NAMIBIA could see its first woman president as Vice President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah, candidate for the ruling SWAPO party, holds a commanding lead in last week’s presidential election. With two-thirds of the votes counted, she has secured just over 54 percent, according to…
THREE African conservationists who are driving meaningful change that benefits both wildlife and people on the continent have been honoured at the 12th annual Tusk Conservation Awards in London. These ‘unsung conservation leaders’ are said by the Tusk Trust to be…
IN a landmark ruling, Zimbabwe’s High Court has declared unconstitutional the law that denies abortion services to women raped by their husbands and girls under the age of 18. The ruling, delivered on November 22 by Judge Maxwell Takuva, challenges…
IN a landmark ruling, Belgium’s Court of Appeals has ordered the government to compensate five Congolese women who were forcibly separated from their mothers during the country’s colonial rule over the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The court ruled that…
ON Sunday, Ayham al-Salaymeh, a 14-year-old Palestinian, began serving a one-year prison sentence, becoming the youngest Palestinian ever to be imprisoned in Israel. Salaymeh turned himself into the Israeli Prison Service at al-Maskoubiya prison, his father, Nawaf, said in a video. The prison administration refused…
THE chairman of the Presidential Committee on Fiscal Policy and Tax Reforms, Taiwo Oyedele has shed light on the rationale behind renaming the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) to the Nigeria Revenue Service (NRS). Trojaninsights gathered that the proposed name change is part…
IN Africa drums are not only used for music, they form parts of our culture and history as a people from ancient times. I grew up in a small snake-like village that nestle between some huge weather washed rocks…
THE Federal Government, in collaboration with stakeholders, held a candlelight memorial in Abuja to honour those who lost their lives to HIV/AIDS-related causes. The event, which took place on Monday, aimed to raise awareness on Prevention-of Mother-to-Child Transmission of HIV…
THE Kano State House of Assembly on Monday rejected the Tax Reform bills currently under consideration at the National Assembly. At a plenary, presided over by the Speaker, Isma’il Falgore, the lawmakers kicked against the bills after extensive deliberation. The…
FORMER governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, Godwin Emefiele, allegedly owns the large estate in Abuja with 753 duplexes forfeited to the Nigerian government through the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), in a court ruling on Monday.…
