Kiambu — President Uhuru Kenyatta on Saturday launched the construction of the World Health Organization (WHO) African regional operations and logistics hub. Speaking when he presided over the ground-breaking ceremony for the facility at the Kenyatta University Teaching, Referral and Research Hospital (KUTRRH) in Kiambu County, President Kenyatta welcomed the WHO’s decision to put up […]
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Nigeria: We Are Not Recruiting, Says NNPC
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) Limited is not recruiting. Its management made the declaration in a statement issued in Abuja by the Group General Manager, Group Public Affairs Division, Mr Garbadeen Muhammad. Muhammad stated that any information suggesting that NNPC Ltd. was recruiting was false and should be disregarded. “The general public should please […]
Nigerian singer, Simisola Ogunleye, also known as Simi has become the first female artist to reach 100 million streams on Boomplay. Boomplay, which is one of Nigeria’s leading music streaming platforms, made the announcement across its social media platforms on Saturday to celebrate the monumental achievement. Tosin Sorinola, Boomplay’s Director of Artiste and Media Relations, […]
“Some have counselled that I should select a Christian to please the Christian community. Other(s) have said I should pick a Muslim to appeal to the Muslim community. Clearly, I cannot do both,” Mr Tinubu wrote. The presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu, said he chose Kashim Shettima as his running […]
Reactions have greeted the choice of Sen Kashim Shettima as the running mate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu. Tinubu announced Shettima, on Sunday, as his running mate, in Daura, Katsina state shortly after paying a Sallah visit to President Muhammadu Buhari. Shettima is a Senator representing Borno Central District in […]
An appeal court in U.S on Friday said ExxonMobil Corp and Royal Dutch Shell Plc affiliates may try to enforce part of a $1.8 billion arbitration award against the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited)NNPC), in a dispute concerning oil extraction near the African country’s coastline. In a 3-0 decision, the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of […]
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South Africa – 19 Killed in Bar Shootings
A shooting attack targeted a bar in South Africa’s Soweto township, west of Johannesburg, late on Saturday, killing 15 people and critically injuring others. It came just hours after four people were killed and eight were injured when two men fired at customers in a bar in the eastern city of Pietermaritzburg, in the KwaZulu-Natal […]
Abuja — Mr Tinubu made the announcement on Sunday while on a visit to President Muhammadu Buhari in Daura, Katsina State. The presidential candidate of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu, has named Kashim Shettima as his running mate. Mr Tinubu made the announcement on Sunday while on a visit to President Muhammadu […]
Police in South Africa are investigating two bar shootings, one in a township close to Johannesburg and another in the country’s east at the weekend. At least 19 people were killed and dozens injured. In Soweto, 15 people were killed after as they enjoyed a night out, police said, when assailants drew up in a […]
71 million people in the developing world have fallen into poverty in just three months as a direct consequence of global food and energy price surges. The impact on poverty rates is drastically faster than the shock of the COVID-19 pandemic. Targeted cash transfers to households are more equitable and more cost-effective than blanket energy […]
Last July South Africa was hit by a wave of devastating violence that left over 350 people dead and caused massive economic damage. Different people have used different terms to describe what happened: civil unrest, looting, food riots, uprising, rebellion, counter-revolution. Even government ministers were initially divided about what to call the events. President Cyril […]
A shooting attack targeted a bar in South Africa’s Soweto township, west of Johannesburg, late on Saturday, killing 15 people and critically injuring others. Police reports indicate that a group of men arrived in a minibus taxi and started firing at the bar, prompting those inside to attempt to flee. Gauteng province police commissioner Lt. […]
A US based Nigerian medical Doctor, Dr Olalekan Ogungbemi, has asked Nigerian government to stop paying Lip service to the fight against human trafficking saying funding agencies involved is necessary to stem the increasing cases in Nigeria. Ogungbemi said this in Lafia, Nassarawa State Capital on Saturday. He stated that lip service and inadequate funding […]
For half a decade, the financial services sector has changed dramatically, yet it seems to remain hot and evolving. Like a wildfire, what started with e-Tranzact and Interswitch as simple solutions to payment inefficiencies has ballooned into a behemoth, revolutionising different aspects of the financial services sector, including credit, investments and insurance. Industry sources estimate […]
As Mozambique looks to move on from its violent past, a UN-led programme is supporting efforts to reintegrate former combatants, and give them a chance to lead productive, peaceful lives in their communities. Benjamin* wants peace. A former RENAMO (Mozambican National Resistance) combatant, he dreams of working his field, in Cheringoma District, Sofala province, once […]
Tunis — President of the Republic, Kais Saied, in a televised address broadcast Friday evening, greeted the Tunisian people on the occasion of Eid al-Idha, but devoted most of his speech to the new constitution that will be submitted to a referendum on July 25. In this regard, the Head of State admitted in his […]
The chairman, Nigerian-Turkey Business Council, Dele Oye, has assured Nigerians that the challenge of accessing electronic visa on arrival to Turkey was not peculiar to Nigerians alone but to all African countries, saying that measures have been put in place to resolve the impasse. He, however, cautioned that anyone who has no urgent need to […]
Says security agents did not fire single shot 4 inmates killed outside facility while resisting arrest How inmates due for release refused to run Strange things happened that I can’t talk about – Aregbesola Just when many Nigerians thought they had heard the last version of the attack on the Kuje Medium Correctional Centre where […]