The American Business Council, ABC, has elected Dipo Faulkner as the President of the country’s American Business Council, ABC, and Chairman of the Board of Directors for the Council. The appointment of Faulkner, who is the General Manager of IBM West Africa, takes effect from 1st of August, 2019. ABC is the voice of the […]
Mt Kenya University says it is considering setting up e-campuses in Angola, to tap into growing government-to-government links between Nairobi and Luanda. At the Kenya-Angola Trade and Investment Conference 2019 last week, Dr Vincent Gaitho, the Vice-Chairman of MKU said the institution wants to ride on recent bilateral policies that have started to open up […]
Ivorian DJ and Musician, DJ Arafat has passed on according to BBC Afrique. He was a highly celebrated and accomplished Coupe Decale Artist. He won the Best Francophone Award at the 2015 MAMAs, and was nominated for Best African Act at the 2015. Popular Ivorian musician, Houon Ange Didier knows artistically as DJ Arafat passed […]
After a tussle that threatened to interfere with livelihoods of both male and female cricketers in Zimbabwe, the SRC headed the ICC’s call and reinstated the Zimbabwe Cricket Board. The Board had been dismissed by the SRC in June and a new board had been instated in its place. The ICC in return suspended ZC […]
Zimbabwe’s World Food Programme Director, Eddie Rowe, told CNN this past week that Zimbabwe is facing the most serious food shortage ever. Said Rowe, “The food security situation in the country has been compounded by the economic situation. This year we have more hungry Zimbabweans than ever before” According to the July 2019 Zimbabwe Vulnerability […]
Governor Bala Mohammed of Bauchi State on Sunday alleged that some “disgruntled elements” in the State were bent on disturbing the peaceful atmosphere in the area. Raising the alarm in his Sallah message to the people, the governor lamented that the enviable reputation of Bauchi as being the most peaceful state in the North-East, was […]
Deputy Minister of Agriculture, Kennedy Osei Nyarko is already writing off John Dramani Mahama and the opposition National Democratic Congress in the 2020 polls threatening to resign from politics if the party is able to garner 48% of the total votes. The Minister who is also the Member of Parliament (MP) for Akim Swedru Constituency […]
The President of Guinea, Prof. Alpha Conde was on Saturday received by President Muhammadu Buhari and members of Daura community in Katsina State. Conde was in Daura for the Eid-el-Kabir celebrations. The visiting President will attend the Eid prayers with President Buhari on Sunday and be treated to the traditional Durbar display at the palace […]
The World Health Organisation has vaccinated over 1,300 people who potentially came into contact with the Ebola virus in the Congolese city of Goma, it said on Sunday, helping contain what many feared would be a rapid spread in an urban centre. A year-long Ebola outbreak in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo has killed at […]
Visiting Guinean President Alpha Conde on Sunday donated two cows to Corps members serving in Daura, Katsina state, President Buhari’s hometown. Conde, a guest of Buhari and the Daura Emirates was complementing the gesture of the Nigerian leader to the Corps members. Buhari, in what has become a yearly ritual also donated two cows and […]
Dr. Yakubu Nura, a lecturer at the University of Maiduguri, Borno State, has won the World Physics Competition by defeating about 5720 contenders from 97 countries. World Championship-2019 in Physics (Einstein’s planetary equation) acknowledged the outstanding international contributions and selected him “based on international meritorious competition”. Dr. Nura’s research article was announced winner among 5721 […]
In Benin Republic and Togo, voodoo is a serious religion with thousands of devotees, any wonder why the voodoo festival in these countries is most vibrant and colourful. It features voodoo dolls and devotees in animal skins chanting and dancing to drumbeats, as well as horse racing on the beach, and loads of food and […]
Tastic Rice and David Tlale earlier this week, hosted an exclusive lunch at Le Chatelat in Sandhurst, in celebration of the historic movement that crowned the 9th of August Women’s Day. With a theme inspired by the heritage both brands hold in South Africa, Tastic Rice and David Tlale invited phenomenal women from all walks […]
Charismatic Ghanaian actor turned politician, John Dumelo says it would be “unfair” for him to bow out of the movie industry if he enters Parliament. The political aspirant who is eyeing the National Democratic Congress seat for the Ayawaso West Wuogon constituency held that it was acting that made him who he is today. In […]
President Uhuru Kenyatta has urged the Caribbean community to support Kenya’s bid for the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) non-permanent seat for the period 2021 to 2022. The President made the appeal as he pitched for closer cooperation among African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) countries to spur development and economic growth. “Kenya’s candidature is informed […]
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo Friday said the relations between Ghana and Angola was now on “a new level.” This follows bilateral discussions the President held with his Angolan Counterpart, João Manuel Gonçalves Lourenço at the Presidential Palace in Luanda, on the Second day of his two-day historic state visit to that country. Addressing a […]
At least 60 people have been killed and 70 injured in a fuel tanker explosion in Tanzania, police say. Pictures posted online show flaming wreckage scattered over a wide area and charred bodies lying on the ground. Police said people were trying to recover fuel from the vehicle, which had overturned on a major road […]
With the air distance between the two countries just 979 miles, Rwanda has spoken its readiness to check the outbreak of Ebola in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Ms Sarah Audu, Head of Communication at the Rwandan High Commission in Nigeria, made this known in a statement in Abuja on Saturday. Audu said that […]
57 people have died and 65 others injured after a fuel tanker exploded in Tanzania on Saturday. Many of the victims were siphoning petrol from the vehicle, which had crashed, state broadcaster TBC Taifa said. The explosion occurred around 200 km (120 miles) west of the capital Dar es Salaam. “We have been saddened by […]
The former President of Zimbabwe, Robert Gabriel Mugabe, has reportedly told his family members that he does not want to be buried at the Heroes Acre shrine in Warren Hills. Zimbabwe independent reports that Mugabe does not want his funeral to be presided over by President Emmerson Mnangagwa who took power from him in 2017 […]