Monrovia — The Gardnersville Magisterial Court on Tuesday, November 1, 2022, issued a writ of arrest and imprisoned a 27-year-old man identified as James Tamba for stealing LEC Meters and streetlights in the Beh-wein Community in Barnersville – Montserrado County. The writ also added that defendant James Tamba was purporting in the Beh-wein Community at […]
Mr Doguwa protested that federal lawmakers from the party are being sidelined by the leadership of the party in the state. A fresh crisis erupted within the ruling All Progressive Congress (APC) in Kano on Monday after the Majority Leader of the House of Representatives, Alhassan Doguwa, allegedly attacked the deputy governorship candidate of the […]
Mombasa — Salaries public service sector will soon be reviewed upwards, Public Service Cabinet Secretary Aisha Jumwa has said. Jumwa, during her first official visit to Mombasa since she was sworn into office last week, said despite the harsh economic times, the civil servants need to be motivated. “Since I got into this office I […]
Monrovia — The Government of Liberia has failed to live up to its commitment signed in a joint resolution to conduct Liberia’s much delayed National Population and Housing Census (NPHC). In August this year, the 54th Legislature, following a series of staunch negotiations, passed a joint resolution setting dates of the census from October 24, […]
The APC vice-presidential candidate says the certificate Mr Atiku got from the Kano School of Hygiene only qualifies him to be “wole wole”, a Yoruba word for a sanitation inspection officer. The vice presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Kashim Shettima, has described the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku […]
The 80-page document, titled “Renewed Hope 2023 – Action Plan for a Better Nigeria,” highlighted key economic issues to be addressed if they are elected into office. In a few months, Nigeria’s electoral body, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), will conduct the general elections. The presidential election will be conducted on Saturday, February 25, […]
“We come unannounced not to catch you doing wrong things, but to ensure that your shop is in satisfactory hygienic condition” Human rights organisation, Africa Unite, recently hosted a dialogue between City of Cape Town health inspectors and mostly immigrant business owners in Mitchells Plain. The meeting follows recent conflict between immigrant shop owners and […]
Nairobi — 35 Years On, Strengthen Its Independence, Civil Society Role The growing importance of intensified protection of human rights on the African continent comes into sharp focus at a time when several countries across the continent are facing acute human rights crises, Human Rights Watch said today, noting that the African Commission on Human […]
Beirut — Egypt To Host Amid Intensifying Abuses; Allow Full Civil Society Participation Countries and advocates attending the 27th annual United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP27) in Egypt beginning on November 6, 2022 should take rights-based and ambitious climate action necessary to keep the global temperature increase to 1.5 degrees Celsius, Human Rights Watch said […]
Nairobi — Power outages have been reported in Nairobi, Mt Kenya and Coast areas, affecting thousands of businesses. A spot-check by Capital Business revealed that building in Nairobi Town were out of power, forcing businesses to use generators. Outages means that many businesses will be impacted economically as a majority of them depend on electricity […]
Addis Abeba — Olusegun Obasanjo, the High Representative of the Chairperson of the African Union Commission, is scheduled to provide a briefing to the media today in the afternoon in Pretoria, according to the South African government department of international relations and cooperation. Representatives of the federal government and Tigray regional state are the two […]
Addis Ababa — A new report by the UN said that at least nine people have died following the latest cholera outbreak across five districts in Oromia and Somali regional state, with over 330 cases reported as of 31 October. A new report by UN Office for Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) says 9 deaths […]
Borgu Emirate Council, Borgu Local Government Area of Niger State, has ordered the closure of all major markets in the area over the increasing fear of attacks by suspected insurgents. The order follows the Saturday attack on Military Cantonment in Wawa, near Kainji Dam. The Public Relations Officer of Borgu Youth Development Association, Muhammad Kabir […]
As diversification of the economy remains paramount, President Muhammadu Buhari, Tuesday, expressed satisfaction over inflow of investors into the mining sector since 2015. Buhari who was represented by the Vice President, Prof Yemi Osinbajo, at opening ceremony of the 2022 Nigerian Mining Week that kicked off on November 1, 2022 in Abuja, maintained that his […]
National Commission for Refugees, Migrants and Internally Displaced Persons (NCRFMI) and other stakeholders have commenced the review of the draft Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) for Statelessness Status Determination (SSD). The federal commissioner of NCFRMI, Hajiya Imaan Sulaiman-Ibrahim, who disclosed this at the event to review the SOP yesterday in Abuja, said there was a need […]
THE Zanzibar Broadcasting Commission (ZBC) Executive Secretary, Mr Suleiman Abdullah Salim has stressed the importance of creating cultural awareness among children to create a sense of belonging and bind them to their roots. He made the remark during launch of ‘Children Culture Day’ organised by FEZA schools here in Zanzibar stressing that having clear understanding […]
Illegal dump hasn’t been cleared since March Rotting garbage has piled up at the gates of Mnqophiso primary school in Zwide, Gqeberha. School principal Luvuyo Booi and school governing board chairman, Vuyo Moss say they have tried to discourage residents from dumping outside the school, but without success. “We are cleaning the school yard to […]
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Uganda: Museveni Must Sign GMO Law
Kenya’s neighbours have begun reacting to its recent move to allow cultivation and importation of Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs) with moves that could lead to a slew of new legislation either for or against the cultivation, importation, and trade in GMOs and their by-products. Tanzania which in January 2021 cancelled research trials involving GMO maize […]