AHEAD of next year’s harmonised elections, President Mnangagwa says he is encouraged by the results of the recently held by-elections where the ruling party snatched two seats from the opposition and won in several wards. In an interview with French publication La Tribune last week, President Mnangagwa said in 2023, the priority for the ruling […]
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The High Court has blocked Zimbabwe Manpower Development Fund (Zimdef) from awarding a tender for SAP software application services to Tano Digital Solutions (Private) Limited, pending determination of what one bidder called a “restrictive, unreasonable, and anti-competitive condition implanted by Zimdef”, requiring bidders to hold a SAP licence. Zimdef awarded Tano the disputed tender on […]
ZIMBABWE’s Ambassador to Sweden, Priscilla Misihairabwi-Mushonga, was yesterday admitted as a lawyer of the High Court, taking the oath of loyalty and office before Justice Happias Zhou with 14 other lawyers in Harare. All lawyers who have moved beyond their degree courses and the required post-graduate supervised experience and can practice on their own are […]
The federal government yesterday disclosed that the on-going strike action embarked upon by both academic and non-academic staff unions of the nation’s public universities were being addressed by relevant government ministries and agencies. This was just as the Federal Executive Council (FEC) approved the establishment of 12 additional private universities on different parts of the […]
Farmers in Ekiti State, whose farming activities have been disturbed by incessant killings, kidnapping and raping by killer herdsmen have expressed fear that abandonment of farms by their colleagues could trigger famine in the state. They lamented the daily kidnapping of farmers for ransom and raping of their wives and daughters by the marauding herdsmen, […]
Exports from the 54 Commonwealth nations, including Nigeria could increase by as much as $1.2 trillion in the next five years if trade reaches full digitalisation, according to a new report by the Commonwealth Secretariat. In its Quantitative Analysis of the Move to Paperless Trade, the secretariat stated that if the 54 Commonwealth nations implement […]
The House of Representatives has mandated its Committees on Telecommunications and Banking and Currency to look into the cases of telephone subscribers who have fallen victims to breach of their privacy and identity theft to identify inadequacies in the relevant regulatory frameworks and proffer solutions. The resolution of the lawmakers was sequel to the adoption […]
THE government is keen on finalizing the construction of institutional accommodation for judges, magistrate’s and deputy registrars at the country’s capital. Chief Court Administrator, Prof Elisante Ole Gabriel said here on Monday that 48 units for Judges homes will be complete by December this year. Professor Ole Gabriel who was speaking during the launch of […]
MONEY is one of the most important resources needed in the daily life of an individual person. Its availability also plays a crucial role in the well-being of members of the community and in national development as a whole. With money, one can be able to meet basic needs of living, while the government can […]
TANZANIA’S Third Five Year Development Plan (FYDP III), now under implementation, has lined up the blue economy as one of the priority areas, with the government determined to fully utilize the country’s strategic geographical position to spur economic growth. The FYDP III, 2021-2026, envisages robust investment and trade promotion by tapping into regional and international […]
Former prime minister Ibrahima Kassory Fofana and three ex-ministers in the Guinea-Conakry have reportedly been detained on embezzlement charges. Ibrahima Kassory Fofana served as prime minister under ex-president Alpha Condé from May 2018 until September 2021, when the army ousted the elected government in a coup. According to lawyer Salifou Beavogui, Fofana along with former […]
An official said the government set up the Parks Management Committee in fulfillment of the government’s promise to ensure that events NURTW are not allowed to threaten law and order. Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu has appointed Musiliu Akinsanya the head of a committee to oversee the affairs of all motor parks and garages in the state. […]
Addis Abeba — The Ministry of foreign affairs issued a statement last night in response to the report by Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International that documented abuses against Tigrayans since November 2020 that amount to war crimes and crimes against humanity in the West Tigray zone. The report implicated Ethiopian National Defense Forces, Amhara […]
The federal government, yesterday, reiterated that terrorists disturbing the peace of the nation had continued to suffer heavy casualties in their engagement with Nigerian soldiers in some parts of the country especially, the North West and North East zones. It also said contrary to insinuation in some quarters, government was not overwhelmed by skirmishes of […]
The Government of Poland has said over two million refugees from Ukraine including about 2,000 Nigerians fleeing the Russia-Ukraine war have been allowed passage into its country. A statement yesterday by the Embassy of Poland in Nigeria titled: ‘Poland stands with Ukraine – the spirit of Polish solidarity reborn,’ read: “This February Europe witnessed an […]
A coalition of civil society organisations has called for the immediate resignation of the Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, over what it called negligence of the lives of Nigerians after the train attack that claimed eight lives, with many others injured and several others yet to be accounted for. The coalition also blamed the attack […]
The federal government has lifted the nationwide curfew from 12 midnight to 4 a.m it had imposed in 2019, which was meant to reduce the spread of COVID-19. The lifting of the restriction was announced yesterday by the Presidential Steering Committee on COVID-19 (PSC). The PSC said the decision to review the country’s COVID-19 response […]
The Senate has urged the Federal Ministry of Foreign Affairs to liaise with the Ghanaian government to strengthen bilateral relations between both countries. The Senate said that such step would prevent the maltreatment of Nigerians travelling to Ghana. It made the recommendations after it considered a report by the Joint Committee on Health (Secondary and […]