The VP of Kenya Has Two Days to Save His Position
Kenya’s Vice President Rigathi Gachagua has two days to convince senators and save his position. The 59-year-old politician, who has called the allegations politically motivated, pleaded not guilty in a senate hearing yesterday, to all allegations including corruption, inciting ethnic divisions and support for historic anti-government protests. Court rulings this week allowed the parliament and […]
Senate Denies DSS Invasion of NASS Over Alleged Impeachment Moves
The Nigeria Senate has debunked rumours of impeachment plot against the President of the Senate by unknown “aggrieved Senators. Reacting to an online publication which claimed that there were underground moves to remove him from office, Senate President, Godswill Akpabio Described such reports as fake and should be totally disregarded. Our correspondent, Raliat Adenekan reports […]
President Tinubu Orders Probe into Jigawa Tanker Explosion
President Bola Tinubu has directed the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Senator George Akume, to lead a Federal Government delegation to Jigawa in response to Tuesday night inferno in Majia town, to assess the situation and visit injured persons in the hospital. The President, who further directed that emergency aid, including medical […]
El Niño Drought Devastates Southern Africa
The United Nations’ food agency says months of drought in southern Africa – triggered by the El Niño weather phenomenon – have had a devastating impact on more than 27 million people and caused the region’s worst hunger crisis. The World Food Program spokesperson, Tomson Phiri, said yesterday that this is the worst food crisis […]
US Gives Israel 30 day Ultimatum to Boost Gaza Aid
The US has written to Israel, giving it 30 days to boost humanitarian aid access in Gaza or risk having some US military assistance cut off. The letter, sent on Sunday, amounts to the strongest known written warning from the US to its ally and comes amid a new Israeli offensive in northern Gaza that […]
World Bank Lowers its Economic Growth Forecast for Sub-Saharan Africa
The World Bank has lowered its economic growth forecast for sub-Saharan Africa this year to 3% from 3.4%, due to the destruction of Sudan’s economy in a civil war. In its latest regional economic outlook report, the bank however said growth is expected to remain comfortably above last year’s 2.4% thanks to higher private consumption […]
Nigeria’s grid collapse is a national shame’ – Peter Obi.
The 2023 Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi, has raised serious concerns regarding the recent collapse of Nigeria’s national power grid, which has once again left large areas of the country in darkness. The grid failure occurred on Monday evening around 6:18 PM, leading to a significant drop in power generation from 3.87 gigawatts at […]
PHOTOS: ‘No room for excuses,’ says Libya as their players train to face Nigeria.
The Libyan Football Federation (LFF) has stated that it will not tolerate any excuses from the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) to boycott the second leg of the Group D 2025 African Cup of Nations (AFCON) qualifier against the Super Eagles. The LFF made this known through a post on its X handle on Tuesday, following […]
Yoruba Nation: UK Did Not Support Sunday Igboho’s Petition – FG
The Federal Government has clarified that the petition submitted by Yoruba nation agitator Mr. Sunday Adeyemo, also known as “Sunday Igboho,” to the United Kingdom was not endorsed by the UK government. In a statement issued in Abuja on Tuesday, the spokesperson for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Eche Abu-Obe, described media reports surrounding […]
BREAKING: Nigeria’s Inflation Rises to 32.70% in September, Food Prices Surge
Nigeria’s headline inflation rate rose to 32.70% in September 2024, following two consecutive months of decline in July and August, according to the latest Consumer Price Index report from the National Bureau of Statistics. This marks a 0.55% increase from August’s figure of 32.15%, signaling persistent price pressures across the country. Year-on-year, inflation surged by […]
