelligence Coordinating Committee, which will assist in responding […]
Tunis/Tunisia — The Marhama Association for Social Projects and Charitable Activities will start distributing 1,000 oxygen concentrators to all governorates of the Republic, starting Monday, said member of its management committee Hafedh Mouslim. In a statement to TAP, Mouslim indicated that the association will distribute one thousand oxygen concentrators, which will be delivered to Tunisia […]
At the end of a virtual G5 Sahel meeting on Friday, French President Emmanuel Macron announced that France would start closing three military bases in northern Mali by year-end, as the jihadist threat in the Sahel begins to shift south and expose more countries in the region to Islamist attacks. “Our enemies have abandoned their […]
Ilorin — A Coalition of Civil Society Organisations under the aegis of Yoruba Appraisal Forum (YAF) has cautioned politicians in the South against overheating the polity. The forum said some political bigwigs in the South, especially the South-West, were compelling traditional rulers and other groups to back the southern governors’ resolution in Lagos last week […]
Arbitrator finds Djibouti’s Port Company wrongfully tried to terminate Joint Venture Agreement and transfer its shares to the State An Arbitral Tribunal of the London Court of International Arbitration (LCIA) has ruled against Djibouti’s port company, Port de Djibouti S.A. (PDSA), in its dispute with DP World, confirming the unlawfulness of its effort to terminate […]
Jos — The outgoing pioneer Director General of Plateau State Microfinance Development Agency (PLASMIDA), Haggai Gotap, has said the agency empowered over 100,000 Micro Small Medium enterprises (MSMEs) to create job opportunities in the state. He disclosed this on Friday in Jos, while handing over to the incoming DG, Mr Bomkam Wuyep. They were empowered […]
The Secretary General of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) Secretariat, Mr. Wamkele Mene, has predicted that Africa would one day have a common currency that would ease constraints of settling intra-African trade in foreign denominated currency. Mene likened the possibility of having a common currency to realisation of AfCFTA even though people never […]
The contract for the rehabilitation of the Port Harcourt to Maiduguri rail tracks has been cancelled and set to be re-awarded. This is even as the minister of transportation, Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi, has insisted that local contractors must develop their capacity before they can be awarded rail contracts. The minister, while explaining why the contracts […]
Bauchi State Government has supported security agencies and 10,000 hunters as part of efforts to fight insecurity and youth restiveness across the state. The Senior Special Assistant to the Governor on Security, Alhaji Umaru Aliyu Alkaleri, disclosed this Sunday in Bauchi while fielding questions reporters. Alkaleri said: “The hunters were registered across 20 local government […]
Jos — Traders and other service providers at Bukuru Market, popularly known as Runfa Market, were in panic Sunday over a quit notice issued by the Caretaker Committee Chairman of Jos South Local Government Area of Plateau State, Hon. Gideon Dandareng, to vacate the market. Traders said they were asked to quit the market as […]
The Middle Belt Forum, MBF, has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to declare a state of emergency in Kaduna State, following worsening state of insecurity which has resulted in wanton kidnappings and killing of Innocent people by bandits in the state. The MBF in a statement issued by its National President, Dr. Pogu Bitrus, in […]
Abuja — President Muhammadu Buhari has reiterated the commitment of his administration to continue to prioritise the implementation of policies and programmes that would help to tackle problems affecting Niger Deltans and make life more meaningful to them. President Buhari gave the assurance weekend while commissioning and handing over of the Erosion control and road […]