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The Kaduna State Governor has presented an Executive Bill entitled: “A Bill for a Law to Substitute the Kaduna State Religious Preaching Law, 1984” to the Kaduna State House of Assembly for its consideration and possible passage into Law. Presently, …
Continue readingIf I may quickly say this, I was not really a fan of Gen. Muhammadu Buhari until I read his interview in TheNEWS magazine some time in 1994 — nine years after he was overthrown in a coup by General …
Continue readingThere is today in Nigeria an entire generation of Nigerian-passport wielding men and women who do not actually know, to borrow Achebe’s words that indeed “there was once a country”. These children born in a season of austerity, and raised …
Continue readingThe president of Angola, José Eduardo dos Santos, one of Africa’s longest-ruling leaders, announced on Friday that he would step down from office in 2018. He told the leaders of his party, the Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola, …
Continue readingUganda has announced that seven companies have submitted bids for exploration of oil in the next round of licensing. In October 2015, government announced that at least 16 firms had expressed interest in acquiring oil exploration blocks in the Albertine …
Continue readingPower supply in Nigeria is one of the biggest challenge on investment and growth in Africa’s largest economy. A lot of business people in the country rely on expensive diesel generators for their business and daily activities while a few …
Continue readingEfforts by the United Nations Secretary General, Ban Ki-moon to resolve the conflict in Western Sahara have been dealt a blow by Morocco. The Moroccan government has expressed its reservations over comments made by the UN Chief that “no real
Zimbabwe’s President Robert Mugabe has said that his government would take possession of all diamond operations in the country. He stated that the nationalisation of the industry was necessary to prevent widespread swindling and smuggling by mining companies. However analysts …
Continue readingPresident Jacob Zuma will travel to Nigeria next week with a large delegation of ministers and business leaders in a concerted attempt to repair the strained relations between Africa’s two largest powers. Those relations went sour under the previous Nigerian …
Continue readingTurkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has pledged his country’s support for Nigeria in the fight against terrorism especially Boko Haram fighters who have killed thousands of people in a bloody campaign for a hardline Islamic state. He also signed a …
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