The Vice-President, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, has entreated the justice systems in the Commonwealth and global community to fully embrace digitilisation in order to boost access to justice. In his estimation, pertinent problems such as lack of infrastructure, constraints of time and space which impeded access to justice would be levelled if digitilisation was employed. “How, […]
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A Deputy Minister of Local Government, Decentralisation and Rural Development, Osei Bonsu Amoah, has reignited the debate on the election of Metropolitan, Municipal and District Chief Executives (MMDCEs). He reiterated that the election of MMDCEs was a critical area of political decentralization to draw lessons from the bold step the government took between 2018 and […]
In May 2017, Aisha Huang, a Chinese woman tagged Galamsey Queen for her notoriety in illegal mining in the country, was arrested and charged but had to be deported under bizarre circumstances. Various comments or opinions about the deportation were expressed, including that of President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufp-Addo that the decision to deport Aisha, […]
Monrovia — Liberia’s quest for a revamped economy after 14 years of civil war launched an economic reconstruction strategy. This included the exploration of its rich mineral deposits including iron ore, gold, and diamonds. Unfortunately, this came with cost to communities’ health, environmental, social, and political rights. In a statement signed by Cllr. Margaret M. […]
Cape Town —  Tiger Brands Recalls E lizabeth Anne’s, Purity Baby Powder Tiger Brands has announced the recall of Elizabeth Anne’s/Purity Essentials Baby Powder products as a precautionary measure, after trace levels of asbestos were detected in test samples from a batch of pharmaceutical-grade talc powder, used as raw material in the production of finished powder products. The […]
Monrovia — The opposition CollaboratingPolitical Parties(CPP) has rejected the dates designated as campaign period by the National Elections Commission (NEC) for the 2023 Presidential and Legislative Elections. Recently, the NEC published Key Electoral Dates for the 2023 Presidential and Legislative Elections, designating September 4 – October 8, 2023 as “Presidential & Legislative Campaign Period.” However, […]
Monrovia — The United States Ambassador to Liberia, Michael McCarthy on Tuesday paid a visit to Mr. Deo Delaney, the new President & CEO of the Liberian Bank for Development and Investment (LBDI). Mr. McCarthy said it will take significant foreign investment to change the economic outlook in Liberia and LBDI could play a leading […]
The government said it would continue to disburse funds to the victims as more funds are received The Ondo State Government has made financial donations to survivors of the terrorist attack on St Francis Catholic Church in Owo. The gesture is occurring over three months after the attack which left 41 persons dead and several […]
The driver was driving against the traffic, according to an FRSC official. An articulated vehicle driver on Tuesday killed a motorcyclist at building materials junction, Ogbunike, by Onitsha-Awka Expressway, Anambra State. The Commander, Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Anambra command, Adeoye Irelewuyi, who confirmed the incident to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Awka, […]
The agency said each household in Lagos ought to have two waste bins The Lagos State Waste Management Authority (LAWMA) says it will begin enforcement of the usage of waste bins by households by January 2023. LAWMA’s Managing Director, Ibrahim Odumboni, said this on Tuesday in Lagos, during the Association of Waste Managers of Nigeria […]
The Founder of Patricia Fumbah Kennedy Elementary and Junior high school located in Soul clinic, new Guinea Community Paynesville Aaron Kennedy has disclosed of a tuition free for less fortunate children. Mr. Kennedy said the decision is to alleviate the economic constraint that most parents are facing to pay their children school fees. Speaking in […]
WITH insecurity engulfing Nigeria, civil society organisations, CSOs, yesterday, said it was not surprising that Nigeria was ranked world’s second most terrorised nation, as they alleged sheer leadership failure. It will be recalled that, last week, an acclaimed Global and International Terrorism Research/Analysis group, which specialises in collating data on terrorists’ activities worldwide, Jihad Analytics, […]
The contractors of Uganda’s second international airport, Kabaale International Airport, also known as Hoima Oil City International Airport, say the airport is due for completion in February 2023. SBC Uganda Ltd is in charge of the construction work, which it began in 2018.The airport is 200 kilometres by air from Entebbe International Airport, and 33 […]
TotalEnergies EP Uganda has committed $150,000 (Shs 576 million) to boost the capacity of Makerere University in emergency medicine. The deal was part of the three-year memorandum of understanding that was signed recently between Makerere University and TotalEnergies. Under the MOU, the money shall be dedicated towards upgrading the emergency medical skills training center at […]
The recently released parliamentary committee report on the national economy and the state of indebtedness, grants, and guarantees indicates that Uganda’s public debt stock had increased by 22 per cent. The money Uganda owes to different creditors shot up to Shs 69.513 trillion ($19.54 billion) by the end of the financial year 2020/21, from Shs […]
No fewer than 30 suspects have been arrested in connection with the weekend’s bloody rival cult clash that claimed three lives and left several others injured in Gboko Local Government Area of Benue State. The Police Public Relations Officer of the Command, Catherine Anene, who made the disclosure, yesterday, in Makurdi, said investigation into the […]
Nigerian businessmen and women have been urged to avail themselves of the opportunities that abound in many aspects of the Polish economy. President of Nigerians in the Diaspora Organisation, Poland Chapter, Dr. Tade Omotosho, made the call during a visit of the President of the Republic of Poland, Andrzej Duda, to Nigeria and some other […]
Activist and lawyer, Mr. Femi Falana, SAN, has dragged President Muhammadu Buhari, the National Assembly and Controller General of Prisons before a Federal High Court, sitting in Lagos, for failing to provide monitoring devices, close circuit television, CCTV, and other instruments of restraint at the Kuje Prison, Abuja, which was attacked by insurgents in July, […]