June 06
Nigeria: Gender-Based Violence Hindering Economy Autonomy, Says Foundation
This Day
The Dave Enechukwu Foundation (DEF) has said that Gender-based Violence (GBV), especially against women, is one of the factors hindering economy autonomy. Read more »
Nigeria: Militants Raid Niger Riverine Communities
Premium Times
At least, seven persons have been killed and an unspecified number kidnapped, according to a youth leader from the community, Yusuf Dangana. Read more »
Nigeria: Scorecard - Knocks for Tinubu As Power Supply Across Nigeria Remains Unstable
Premium Times
"There is evidently no improvement in the availability, reliability and affordability of electricity in Nigeria today. Instead, we have less available." Read more »
Nigeria: Obidient Movement Not Domiciled in Any Political Party - Peter Obi
Premium Times
"It is not domiciled within any particular party or headquartered in any particular part of the country, its membership spans across Africa and the globe, comprising individuals… Read more »
Nigeria: Nigeria's Power Struggles - How Renewable Energy Can Light the Way Forward
Premium Times
Frequent blackouts disrupt daily life and hinder economic development. This situation has been exacerbated by the recent government decision to raise electricity tariffs. Read more »
Nigeria: Court Fixes Date for Ruling On Kano Emirate Crisis
Premium Times
A title holder in Kano emirate, Aminu Dan'agundi, filed the suit to challenge the government's decision. Read more »
Nigeria: 16 Years After, Nigerian Govt Names Another Major Road After Wole Soyinka
Premium Times
In October 2008, the then Minister of FCT, Aliyu Modibbo, renamed a major street in Gwarimpa Estate after Mr Soyinka. Read more »
Nigeria: NDLEA Arrests Drug Traffickers Disguised As Pilgrims
Premium Times
The suspects were caught when the agency's operatives raided their hotel rooms in Lagos, recovering 200 pellets of cocaine weighing 2.2 kilograms. Read more »
Nigeria: EFCC Arraigns TStv MD, Executive Director for Money Laundering, Fraud
Premium Times
The TStv boss was also accused of duping a former minister. Read more »
Nigeria: Senate Urges Tinubu to Review Security Strategies in North-West
Premium Times
The Senate noted that banditry attacks have led to loss of lives, kidnapping, displacement of communities and disruption of economic activities in the North-west region. Read more »
Nigeria: ICPC Arraigns Official for Rural Electrification Agency Fraud, As Court Orders Arrest of Others
Premium Times
At least five officials of the Rural Electrification Agency have been charged separately by the ICPC for various amounts of funds, amounting to over N1.2 billion, they allegedly… Read more »
Nigeria: Atiku, Ribadu Benefited From Tinubu's Goodwill During Persecution - Shettima
Premium Times
The road to the Tinubu presidency did not happen by chance. He has shown a profound commitment to improving the quality of governance over time. Read more »
Nigeria: Reps Approve FCT 2024 Supplementary Budget of N98.5 Billion
Premium Times
The N98.5 billion is in addition to the N1.2 trillion budget passed in March by the National Assembly. Read more »
Nigeria: Gender-Based Violence Movie 'Deafening Silence' Premieres in Lagos
Premium Times
"If every family watches the movie and discusses the role of women in society and the unacceptability of violence, we are making a huge difference." Read more »
Nigeria: Senate Urges Govt to Deploy Security Agencies in Mining Communities
Premium Times
Over 30 people died while seven others were rescued at a collapsed mining site in Galadima Kogo, in Shiroro Local Government Area of Niger State on Monday. Read more »
Nigeria: Rep Faces Probe Over Solidarity Visit to Fubara
Premium Times
Ikenga Ugochinyere recently led about 50 members of the House of Representatives on a solidarity visit to Governor Siminalayi Fubara. Read more »
South Africa: South Africa Police Briefly Detain Journalist Sandiso Phaliso, Force Him to Delete Crime Scene Photographs
CPJ
South African police arrested freelance journalist Sandiso Phaliso while he was photographing a crime scene in the country's legislative capital of Cape Town on April 25 and held… Read more »
Liberia: Michael Essien Urges Liberians to Rise Against Polio
New Dawn
While on a learning visit here, former Ghanaian soccer star Michael Essien has called on the Government of Liberia and political leaders to join the fight to eradicate polio… Read more »
Africa: AU, ILRI Collaborate to Make Informal Food Markets in Africa Safer
VOA
An estimated 70 percent of Africa's urban households buy food from informal sources, such as street vendors, kiosks, and traditional market sellers, recent studies have found. Read more »
Sudan: Sudan Is Qualified to Be World's Food Basket - Finance Minister
SNA
Minister of Finance and Economic Planning, Dr. Jibril Ibrahim, affirmed that Sudan is fully qualified to be the food basket of Africa, the Middle East, and perhaps the world as… Read more »
Sudan: Sudanese Journalist Makawi Mohamed Ahmed and Brother Killed During RSF Attack
CPJ
The Committee to Protect Journalists is shocked by reports that journalist Makawi Mohamed Ahmed, a reporter at the official state news agency of Sudan (SUNA), and his brother… Read more »
North Africa: North Africa's Indigenous Peoples - the Imazighen
Afropop
The Imazighen, also known as Amazighen, are the indigenous peoples of North Africa. A majority of the world may know them as the "Moors" or "Berber," a term coined by the Romans… Read more »
Sudan: UN Agency Expands Emergency Response to Avert Famine in War-Torn Sudan
UN News
Escalating hunger and violence in Sudan are reaching unprecedented levels as it teeters on the verge of becoming the world's largest hunger crisis and faces increasingly violent… Read more »
Somalia: Somalia Elected to UN Security Council
UN News
The UN General Assembly on Thursday elected Denmark, Greece, Pakistan, Panama and Somalia to serve as non-permanent members on the Security Council for two-year terms beginning on… Read more »
Madagascar: Baobab Trees All Come From Madagascar - New Study Reveals That Their Seeds and Seedlings Floated to Mainland Africa and All the Way to Australia [analysis]
The Conversation Africa
There are eight species of baobab in the world, and they have a surprising distribution. Six are found in Madagascar, an island in the Indian Ocean; one is found on the continent… Read more »