THE Kenya Airports Authority (KAA) announced on Friday that it has contingency plans in place to ensure smooth airport operations ahead of a strike planned by the country’s main aviation union, set to begin on August 19. The Kenya…
Mastercard held its first-ever Tanzania Industry Forum in Dar es Salaam, bringing together key stakeholders and leaders in the fintech industry earlier this week to discuss and shape the future of the country’s financial and technological landscape. The event…
BURUNDIAN talk-show host Floriane Irangabiye, who was sentenced to 10 years in prison for allegedly undermining national integrity, has been granted a full pardon by President Évariste Ndayishimiye. The announcement, made on Thursday, comes after Irangabiye had served 18…
ADAMS Oshiomhole is a graphical illustration of a timeless dictum that I have deeply appreciated through my life. The dictum states that: ” Talent may take you to the top, but only character can keep you there”. I am yet…
VETERAN Nigerian Sports’ journalist, Jacob Zango, has passed away in Kaduna State following a brief illness. GWG.ng gathered that the Sports Writers Association of Nigeria (SWAN), Kaduna State Chapter, in a statement on Friday, signed by its Secretary, Okpani Jacob…
THE Chairman of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), retired, Brig.-Gen. Buba Marwa says imprisonment will strengthen deterrent effect of the agency’s drug supply reduction efforts. Marwa said this while reacting to the sentencing of three kingpins and 16…
THE FCT Minister of State, Hajia Mariya Mahmoud, has pledged her support for the JAV Christmas Village, Abuja’s premiere family-oriented yuletide event. This according to her is to ensure that the annual show becomes a tourism attraction in the FCT.…
FEDERAL High Court sitting in Lagos has ordered interim forfeiture of $2.04 million and seven properties linked to the embattled former Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele. Justice Akintayo Aluko made the order on Thursday following an application by the…
THE Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, on Thursday, commissioned and handed over the Forward Operating Base, in Ehor, Uhunmwode Local Government Area (LGA) of the State to the Military, as part of efforts to beef up security across the…
THE Katsina Government says a special electronic court is underway to handle corruption cases and related offences in the state. The Chief Judge of the state, Justice Musa Danladi made this known in Katsina, when he received delegates from the…
