Central Bank Kicks Off Buhari's 100 Million Jobs Project
Leadership
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) yesterday announced policies and programmes to create 10 million jobs in the next five years. The initiative falls within President Muhammadu… Read more »
BET Awards - Burna Boy's Mother Shines With Moving Acceptance Speech
Vanguard
Abuja - Burna Boy's mother, Bose Ogulu got a rapturous response following an epic acceptance speech at the BET Awards on Monday. Read more »
Burna Boy Reacts to Mother's Iconic Speech At the 2019 BET Awards
Guardian
If there is one thing we are certain of about Burna Boy's mother, it is that she is a firm believer in Africa and her son's music. It is also clear that the woman who some argue… Read more »
Zifa Officials Face Arrest Upon Return From Egypt
263Chat
Outspoken Norton Member of Parliament, Temba Mliswa has threatened to effect citizen arrest on Zimbabwe Football Association (ZIFA) officials who travelled to Egypt for the Africa… Read more »
Pharmaceuticals and Industrial Chemicals Found in Fish Caught Off Cape Town's Coast
GroundUp
The ocean around Cape Town is so polluted that pharmaceutical and industrial chemical compounds are accumulating in the flesh of fish caught off the coast. Read more »
Buhari Replaces Kachikwu On NNPC Governing Board
Vanguard
The Federal Government, Tuesday, appointed a former Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, Dr. Thomas John, as Acting Alternate Chairman of… Read more »
Video Shows Separatists Torturing Man [press release]
HRW
A video viewed by Human Rights Watch shows armed separatists torturing a man in an abandoned school in the North-West region of Cameroon in mid-May, 2019. Read more »
We Have Not Banned the Possession of the U.S. Dollar - Mnangagwa
263Chat
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has reiterated that his government has only banned transactions in foreign currencies but possession of the multi-currencies is still legal. Read more »
Nigeria Is Worst in Africa for Open Defecation - Report
Premium Times
A global survey has identified Nigeria as the second in the world among countries where open defecation is prevalent. Read more »
Soyinka - 'University of Mannittawiw' Doesn't Exist, Twitter Users Reply @tosinodunfa
Vanguard
The recent plane seat saga involving Nobel Laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka and a young Nigerian has refused to go stale as Twitter users have refuted the claim of the existence of… Read more »
EU Human Rights Report is 'Ridiculous', 'Rubbish' - Kagame
allAfrica
Rwandan President Paul Kagame has described criticism of his country's human rights record as "rubbish" and "ridiculous" in an interview with France24's Catherine Nicholson on the… Read more »
Nigerian Banks to Be Recapitalised - Central Bank
Premium Times
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Governor, Godwin Emefiele, has pledged to reposition Nigerian banks through recapitalisation during his second term. Read more »
Congratulate Us for Adopting the Zimbabwean Dollar - Mnangagwa
263Chat
President Emmerson Mnangagwa Tuesday morning said his government deserves credit for bringing back the Zimbabwean Dollar while banning the use of the multi-currency system Read more »
Tanzania Targets Zimbabwe, Malawi, Zambia and DRC Markets With Dry Port At Mbeya
Citizen
The Tanzania government, through the Tanzania Ports Authority (TPA), will build a dry port at Inyala in Mbeya, targeting traders in Zimbabwe, Malawi, Zambia and the Democratic… Read more »
100 Babies Dead - NGO Wants U.S. Missionary Prosecuted in Virginia
allAfrica
Missionary Renee Bach, who runs a local non-governmental organisation called Serving His Children in eastern Uganda, is being accused of representing herself as a doctor, and… Read more »
