Month August 2024

Op-Ed: A Petro-Hub Landgrab in Western Ghana Stirs Anger

  IN Nzemaland, Southwestern Ghana, community activist groups are currently engaging with civil society organisations such as IMANI and ACEP to address their grievances regarding a governmental land appropriation for a proposed ‘Petroleum Hub.’ This 20,000-acre territory within the Domunli…

Akon City Stalled: Senegal’s Patience Wears Thin

  A SINGLE arched concrete block is the only sign of progress in Senegal where R&B singer Akon laid the foundation stone for his $6bn metropolis four years ago. The West African nation allocated 136 acres on its Atlantic Coast…

Tinubu Should Engage the Critical Demands of Protesters

Tinubu Should immediately Engage the Critical Demands of Protesters Before Addressing The Nation As Any Presidential Intervention that doesn’t address the Demands of Nigerians may not take Protesters out of the Streets THE organised Civil Society under the umbrella of…

Hunger Protest Will Fail – MURIC

THE Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) has said that the August 2024 hunger protest will fail describing it as an ill-advised venture and a sadistic distraction. This description was articulated in a press release issued on Saturday, 3rd August, 2024 by…

NYSC Gives New Directives To HND Graduates

THE National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has issued a new directive stating that graduates of polytechnics and mono-technics must provide evidence of completing a mandatory one-year Industrial Training (IT) before they can participate in national service. Mrs. Yetunde Baderinwa, the…