Benin City — There were sporadic gunshots yesterday at the Edo state secretariat of the National Youth Council of Nigeria (NYCN) as the new leadership led by Sarah Igunbor officially took over administration while some members of the association protested the handover exercise claiming there was no proper election. In her inaugural speech, she said […]
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City of Tshwane insists plans are underway to relocate the families Families at Eerste Fabriek informal settlement in Mamelodi want the City of Tshwane to relocate them before their homes flood yet again. Residents say their homes have been badly damaged by flooding a number of times since December 2019. The City says it plans […]
Kabwe — A court in South Africa last week ruled that U.N. experts can intervene in a class action lawsuit against mining giant Anglo American over lead poisoning in Zambia. South African and British lawyers filed the lawsuit on behalf of about 140,000 Zambian children and women whose health was allegedly damaged by a colonial-era […]
Khartoum — It is expected that the signing of the framework agreement between the military junta and the Forces for Freedom and Change-Central Council (FFC-CC) and other civilian parties will take place within 72 hours. According to sources, the various political parties and alliances will each separately sign the framework agreement before the AU-IGAD-UN Trilateral […]
Abuja — Ahead of 2023 general elections, former President Olusegun Obasanjo has asked Nigerians to ensure that right lessons are learnt as the search for new leadership continues. Obasanjo, who noted that at independence, expectations about Nigeria were that the country would be a giant in the sun and not in Africa, said the failure […]
The Federal Government has paid US$100,324,011.33 to the Economic Community of West Africa, ECOWAS, as community levy for this year alone. The Nigerian delegation to the ongoig Second Ordinary Session of ECOWAS Parliament disclosed this in the presentation of Nigeria country report. Leader of the delegation and deputy speaker of the House of Representatives, Ahmed […]
Troops deployed under Operation Hadarin Daji have intercepted N15.5 million cash being moved from Daudawa village in Faskari Local Government Area of Katsina State to terrorist groups in Zamfara State. Director, Defence Media Operations, Major General Musa Danmadami, who disclosed this, yesterday, said the huge amount of cash was intercepted during troops’ stop and search […]
Anglican Archbishop Thabo Makgoba says if President Ramaphosa loses the political support of his party, South Africa should be ruled until the next election by a respected elder leading a government of national unity. In a statement issued in Cape Town today, he said the ANC “seems to be in meltdown”. Most South Africans wanted […]
The latest accident occurred less than one week after the governor was involved in another crash. At least five people in the convoy of Governor Ahmadu Fintiri of Adamawa State died in a road accident on Thursday. The governor, who is seeking reelection, did not halt his rally despite the fatal accident. The accident occurred […]
The party said they will appeal the judgment. The governorship campaign council of the Young Progressives Party (YPP) in Akwa Ibom State has reacted to the imprisonment of its candidate, Bassey Albert, for corruption. A Federal High Court in Uyo, on Thursday, convicted and sentenced Mr Albert to 42 years in prison on a six-count […]
Mr Obasanjo says almost all the letters he wrote have stood the test of time. Former President Olusegun Obasanjo says Nigeria’s influence in the world, particularly Africa, is declining. Mr Obasanjo stated this in Abuja on Thursday during the launch of a book on him by PREMIUM TIMES’ Editor-In-Chief, Musikilu Mojeed. The book titled, “The […]
President Cyril Ramaphosa’s darkest hour has arrived, with his fate now in the hands of a faction of the ANC that spent the past five years trying to get rid of him. Leading the charge has been Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, who insists that her presidential campaign is still on track despite failing to reach the threshold […]
Africa’s poor gender equality track record must be reversed if the AfCFTA’s vast potential is to be realised. Africa could benefit greatly from the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA), but for all Africans to enjoy the fruits of freer trade, greater gender equality is needed. A Free Trade scenario mapped by the African Futures […]
The brawl occurred during a budget presentation. One female MP was stuck, sparking a melee between lawmakers. Lawmakers in Senegal’s parliament exchanged blows and a hurled chair on Thursday while one slapped a female MP in the face as issues became heated in the assembly. The scuffles occurred amid growing acrimony between ruling and opposition […]
At the end of the third year of the pandemic, we are no longer surprised to hear we’re in a new wave of infection. It’s fuelled by new sub-variants of the virus that may evade immunity from both vaccination and previous infections. Authorities recommend control measures, but they are “voluntary”. They include wearing a mask, […]
Statement by Alice Wairimu Nderitu, Special Adviser on the Prevention of Genocide, who is deeply alarmed about the escalation of violence in the Great Lakes Region Following her official visit to the Democratic Republic of Congo from 10-13 November 2022, the UN Special Adviser on the Prevention of Genocide, Alice Wairimu Nderitu, is deeply alarmed […]
Cairo — As Europe braces for an unusual winter due to a global energy crisis, Greece is embarking on one of Europe’s most ambitious energy projects by connecting its electricity grid to Egypt’s. An underwater cable will transport 3,000 MW of electricity to power up to 450,000 households from northern Egypt to Attica in Greece. […]
Moroto, Uganda — ‘If you question, they will beat you.’ More than 300 men sat in a sun-baked sports field here in Moroto – shoeless, shirtless, and surrounded by soldiers. Some were builders from a construction site, others staff from a tourist hotel. Ten were community health workers who had come to town for a […]