NIGERIA COVID 19: UBA redeems $2.6m donation to Lagos

March 30, 2020 0

Nigeria’s commercial hub of Lagos is at the center of the country’s coronavirus combat. Lagos has the highest number of confirmed cases (as at March 29) and the state government has continued to roll out multiple measures to deal with the disease. Lagos has in the past weeks suspended schools

NIGERIA: Adenuga donates 1.5 billion naira, Seneators donate 50% salaries

March 30, 2020 0

More private sector donations continue to pour into Nigeria’s coronavirus combat efforts. The latest is from Mike Adenuga a billionaire businessman who is into telecoms industry. Adenuga on Monday announced a 1.5 billion contribution to be shared between the federal government and Lagos State government. One billion to the federal government and 500 million to […]

COVID 19 : FLATTENING THE OTHER CURVE -Marricke Gane

March 30, 2020 0

Throughout this COVID-19 crisis, most people have referred to the need to FLATTEN THE CURVE. That curve usually refers to the high number of infection cases that will keep rising IF we do not carry out any interventions like mass testing, isolation, and lockdowns. It is these interventions that flatten the curve. BUT… there is […]

SOUTH AFRICA: Nation welcomes Miss Universe back home

February 10, 2020 0

Zozibini Tunzi, who was crowned Miss Universe in December last year, was given a hero’s welcome when she arrived home at the weekend, for the first time since her victory. She was described by Miss Universe as “a proud advocate for natural beauty”. Zozibini arrived from New York and went to several welcome home parties. She tweeted […]

KENYA: Chinese national arrested for caning Kenyan

February 10, 2020 0

Four Chinese nationals have been arrested in Kenya after one of them – a chef at a local restaurant – was recorded allegedly caning a Kenyan worker. The footage was broadcast by a local TV station. The police tweeted on Sunday that they had raided Chez Wou Restaurant in the suburb of Kileleshwa in the […]

February 10, 2020 0

African leaders on Sunday condemned US President Donald Trump’s Mideast peace plan as illegitimate, taking advantage of an African Union summit to voice solidarity with “the Palestinian cause”. AU Commission Chairman Moussa Faki Mahamat told assembled heads of state that the plan unveiled in late January represented the “umpteenth violation of multiple United Nations and

Panic as locusts reach Uganda, Tanzania

February 10, 2020 0

Authorities in Uganda are implementing plans that had been put in place to combat a locust invasion, following sightings of the dreaded pests in the North-east of the country. Uganda is one of the East African countries affected by what the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) describes as the worst outbreak to hit the region […]

NIGERIA: INEC de-register 75 political parties

February 6, 2020 0

Nigeria’s elections body has announced that 75 political parties had been deregistered for breaching regulations that govern their operations. The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, at a press conference in Abuja on Thursday said the affected parties “did not satisfy the requirement of the Fourth Alteration to the Constitution.” Prior to today’s

GHANA: Mahama signs a social contract with Ghanaians

February 6, 2020 0

The former president and the Presidential candidate for the National Democratic Congress – NDC John Dramani Mahama has unveiled plans to remove the indemnity clauses in Ghana’s 1992 constitution when re-elected as the president of the Republic of Ghana in December 2020. In what appears to be a strategic policy announcement trending on social media […]

NIGERIA : Authorities find $8m hidden in car

February 4, 2020 0

The Nigeria Customs Service say $8m (£6m), wrapped in large brown envelopes, were found hidden inside a car at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport in the commercial capital Lagos. The cash was allegedly being smuggled out of the country by a “money laundering syndicate assisting corrupt government officials,” customs boss Hameed Ali said. Two drivers