May 01
Namibia: Walvis Bay to Probe Redforce Over Debt Collection Contract
Namibian
Walvis Bay municipality lawyer Richard Metcalfe has issued a statement saying the municipality will investigate how RedForce Debt Management got a debt collection contract with the… Read more »
Uganda: Tondeka Metro At Risk of Losing City Bus Service
Independent (Kampala)
Tondeka Metro, which has operated the City Square-Ntinda bus circuit for three years, faces the loss of its business due to a dispute with Nairobi-based fleet financier RentCo… Read more »
Africa: Ambassador Bankole Adeoye Speaks At 3rd Specialized Training of AU Election Observers [document]
African Union
Your Excellency Nasser Bourita, Minister of Foreign Affairs, African cooperation, and Moroccan expatriates, Read more »
Ethiopia: Cetu Sends Greetings for Labor Day
Ethiopian Herald
Promises to ensure professional security, benefits Read more »
Ethiopia: Ati Debuting, Expanding Digital Agricultural Initiatives
Ethiopian Herald
ADDIS ABABA- Expanding multiple digital initiatives including e-voucher is a means to transform the agricultural sector, Agricultural Transformation Institute (ATI) announced. Read more »
Ethiopia: Catholic Church Pledges Support to Clean Ethiopia Movement
Ethiopian Herald
- Actively partakes in dev't activities Read more »
Ethiopia: Everyone's Effort Count in Making National Dialogue a Success
Ethiopian Herald
Today, May 1st, the global community is marking the International Workers' Day, also known as May Day, under the theme: "Ensuring safety and health at work in a changing climate." Read more »
Nigeria: ICPC Tracks N219.84bn in Mdas, Constituency Projects
Vanguard
The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission, ICPC, has tracked N219.84 billion to contractors and ministries, departments and agencies, MDAs, of the… Read more »
Nigeria: Ex-Naval Officer Kicks Against Sale of Lekki Green Areas
Vanguard
A retired Naval Officer, Rear Admiral Ibukunle Olaiya, has kicked against the sale of Green Areas, near Block 113, Lekki Phase 1, by officials of the Lagos State Government,… Read more »
Nigeria: Edo Guber - Omobayo, Ogie Root for Continuity
Vanguard
·Why Edo must sustain good governance --Ogie Read more »
Nigeria: Northern Governors Talk Tough On Kidnapping, Out-of-School Children
Vanguard
Kaduna--Northern Governors yesterday in Kaduna rallied against increasing kidnapping, out-of-school children, insecurity and other problems militating against the progress of the… Read more »
Nigeria: The Pauperisation of Spirit and Demise of the Left in Africa
Vanguard
"Great talents appear everywhere, whenever the social conditions favourable for their development exist" - Georgi Plekhanov(On the Role of the Individual in History) Read more »
Nigeria: FG Pledges Support for NHRC Offices' Expansion
Vanguard
The Federal Government has reiterated its commitment to support the National Human Rights Commission, NHRC, to establish offices nationwide to strengthen its independence in… Read more »
Nigeria: Akpata's Visit Controversy - Uniben Suspends Sug
Vanguard
·LP vows to resist attempts to frustrate Akpata's campaign·Says it's humbled by massive supportBy John Alechenu & Ozioruva Aliu Read more »
Nigeria: University Age Controversy
Vanguard
Minister of Education, Mamman Tahir, while monitoring the recent Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, UTME, in Abuja, announced that 18 years would henceforth be the minimum… Read more »
Nigeria: Yahaya Bello's Advance Fee Payment
Vanguard
There is a shorthand expression to name or describe a fraudulent deal in Nigeria and it's simply to call it 419. Read more »
Nigeria: Pregnant Woman, Children, Others Sustain Burns in Lagos Gas Explosion
Vanguard
A gas explosion, yesterday, rocked the densely populated Alayabiagba community in Ajegunle area of Lagos, leaving nine people injured, including a pregnant woman and children. Read more »
Nigeria: Nigeria's Vat Collection, Lowest in Africa -Speaker Abbas
Vanguard
Speaker of the House of Representatives, Abbas Tajudeen, has decried that Nigeria's efficiency in collecting Value Added Tax, VAT, was the lowest among its African peers,… Read more »
Nigeria: MTN Posts N575bn Pre-Tax Loss in Q1, Blames Inflation, Naira Devaluation
Vanguard
MTN Nigeria Plc has reported a pre-tax loss of N575.69 billion in its operations for the first quarter of 2024, citing inflation and naira devaluation for the development. Read more »
Nigeria: State Policing and the Way Forward
Vanguard
The theory of the natural law states that human being possesses an intrinsic sense of right and wrong that governs reasoning and behaviour. The concepts of natural law are ancient,… Read more »
Nigeria: S-East Governors' Forum Is Not Functioning - Residents of the Region
Vanguard
·The governors have divided interests, so it is difficult to work together -- Prof. Igwe Read more »
Nigeria: Man Kills 2-Year-Old Boy, Harvests His Internal Organs in C'river
Vanguard
A man, who operates a laundry shop at Ikang, Bakassi Local Government Area of Cross River State, has allegedly killed a two-year-old boy left in his care by his mother and… Read more »
Nigeria: EFCC, Yahaya Bello and a Complicit Media
Vanguard
There were stories last week how the spin doctors of Yahaya Bello allegedly moved tons of cash around some media houses to influence good conscience. The substantive story of high… Read more »
Nigeria: May Day - FG Approves Pay Rise for Workers As Labour Leaders Lament Hardship
Vanguard
The Federal Government yesterday approved an increase of between 25% and 35% in salary for civil servants on the remaining six Consolidated Salary Structures. Read more »
Nigeria: Oshiomhole On Workers' Day [analysis]
This Day
First, kudos to the Kukah Centre for organising recently a forum on the topical question of national integration. The success of the effort is a measure of the increasing relevance… Read more »