Africa

By Fortune Abang Abuja, July 31, 2021 The Igbo community in the Diaspora, Ghana Chapter, has promised to work with Nigeria’s new High Commissioner, Retired Vice-Adm. Ibok- Ete Ekwe Ibas, to boost Nigeria’s  growth. Chief Chukwudi Ihenetu, the Eze Nd’Igbo of Ghana, said in a statement issued in Abuja on …

 The recent conviction of the former South African President Jacob Zuma by a South African court was indeed a clear demonstration of South Africa’s strong institutions based on the principle of the rule of law and the doctrine of the separation of powers as enshrined in the country’s constitution. It …

  Some youths in Ibadan, Oyo State capital on Wednesday protesting the arrest of Chief Sunday Adeyemo, popularly known as Sunday Igboho. By David Adeoye Ibadan, July 21, 2021 Some aggrieved youths and people sympathetic to the plight of Chief Sunday Adeyemo, popularly known as Sunday Igboho, on Wednesday staged …

The Lead agitator for the actualization of ‘Yoruba Nation’, Sunday Adeyemo, popularly known as Sunday Igboho and his wife, Ropo, would have successfully fled to Germany, on Monday. But the swift intervention of Lt. Gen. Tukur Yusuf Buratai (rtd.), aborted the ‘discreet journey’ of the Yoruba nation campaigner, in the …

•Detained Yoruba nation activist, Sunday Adeyemo a.k.a Sunday Igboho  By YEJIDE GBENGA-OGUNDARE Following the arrest of Chief Sunday Adeyemo (a.k.a Sunday Igboho) on Monday, his legal representative, Chief Yomi Alliyu (SAN), has alleged that his client is facing inhumane treatment as well as harrowing torture and pains in police custody …

There are strong indications that embattled Yoruba Nation agitator, Chief Sunday Adeyemo, alias Sunday Igboho, may still be in detention in Benin Republic, contrary to reports that he has been released and on his way to Germany to continue with the agitation for a sovereign Yoruba nation. Reports quoting a …

“Just over one percent of the African population has been fully vaccinated and around 2.5 percent have received at least the first dose of the Covid-19 vaccination as at June 2021.”  This sad report was announced recently by Africa’s apex health agency, the Center for Disease Control(CDC) at a forum. …

  Besides its promise of revitalising the travel and tourism industry in Nigeria and, eventually, other parts of Africa, AURA By Transcorp Hotels, the new digital hospitality platform of Transcorp Hotels Plc, is also set to grow a new generation of entrepreneurs. The new platform was recently launched by Vice …

Members of the Nigerian American Public Affairs Committee USA (NAPAC USA), led by its President, Dr. Nelson Aluya, paid a courtesy call on the Consul General of Nigeria in New York, Ambassador Peter Lot Egopija at the Nigerian Consulate, New York recently. The NAPAC team led a delegation of top officials …

By Patience Omoha Abuja, July 14, 2021 A group of African Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) on Wednesday called on the international community to treat climate change as an emergency in the same way as COVID-19 pandemic. Dr Mithika Mwenda, Executive Director, the Pan-African Climate Justice Alliance (PACJA), stated this during …

By Cecilia Ologunagba New York, July 13, 2021 Ms Amina Mohammed, UN Deputy Secretary-General and Chair of the UN Sustainable Development Group, has called on African leaders to commit to achieving  zero hunger on the continent The UN correspondent of the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) quoted Mohammed as making …

President Muhammadu Buhari Tuesday in Abuja pledged that Nigeria will continue to support the African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM) process because of its benefits to good governance and democracy. The President gave the assurance at the launch of Nigeria Second Review Country Self-Assessment Report and Flag–off of the Validation of …

Cape Town, July 12, 2021 The South African government said on Monday it was deploying soldiers in two provinces immediately as violent protests continued in response to the jailing of the former president. The government had also established a political crisis team to bring the unrest under control. The military …

By Fortune Abang  Abuja, July 11, 2021 The Nigerian Citizens Association in South Africa (NICASA) has urged compatriots living in that country to take precautions while doing business in troubled areas, to avoid destruction of their goods and property. The President-General of NICASA, Mr Benjamin Okoli, gave the advice in an …

The Committee to Protect Journalists yesterday joined the Southern African Human Rights Defenders Network, Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights, and Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights groups in an open letter to six special rapporteurs at the UN and African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights, expressing concern about the targeting of journalists …

Lusaka, Zambia, July 8, 2021 Eswatini authorities must conduct a swift and thorough investigation into the recent arrests and abuse in custody of journalists Magnificent Mndebele and Cebelihle Mbuyisa, and hold those responsible to account, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today. At about 9 a.m. on July 4, soldiers on …

  Nkandla (S/Africa), July 8, 2021 South African former President Jacob Zuma turned himself in to the Police on Wednesday to begin 15 months in jail for contempt of court. This is the culmination of a long legal drama seen as a test of the post-apartheid state’s ability to enforce …

By Folasade Akpan Abuja, July 5, 2021 Former President Olusegun Obasanjo says that the second Intra-African Trade Fair (IATF2021) has been rescheduled to take place in Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa from Nov. 15 to Nov. 21. He said this in a statement issued on Monday by African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank). Obasanjo, who …

Borno State Governor, Professor Babagana Umara Zulum is in Niger Republic on the invitation of President Bazoum Muhammadu. President Bazoum on Thursday, hosted Zulum alongside Governor of Diffa region, Isa Lameen, Senator Abubakar Kyari and Speaker of Borno State House of Assembly, Abdulkarim Lawan to a closed door meeting in …

Accra, June 28, 2021 Ghana  has started its first fully digital national Housing and Population Census (PHC) on Monday in a bid to capture the exact number of population for better national development. Ghana’s last census was done in 2010, which put the number of the population at 24.6 million. …

Johannesburg, June 29, 2021 South Africa’s constitutional court on Tuesday, sentenced former president Jacob Zuma, to 15 months imprisonment for contempt of court after he failed to appear at a corruption inquiry earlier this year. Zuma failed to appear at the inquiry led by Deputy Chief Justice Raymond Zondo in …

By Itohan Abara-Laserian Lagos, June 27, 2021 The Group Managing Director/CEO of Access Bank Plc, Mr Herbert Wigwe, has been named as the African Banker of the Year for the second consecutive year. Wigwe disclosed this in a statement made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday …

By Aisha Cole Lagos, June 25, 2021 Mrs Chiazor Anishere (SAN), President, Women in Shipping Africa (WIMAFRICA), has called for more recognition of the significant role seafarers play in the maritime industry. Speaking during zoom discussion in commemoration of the 2021 Seafarers Day, Anishere said that seafarers were at the …

… Pledges Expansion in Investment President/Chief Executive of Dangote Industries Limited, Aliko Dangote has received the highest civilian honour in Cameroon – the Commander of the National Order of Valour – from the President of the Republic, Paul Biya. According to President Paul Biya, the landmark honour was conferred on …

William Attah, Gombe Governments across the country have been tasked to change tactics in securing school children who have become high targets by armed bandits and kidnappers. Dr. Umar Adamu, a lecturer with the Gombe State University, who decried the consistency of the attacks without any solution in sight said …