AFAN alerts farmers over alleged fraudulent activities by group
By Gabriel Ewepu – Abuja The All Farmers Association of Nigeria, AFAN, weekend, alerted farmers over alleged fraudulent activities by a group called AFAN Caretaker Committee to extort them. The alarm was raised in a statement signed by the National President, AFAN, Arc Kabir Ibrahim, saying that the group in question is illegal and allegedly […]
Zuma vows never to appear before South Africa’s anti-graft panel
South Africa’s beleaguered ex-president Jacob Zuma vowed Monday to not appear before a judicial panel probing corruption during his nine-year tenure, defying a court order compelling him to testify. Zuma, 78, has played cat-and-mouse with the commission since it was set up in 2018 to investigate looting of state coffers during his rule. He accuses the […]
Uganda: Bobi Wine files election challenge in court
Lawyers for Ugandan opposition leader Bobi Wine filed a challenge in the Supreme Court on Monday against President Yoweri Museveni’s victory in last month’s election, claiming the poll was rigged. “We want nullification of the election. We do not want (Museveni) participating in any future election,” said Medard Sseggona, one of Wine’s lawyers, at the […]
Buhari salutes Doyin Abiola at 75
President Muhammadu Buhari has felicitated with Dr Doyin Abiola, Nigeria’s first female newspaper editor and former Managing Director and Editor-in-Chief, Concord Press Nigeria Limited, on the occasion of her 75th birthday. In a congratulatory message by his spokesman, Mr Femi Adesina, in Abuja on Monday, Buhari appreciated Abiola’s remarkable contributions to the growth of the […]
Biden withdraws $27.4b in spending cuts proposed by Trump – White House
U.S. President Joe Biden has withdrawn 73 budget cuts worth a combined 27.4 billion dollars, proposed by Donald Trump during the final week of his presidency, according to a letter addressed to Congress leaders. “I am withdrawing 73 proposed rescissions previously transmitted to the Congress,” Biden said in the letter. READ ALSO: Covid-19: Two health […]
Religious leaders mobilize 100,000 preachers to organize prayer sessions on world peace
By Ibrahim HassanWuyo To commemorate the United Nation’s World international interfaith week and harmony, Christian and Muslim clerics in Kaduna led by Pastor Yohanna Buru have mobilized 100,000 preachers to offer prayers and fast for the attainment of world peace. The week usually start from First week of February every year( 1st-7th ) ,and the […]
