Popular Nollywood actress, Kate Henshaw has taken to her social space to blast mothers who bleached the skin of their kids, claiming they don’t have a right to change the skin of their kids. The movie veteran who doubles as a social activist for women and kids, slammed any beauty therapist who uses skin washing […]
In spite of the clean bill of prosperity in the economy, Nigeria is seeking the approval of the National Assembly to obtain external loan of $29.96 billion for the implementation of 39 key infrastructure embarked upon from 2016 to 2018.President Muhammadu Buhari, who had reported that economy was gathering momentum, addressed the loan request letters […]
The 2019 Conference on Land Policy in Africa ended in Abidjan over the weekend with academic institutions pledging to work with traditional leaders to initiate solutions to land governance challenges on the continent in an effort to root out corruption from the land sector.ECA in a statement on Saturday said stakeholders attending the five-day conference […]
The Netherlands will offer over 11.6 million euros (12.7million U.S. dollars) in grants to Rwanda in the next fiscal year to build four ports on Lake Kivu (West) as a move intended to develop trade, maritime transport and tourism around the lake, an official source revealed Saturday in Kigali.This grant represent 40 percent of the […]
Incumbent Namibian President, Hage Geingob, was re-elected with 56.3% of the votes cast, a very sharp drop from the 86% he received five years ago. The leader of the South West African People’s Organisation (SWAPO), which has been in power since Namibia’s independence in 1990, was well ahead of Panduleni Itula, SWAPO’s dissident candidate, who […]
Today December 1 is the World AIDS Day. The day has been marked yearly since 1988 by the World Health Organization (WHO) as an international day to raise awareness on HIV/AIDS. This year’s theme “Communities make the difference,” highlights the role of communities in preventing, treating and supporting people living with HIV/AIDS. The organisation behind […]
England international James Maddison has revealed why Super Eagles star Wilfred Ndidi the best midfielder in the Premier League who has just been underrated. The 22-year-old has been a consistent performer for the Leicester City since his arrival at the King Power Stadium from Genk in 2017 as the Nigerian is currently ranked as the […]
Namibia’s president Hage Geingob on Friday looked set to secure a second term with partial results from this week’s general election showing him leading with 56% of the vote. The southwestern African country held its sixth presidential and parliamentary elections on Wednesday amid economic woes and growing frustration against the regime. Geingob’s South West Africa […]
Sudan’s National Congress Party (NCP) on Friday condemned the government’s decision to dissolve it, and confiscate its assets, insisting that its ‘ideas will prevail’. The NCP which is ousted president Omar al-Bashir’s party accused the new “illegal government” of trying to confiscate its properties to help tackle Sudan’s economic crisis. “To rely on the assets […]
Two big travel insurance companies in South Africa have stopped covering tickets issued by South African Airways, as doubts grow over the survival of the airline. While the move is unlikely to push SAA into liquidation by itself, it will hurt ticket sales and exacerbate a cash crunch that left the airline unable to pay […]
Zimbabwe state doctors who were fired for going on strike have rejected a government offer to return to work, their union said on Friday. The doctors went on strike on September 3 to protest against poor wages, in some cases less than US$100 a month. President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s government, which responded to the job boycott […]
Sudan Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdock has been elected chairperson of the regional political bloc, the Intergovernmental Authority on Development, IGAD. IGAD Heads of State and government representatives met for the 13th Ordinary Summit in the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa where Hamdock was elected leader. He takes over from his Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed who […]
A French court has sentenced 23 Nigerians and one Frenchman, all members of a Lyon-based sex trafficking ring to prison terms of up to seven years for forcing Nigerian women into prostitution. It was the latest case to highlight the growing use of African migrants in the European sex trade. Among those sentenced was Europe’s […]
Shatta Wale has faulted the government’s “Year of Return” initiative. According to the dancehall act, a lot of citizens are clueless about the initiative and he blames the government for not doing enough to educate citizens on the rationale behind the campaign. “We failed to educate the country about this year of return. I don’t […]
Sudan’s transitional government announced on Friday (Nov 29) that it has overturned a moral policing law and moved to dissolve the country’s former ruling party, fulfilling two major demands from the country’s pro-democracy protesters. Rights groups say the Public Order Act targets women and is a holdover from the three-decade rule of toppled president Omar […]
Sudan’s transitional government has abolished a law criminalizing immoral conduct and indecent clothing that rights groups criticize as targeting women and say is a holdover from the three-decade rule of toppled autocrat Omar al-Bashir. Sudan’s sovereign council and cabinet announced early Friday that they would overturn the notorious Public Order Act, and also order the […]
Members of Parliament, MPs, in Lesotho were involved in chaotic exchanges on Thursday arising from the decision of the Speaker to suspend sitting over controversial trade regulations. Reports indicate that opposition MPs were demanding the appearance before the house of Chalane Phoro, Minister for Small Business Development, Conservatives and Marketing. The MPs had expressly demanded […]
A bronze statue that was looted from what is now Nigeria more than a century ago will be returned, Cambridge University in Britain says. The cockerel was taken in 1897 from the Court of Benin and given to the university several years later. The statue was removed from public view in 2016 after students protested, […]
The Eritrean government has levelled destabilization claims against Qatar saying the Gulf nation was through an elaborate scheme using Sudan as its “springboard.” A November 28, 2019 statement from the Eritrean Ministry of Information said the Qatari government was deploying religious, political and guerilla tactics to achieve its aim of destabilizing Eritrea. The current development […]
Three journalists arrested in a café in Cairo have been charged with disseminating false news and joining a banned group. Solafa Magdi, her husband Hossam Al-Sayyad and Mohamed Salah, were friends of the detained activist Israa Abdelfattah , who is currently in pre-trial detention. Co-founder of the 6 April movement, Israa was kidnapped from a […]