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Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Nigeria’s Former Finance Minister in Spotlight for Missing Funds

Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Nigeria’s Former Finance Minister in Spotlight for Missing Funds

The Federal High Court sitting in Lagos has ordered the former Minister of Finance, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, and the federal government to provide information on the spending of the alleged ‘missing N30 trillion’, representing the accruable income to the federal government during the last four years of the administration of former President, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan. […]

South Africa Ex President Thabo Mbeki Hails Zimbabwean Farmers in South Africa

South Africa Ex President Thabo Mbeki Hails Zimbabwean Farmers in South Africa

Former South African President Cde Thabo Mbeki has hailed Zimbabweans for taking the land issue seriously and making it part of their national consciousness. His remarks came in the wake of media reports recently that a group of five Zimbabwean professionals based in South Africa had seized an opportunity to till a piece of land […]

UN and African Union Welcome Partial Re-Run of Elections in Comoros

UN and African Union Welcome Partial Re-Run of Elections in Comoros

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and the African Union Commission today welcomed the peaceful conduct of the partial re-run for the elections of President of Comoros and Governor of Anjouan. In a joint statement issued by Mr. Ban’s spokesperson in New York, the UN chief and the Chairperson of the African Union Commission, Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, […]

African Governments Urged to Open Up Borders to Spur Creativity and Development

African Governments Urged to Open Up Borders to Spur Creativity and Development

African governments must open up their borders to Africans if the continent is to realise its full potential, delegates attending the ongoing World Economic Forum on Africa, in Kigali, heard yesterday. The call came from top economists and entrepreneurs who discussed the ‘Africa Rising’ narrative on Day I of the three-day gathering. They said African […]

Drama Trails Scrapping of First Lady Titles, Offices in States

Drama Trails Scrapping of First Lady Titles, Offices in States

The president, governors, senators, House of Reps and State House of Reps members all took their oaths of office in the past two weeks. These elected political officers have wives who will, in most instances, be given special recognition. But the battle, for wives of governors with more than one wife for a title and […]

Bid To Dismiss Madagascar President Rejected

Bid To Dismiss Madagascar President Rejected

Madagascar’s constitutional court has thrown out parliament’s bid to dismiss President Hery Rajaonarimampianina. The court said impeachment proceedings launched last month had “no legal foundation” and that the president had not violated the constitution. The opposition, which controls parliament, rejected the ruling. Mr Rajaonarimampianina has been in office for 16 months and it was hoped […]

Gambian President Tells Gay Men I will slit your throat and no white man can do anything about it

Ironically, the personal threat made against his gay countrymen in a public speech was supposed to be about “fostering a healthy atmosphere” for Gambia’s youth. “If you do it [in the Gambia] I will slit your throat — if you are a man and want to marry another man in this country and we catch […]

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