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Africa & World Politics, Headlines
Sunday, August 30th, 2020
Around 300 people were on the streets of Malmo, with violence escalating as the evening wore onAt least 10 people were arrested in southern Sweden and several police officers were injured in violence which broke out after an anti-Muslim Danish politician was blocked from attending a Koran-burning rally, police said Saturday. Protesters threw stones at […]
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Africa & World Politics, Headlines
Sunday, August 30th, 2020
Egypt arrests new suspect in gang rape case By AFP 30 August 2020 | 1:25 pm James sombre after losing Black Panther and Black Mamba in 2020 7 hours ago Hezbollah says will kill an Israeli soldier for each combattant slain 2 hours ago Belarus police arrest protesters in opposition march 2 hours ago […]
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Africa & World Politics, Headlines, Latest Politics, National Politics, Top Stories
Sunday, August 30th, 2020

A quirky script to scupper the second tenure of the President of African Development Bank Group, Dr. Akinwumi Adesina, by the US Department of Treasury and a coterie of shadowy forces gets deservedly snookered, writes Louis Achi It was indeed a remarkable and teachable moment on the first day of the AfDB’s annual general meetings […]
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Headlines
Sunday, August 30th, 2020
Fani-Kayode Former Minister of Aviation, Mr. Femi Fani-Kayode, last week, bit more than he could chew, when he called a journalist stupid for daring to ask how his current tour of some PDP states in the South-south for peer review was being financed. For over two minutes, FFK as he is otherwise called, took the […]
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Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Headlines
Sunday, August 30th, 2020
The initial commendations and applause that followed the signing of the Companies and Allied Matters Act 2020 by President Muhammadu Buhari are now being dwarfed by resentments from the Christian community under the Christian Association of Nigeria leadership, writes Davidson Iriekpen, while dissecting the controversies Anew twist was last Thursday added to the commendations President […]
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Africa & World Politics, Headlines
Sunday, August 30th, 2020
The attacks on Nigerian traders in Ghana, which followed similar ones in South Africa and the demolition of the nation’s embassy in June, in Accra, are indications that gone are the days when African countries ‘feared’ Nigeria. Shola Oyeyipo writes On June 21 this year, the staff quarters of the Nigerian embassy in Accra, Ghana’s […]
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Headlines, Niger Delta
Sunday, August 30th, 2020
Emmanuel Addeh in Abuja Even though the federal government spent a whopping N243 billion on the Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP) in the Niger Delta from 2010 to 2014, the programme has yet to achieve its objectives, a report by an international development firm has said. The report by Nextier Security, Peace and Development (SPD) described […]
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CBN (Central Bank of Nigeria), Economy, Headlines, Naira (Currency)
Sunday, August 30th, 2020
CBN Governor, Mr. Godwin Emefiele Going by the present volatility in the macroeconomy, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) cannot afford to allow saboteurs ruin its current efforts to maintain price stability as well as support the recovery of the economy, writes James Emejo Undoubtedly, these are not the best of times for the Nigerian […]
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Africa & World Politics, Headlines
Sunday, August 30th, 2020
Harry Akande Billionaire Harry Ayoade Akande towers above many of his contemporaries, particularly because he has been in a warm embrace of fame for many decades. Beyond his famed status as a successful businessman, he has also remained very relevant owing to his uncommon brilliance, a quality that has endeared him to many across the […]
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Governors, Headlines, Lagos, State News
Sunday, August 30th, 2020
Babajide Sanwo-Olu Segun James Lagos State Governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has directed tertiary institutions to reopen on September 14. He also announced a tentative date of September 21 for the resumption of Primary and Secondary schools in the state. All schools in the state were shut in March to curb the spread of Coronavirus. At […]