Highlights of the issues raised concerning the transactions totalling N12.335 billion in the 2020 audit report include – payments for contracts without budgetary provisions, diversion of government assets for private use, inflation of contract price, irregular award of contracts and overpayment to contractors, among others. Nigeria’s Supreme Court spent over N12 billion in breach of […]
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Africa Day this year marks 60 years since the founding of the Organisation of African Unity (OAU). The anniversary begs the question: How much of the vision of the OAU’s founding fathers has been realised 60 years on? What would not be there but for the efforts of the organisation and its successor the African […]
Providing low-interest loans, especially for marginalised women and women in rural communities can go a long way in closing the gender economic gap. Here’s how. Bilkisu Luka, now 26, was registering for her Senior Secondary school classes at Government Secondary School Mubi, Adamawa State in October 2014 when the nearby Adamawa State University was attacked […]
In recent years several African countries have decriminalised same-sex relationships. But they’re not representative of the continent. In fact, queer rights at times appear to be eroding in much of the continent, with Kenya and Uganda most recently in the news for harsh laws and violence against members of the LGBTIQ+ community. We asked sociologist […]
Amidst the cost of living crisis caused by persistent increase in the prices of goods and services, the chairman of Nigeria Governors’ Forum and governor of Kwara State, Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq, has declared that food in Nigeria remains the most affordable in West Africa. The governor said that despite challenges, Nigeria maintains a competitive edge in […]
Asiwaju Bola Tinubu will today make history as he will be sworn-in as the 16th president of Nigeria in Abuja. In this report, Adedayo Akinwale takes another look at Tinubu’s 80-page Action Plan to transform the nation. In October, 2022, the Presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Asiwaju Bola Tinubu launched an ambitious […]
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Uganda: How Corrupt Was Uganda in 2023?
Every year, Transparency International; the anti-corruption NGO, disseminates results for its country specific global Corruption Perception Index (CPI). This year, the results were released on Jan.30. These highlighted how different countries are scoring in the fight against corruption. The CPI is based on surveys of business people and experts. It ranks countries and territories around […]
Maternal mental health is a critical yet often overlooked issue that effects the experience and quality of a woman’s health during the perinatal period — the period which includes pregnancy and up to two years following childbirth. Pregnancy, childbirth, and early motherhood can be quite challenging as they often result in significant changes to a […]
Over the last 20 years there’s been an unprecedented increase in charismatic Pentecostal prophets – or men of God as they’re called in Pentecostal parlance. Across Africa their unchecked influence has spread into social, economic and political institutions. Pentecostalism is one of the fastest-growing strands of Christianity on the continent. In Zimbabwe, for example, the […]
Abuja — Nigeria’s oil rigs count declined 13.3 per cent in April, in tandem with the country’s crude oil underproduction during the month, according to a THISDAY review of the latest data released by the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC). The rigs count numbers fell from 15 to 13 during the month under review, […]
Monrovia — Vice President Jeremiah Koung has reportedly misled President Joseph Boakai into making a rather controversial appointment, that is likely to bring international embarrassment to the Boakai-led government, particularly in regard to the government of the United States. FrontPageAfrica has been reliably informed that the Vice President prevailed on the President late Wednesday to […]
In mid-May 2023 the International Monetary Fund (IMF) finally approved a US$3 billion 36-month arrangement with Ghana. It immediately disbursed the first tranche of US$600 million. This is the second time in the past eight years that the country has approached the IMF. And it’s the 17th time since independence in 1957 – that’s roughly […]
These wholesale collectors and resellers of scrap metal and their derived products have just come out to announce good news through their National Union of Buyers and Resellers of Used Metals and Objects of Togo (SYNAREMUT). This is the process of professionalization of the sector now initiated by the government. After years of activities without […]
A new study by Centre for Food and Adequate Living Rights(CEFROHT) , a food rights civil society organization has indicated a number of flaws in the implementation of the newly introduced parish development model program by government. Name the “pilot baseline survey on women inclusion and a human rights based approach in the implementation of […]
The Horn of Africa, including Ethiopia, has been experiencing recurring droughts, which have been connected to climate change. Climate change is altering rainfall patterns, resulting in longer and more extreme dry seasons in the region. This has had a disastrous effect on agriculture, food security, and water supply in the region. The population is now […]
Falana’s suit comes on the heels of a court judgement validating government’s no-work-no-pay policy against ASUU for the period they went on strike. Femi Falana, a human rights lawyer and activist, has sued the federal government over what he called “discriminatory…treatment of members of Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU). Lecturers in Nigeria’s government-owned varsities […]
Mekelle — ‘If we don’t see serious action in the next few months, then things could become catastrophic.’ Food aid distribution in Ethiopia’s northern Tigray region has restarted after an eight-month freeze, but teething problems with systems put in place to block food thefts – and a growing funding crunch – mean only a fraction […]
Rolling blackouts are costing South Africa dearly. The electricity crisis is a barrier to growth, destroys investor confidence and handicaps almost every economic activity. It has raised input costs for producers and retailers, and has triggered a new round of inflation and interest rate increases. Any solution will obviously incur cost because it will require […]