April 23
Uganda: How MDAs Have Performed Over Past Five Year
Nile Post
In a momentous development today, the Equal Opportunities Commission (EOC) has disclosed its findings on the compliance of Budget Estimates and Ministerial Policy Statements with… Read more »
Nigeria: Edo Guber - Campaigns Kick Off Wednesday
Leadership
Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), has announced the publication of the final list of candidates for the September 21 Edo State governorship election. Read more »
Nigeria: Kwara Governor, Speaker Greet Emir of Ilorin At 84
Leadership
Kwara State governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazq has rejoiced with the Emir of Ilorin and chairman of the state Council of Chiefs, Alhaji Ibrahim Sulu-Gambari on his 84th birthday. Read more »
Nigeria: When Nigeria's Governors Act Like Messiahs? [opinion]
Daily Trust
It is very unfortunate that today Nigeria's governors are competing with each other for embellishing their cities with construction of multi-billion flyover bridges that are said… Read more »
Nigeria: Ondo Gov'ship - 3 Aspirants File Appeals Against Aiyedatiwa As APC Candidate
Daily Trust
Three aspirants in the Saturday primary election of the All Progressives Congress (APC) for the Ondo State governorship election have filed petitions against the conduct of the… Read more »
Nigeria: Court Vacates Order Affirming Ganduje's Suspension
Daily Trust
The Kano State High Court, which initially granted an ex-parte order affirming the suspension of the national chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Abdullahi Umar… Read more »
Nigeria: Ondo - APC Receives 3 Petitions Over Party Primary
Leadership
Three aspirants have petitioned the Appeal Committee of the All Progressives Congress (APC) set up by the national leadership of the party for the governorship primary in Ondo… Read more »
Nigeria: Coastal Super Highway Project Not a Priority Now - Obi
Leadership
Presidential standard bearer of the Labour Party (LP) in the 2023 election, Mr Peter Obi, has taken a dig at the Lagos-Calabar Coastal Road project of the federal government. Read more »
Liberia: Family Battle for Grand Gedeh Representative Seat
New Dawn
The death of Grand Gedeh County Electoral District #1 Representative-elect E. Madison Gwion has necessitated the district by-election due today, 23 April 2024. Read more »
April 22
Nigeria: Govt Announces 18 Years As Minimum Age for Tertiary Education
Premium Times
"The minimum age of entry into the university is 18, but we have seen students who are 15, 16 years going in for the entrance examination." Read more »
Senegal: Will Senegal's New President Shake Up External Relations? [analysis]
ISS
Despite pre-election rhetoric, long-standing principles and regional realities will likely guide international relations. Read more »
Zimbabwe: Zimbabwe Is Now a Family State - Says Chamisa Taking Aim At Mnangagwa 'Dynasty'
New Zimbabwe
Opposition leader Nelson Chamisa says the political arena under President Emmerson Mnangagwa's rule has worsened and slipped the country into a one-party dictatorship. Read more »
Rwanda: At Belgian Trial, Two Former Interahamwe Leaders Dodge Testifying
JusticeInfo.net
Dieudonné Niyitegeka and Eugène Mbarushimana are the only two surviving former members of the National Committee of the Interahamwe, the militia that spearheaded the… Read more »
Nigeria: In Final Report, Commonwealth Identifies Factors That Undermined Nigeria's 2023 Elections
Premium Times
The Commonwealth observers said institutional and legal reform is necessary if Nigeria is to make lasting progress on issues such as campaign finance, electoral offences and… Read more »
Mauritius: Mauritius Honours Its New Centenarian, Mrs Mélin
Government of Mauritius
Mrs Marie Suzanne Mélin, born on 18 April 1924, celebrated her 100th birthday, on Saturday 20 April 2024, at L'Hotel de ville de Curepipe. Read more »
Nigeria: Yoruba Nation - Akintoye, Igboho Write Tinubu, Seek Exit From Nigeria
Premium Times
"Most of us, Yoruba, have no confidence in the 'restructuring' that some of our most respected Yoruba leaders, such as our fathers in our highly exalted Afenifere, are advocating,"… Read more »
Cameroon: Cameroonian Civil Society Groups, Opposition Launch Mass Voter Registration Campaign
VOA
Cameroon's opposition and civil society have launched a mass campaign to combat voter apathy. The goal is to encourage disgruntled youths to register to vote before the August… Read more »
Liberia: Petition Awaits GOL for MOE Budget Increment
Liberian Observer
Educational Stakeholders in Bong County say plans are underway to petition the government of President Joseph N. Boakai and Jeremiah Kung through the Bong County Legislative Caucus… Read more »
Liberia: Legal Disputes At Lta Disrupting Telecommunications Sector Operations
FrontPageAfrica
FrontPage Africa has learned that ongoing political and legal disputes between the executive branch and the Liberia Telecommunications Authority (LTA) are causing disruptions in… Read more »
Nigeria: Court Stops Kano Govt From Charging Litigants Exorbitant Filing Fees - Official
Premium Times
Plaintiff says the judgement will improve access to justice for low-income litigants across the state. Read more »
Uganda: Traders Call Off Strike, for Now, After Government Agrees to Additional Demands
Independent (Kampala)
Thousands of traders, who had shut their shops in Kampala and other towns, called off their strike on April 20, claiming a tentative victory following a meeting with President… Read more »
Nigeria: Yoruba Nation Agitators and the Need to Curb Secessionist Tendencies
Premium Times
With the Ibadan security breach, the police and other units of the intelligence community have once more been exposed for their gross incompetence. Read more »
Nigeria: Aiyedatiwa Declared Winner of Ondo APC Primary
Vanguard
Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa of Ondo State has secured the nomination of the All Progressives Congress (APC) for the forthcoming November 16 governorship election, following his… Read more »
Nigeria: Tinubunomics - The Rich Getting Richer, the Poor Getting Slaughtered [column]
Vanguard
"Yes, we will do anything for the poor man; anything but get off his back." -- Leo Tolstoy, 1828-1910. Read more »
Nigeria: Why Wike Was Allowed Into National Caucus Meeting - Senate Minority Leader
Vanguard
·Says Damagum's survival not defeat for Atiku or victory for Wike, but in interest of PDP Read more »