By Comrade Blessing Yusuf, Chairperson of the Federation of Informal Workers of Nigeria (FIWON) FCT chapter, has urged President Bola Tinubu to halt double taxation and anti-poor policies. She made…
AFRICA stands at a pivotal juncture, characterised by enormous potential and significant challenges. While many nations on the continent wrestle with issues of political instability, corruption, and inefficiency, a select…
IN a significant move towards gender equality, Sierra Leone has enacted a new law banning child marriage. The Prohibition of Child Marriage Act was signed into law by President Julius…
THE African Development Fund, the concessional window of the African Development Bank, has approved a $19.95 million grant to support a significant initiative aimed at improving livelihoods for women and youth…
THE generation of Kenyans born between 1997 and 2012 – the Gen-Zs – have borne the brunt of the country’s slow economic growth. If a country has slow economic growth,…
GAYTON McKenzie, a former gangster and bank robber turned nightclub owner and opposition politician, has been appointed as South Africa’s minister of sports, arts, and culture. President Cyril Ramaphosa announced…
THE Federal Government has terminated its contracts with Dantata and Sawoe, Mothercat, and Reynolds Construction Company [RCC] for non-performance on the dualisation of the Obajana-Benin road project sections two, three…
GOVERNORS from the South East, under the umbrella of the South East Governors’ Forum, met in Enugu on Tuesday with a resolve to meet with President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to…
THE Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA) has called for immediate action regarding the plight of 1,800 teachers employed in Federal Government Unity Schools who have reportedly been…
South Africa is in many ways one of the most modern countries in Africa, particularly with respect to electricity access. Yet while its numbers compare favorably with most other African…