Inside Africa
Malawi Selling Presidential Jet for $15M
Malawian President Joyce Banda Cash-strapped Malawi has found a buyer for the luxury jet that had once belonged to late leader Bingu wa Mutharika. A government official said on Wednesday that the presidential jet has been sold for $15 million, raising much need funds for the impoverished African nation. Mutharika bought the jet in 2009 for $22 million, More...
Zimbabweans Might Go To Pools Soon After Signing Into Law a New Constitution
Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe signed a new constitution into law on Wednesday, replacing a 33-year-old document forged in the dying days of British colonial rule and paving the way for an election later this More...
President Jonathan’s state of emergency paradigm
– By Theophilus Ilevbare The proclamation of emergency rule on three states of the North-East by a resurgent President Goodluck Jonathan was given the blessing of the National Assembly, as legislators of More...
Ghana’s President to Attend AU Anniversary
President John Dramani Mahama will leave Accra today to Addis Ababa, Ethiopia to take part in activities to commemorate the 50th Anniversary of the formation of the Organisation of African Unity, now the Africa More...
Who are the Yoruba People? (Part 2)
In his 2000 page book titled ”Ile-Ife-The Source of Yoruba Civilisation”, Prince Adelegan Adegbola wrote the following about the yoruba people of south-western Nigeria- ”the Yoruba are the More...
Oil Firm Shut Down For Assaulting Tax Officers
The Lagos State Internal Revenue Service (LIRS) on Wednesday sealed an oil and gas exploration firm, NestOil Plc, for allegedly assaulting its tax law officers. Folasade Coker-Afolayan, the Head, Distrain Unit More...
N530m Debt Inherited By Kwali Council – Chairman
The newly inaugurated chairman of Kwali Area Council in the FCT, Ibrahim Daniel, said on Wednesday that he inherited N530 million debt from his predecessor. Daniel disclosed this in Kwali shortly after receiving More...
Kwara Police Commissioner Murderers Finally Arrested
Suspected killers of late Kwara State commissioner of police, Chinwike Asadu, have been arrested, the Nigerian police has said. Briefing journalists on Wednesday in Enugu during his official working visit More...
Free Maternal and Child Care Services – KDSG Promises
The Kaduna State Government is working on a bill that would make it compulsory for the government to offer free maternal and child care services. The Commissioner of Health, Dr Turaki Kalik, said this in a More...
Prepare For Heavy Rains, Katsina Citizens Warned
The Katsina State Ministry of Environment on Wednesday advised residents of Daura and Katsina towns and their environs to be prepared for heavy rainfall and likely flooding during the year. The Commissioner, More...
