NAMIBIAN opposition parties say a report on the alleged cover-up of the Phala Phala robbery confirms that South African president Cyril Ramaphosa and his counterpart Hage Geingob abused their powers. This comes as Geingob has been dragged into Ramaphosa’s alleged unlawful actions surrounding the cover-up of a robbery of undeclared foreign currency at the neighbouring […]
A discussion with policymakers and advocates on the drivers of shrinking space, areas for hope, and the future of us-africa relations Oxfam America, CIVICUS, the International Center for Not-for-Profit Law, and Search for Common Ground invite you to: Impact of Shrinking Civic Space on Governance and Humanitarian Service Delivery in Africa: Challenges and Opportunities, on […]
Washington, DC — Africa’s most populous country – with the largest economy on the continent – will hold its 7th consecutive presidential and national assembly elections on 25 February 2023. Most elections for state governors will be on 11 March. Nigeria has had 23 years of unbroken civilian rule – the longest period in the […]
Freetown, Sierra Leone, 1 December 2022 – The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) Sierra Leone this week hosted a high-level delegation from its Regional Office in Dakar and Headquarters in New York led by the Regional Director for West and Central Africa, Ms. Argentina Matavel Piccin, the Director of the Technical Division Dr. Julitta Onabanjo and […]
The government says the states got N625 billion and have an outstanding of N860 billion. The Presidency has released details of oil derivation refunds made to Niger Delta states amidst a growing controversy that the funds had been misused by some governments in the region. The federal government said in a statement Friday that the […]
Starboy said the Afrobeat genre is a refreshing alternative for people stuck with the same sound for years. As the Afrobeat music genre continues in its quest to take over the world, Nigerian superstar Ayo Balogun, popularly known as Wizkid, has said he is one of its fiercest proponents. In a recent interview with 10 […]
The survey said 73.9% of children in Jigawa are multi-dimensionally poor. The level of multi-dimensional poverty of children in Nigeria’s North-west region is higher than the national average, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said in its latest multiple indicator cluster surveys (MICS) launched on Thursday in Jigawa State. “About 65% of northwest children are […]
The International Atomic Energy Agency, IAEA, has advised Nigeria and other African countries hoping to add nuclear energy into their energy mix to garner enough political will and public support to hit their targets. The agency’s Deputy Director and Head of the Department of Nuclear Energy, Mikhail Chudakov gave the advise at the ongoing 2022 […]
The National Assembly at its plenary sitting on Thursday passed the Adjustments Appropriation Bill and the Special Appropriation Bill. This comes after Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana tabled the two Bills when he presented the 2022 Medium Term Budget Policy Statement (MTBPS) to Parliament on 26 October 2022. Parliament in a statement said the Bills were […]
A senior Eastern Cape Education Department official, his wife and a businessman have appeared at the Zwelitsha Magistrate’s Court on charges related to a R4 million PPE tender. Supply Chain Management chief director, Marius Harmse, his wife Elanore and businessman, Sigqibo Makupula, appearted in the court on charges of fraud, money laundering and corruption. They […]
Immigrants are not reporting crimes or seeking assistance from law enforcement as they fear extortion or deportation Organisations working with immigrants say they have had numerous complaints of police extorting bribes and stealing from African immigrants. They say undocumented immigrants are too afraid to report such crimes; they are even too afraid to report any […]
The Presidency has disclosed that nine oil-producing States received a total of N625.43 billion as 13 per cent oil derivation fund, subsidy and SURE-P refunds from the Federation Account in the last two years (2021-2022). According to a statement by Presidential spokesman, Garba Shehu, the States that received the refunds dating from 1999 to 2021 […]
The Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), oil output fell in November, led by top exporter, Saudi Arabia and other Gulf members, after the wider OPEC+ alliance pledged steep output cuts to support the market amid a worsening economic outlook, a Reuters survey found on Wednesday. Nigeria and Angola each boosted output marginally in […]
The police commissioner in the state vowed to continue the onslaught against terrorists operating in the state. The police in Zamfara State have arrested seven terrorists and rescued 15 abducted victims. The victims had spent 50 days in captivity before they were rescued on Monday. The state commissioner of police in the state, Yusuf Kolo, […]
Eskom says it has approached the Department of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (Cogta) to mediate in the debt repayment matter between the power utility and the City of Tshwane municipality. “The Public Finance Management Act requires that institutes recover what is owed to them. It is for this reason that Eskom sought the intervention […]
Transnet says government’s ban on the export of scrap and waste metal will go a long way in the fight against metal theft. Government recently announced that the six-month ban is aimed at making it difficult for criminals to sell stolen copper cables and other metals. State-owned companies (SOCs) such as Transnet, Eskom and PRASA […]
Cross Rivers State government has revealed that over 10 countries and 20 states in Nigeria will grace the 2022 Calabar carnival. Briefing the media in Abuja on Wednesday, Cross River State commissioner for culture and tourism development, Hon. Eric Anderson, said additional packages have been added into the carnival for maximum benefit of all delegates […]
In Spotlight’s analysis of South Africa’s HIV response in recent years, two issues have stood out consistently. The first, and maybe the most urgent, is that many people living with HIV are not taking antiretroviral therapy. Of an estimated 7.9 million people living with HIV in 2021, 5.4 million were on treatment, according to figures […]