Jacob Zuma resigns, how will South Africa respond?
South African President Jacob Zuma removed himself from office on Wednesday after years of failed attempts by the South African Ruling Party. The allegations of corruption around Mr. Zuma were unrelenting, and he was ordered to resign in efforts to circumvent any further leadership crisis’ which has dismantled government business in one of Africa’s largest […]
Goods Worth N10 Trillion Smuggled Into Nigeria In 2017
The value of goods and items smuggled into Nigeria was N10 trillion by the end of 2017, investigation revealed. A top source in the Nigerian Shippers Council told our correspondent that, while the goods and items smuggled into the country through about 1,500 porous borders increased from over N2 trillion in 2016 to over N4 […]
African Migrants Face Deportation Or Incarcerated In Israel
Nearing the thousands; Eritrean and Sudanese migrants along with failed asylum seekers rallied in the city of Herzliya on Wednesday protesting against a government plan to deport them. A political firestorm brews in Israel as government authorities have begun distributing deportation notices to tens of thousands of African refugees. On Sunday 20,000 unmarried, male refugees were given two […]
Nigeria: Obasanjo asks Senate to warn Buhari over lopsided appointment
Apparently worried over what he described as a lopsided appointment in the current administration, former President Olusegun Obasanjo has asked the Senate to caution President Muhammadu Buhari. Obasanjo who recently said the president was too weak to run the country. According to him, Buhari has shown that all he cared for is north because his […]
Controversial GOP-Nunes Memo is released Despite FBI ‘Grave Concerns’
The White House ordered the release of an FBI memo Friday morning, ending the debate over whether releasing such classified information was overstepping the bounds of the Republican party. President Trump’s security advisors advised against releasing the memo because it contains sensitive national security information. Even the FBI, a nonpartisan agency that would typically rarely […]
Nigeria: Over 70% Public Universities Are Poorly Funded
Over 70 percent of public tertiary institutions in Nigeria are presently poorly funded. Their students are confronted with infrastructural, social and moral decay, investigations revealed. Though both students and lecturers in the schools across the country have embarked on a series of peaceful and violent protests for decades over the state of infrastructure, it appears […]
Nigeria: Over 80% of Herbal Drinks in Nigeria Are Unhealthy
Over 80 percent of herbal drinks in Nigeria are substandard and unhealthy for consumption as they are capable of damaging consumers’ internal organs, according to the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control. Aside from Alomo bitters, which is brewed by a Ghana-based Kasapreko Limited; Origin herbal drink, from the stable of Guinness […]
Nigeria: Citizens call for Defense Minister’s Sack Over Comment
Nigerians have lampooned the Minister of Defence, Brig.-Gen Mansur Dan-Alli (rtd), over his comment on the recent killing in Benue state while demanding his sacking. Dan-Alli had, in his comment after a Security Council meeting in Abuja, attributed the killing in Benue state to the Anti-Open Grazing Law enacted by the state. No fewer […]
This Week In Review: Reports Of Trump Mulling Over Firing Mueller
According to what is described as in “explosive” report by the New York Times, President Donald Trump ordered the firing of Special Counsel Robert Mueller in June of 2017. Apparently only going back on his decision when White House Counsel, Don McGahn, threatened to resign. Though president Trump dismisses the news as ‘fake news’ on […]
Trump’s Visit To Davos Temporarily Calms World Leaders
President Trump’s visit to Davos this week received a mostly positive response from the world’s economic and political leaders. Despite running on an “America first” campaign and continuing this rhetoric during his tenure, he insisted the world would benefit from his stance. “As president of the United States, I will always put America first, just […]