When speaking about Nigeria overseas, I normally prefer to be my country’s public relations and marketing officer, extolling her virtues and hoping to attract investments and tourists. But as we all know, Nigeria is now battling with many challenges, and if I…
Nigeria’s hope of going to the FIFA U-17 World Cup as African champions was dealt a big blow yesterday as the Golden Eaglets were beaten in the semi-final of the ongoing U-17 African Youth Championship (AYC). The Nigerian cadet side lost 1-0…
Malawi Parliament has rebuffed calls from pro-abortion activists in the country who have long been pushing the lawmakers to consider reviewing abortion laws which largely criminalizes abortion. A grouping of pro-abortion activist in Malawi known as Coalition for the Prevention of Unsafe…
Since President Mbeki’s administration gave way to President Jacob Zuma’s one, South Africa has taken a back seat on international issues. This does not bode well for a country like South Africa with so much political capital accrued over the past two…
Today’s main story in the African press is BusinessDay’s overview of yesterday’s budget speech by South Africa’s Finance Minister. There’s also a story about bribes and corruption in the Kenyan Standard… The two main headlines on the front page of this morning’s…
THE amount of tax outstanding to government has reached US$1 billion, highlighting the escalating crisis in the country characterised by company closures and job losses, the Financial Gazette can report.At US$1 billion, the figure is double the outstanding tax amount for the…
The South African government has been showing signs that it wishes to take a more interventionist approach to inward foreign investment. Its view is that the current system is biased towards big multinationals and it wants more room to pursue the country’s…
Namibian national security apparatuses yesterday moved to assure the public that the country’s national security remains secured from unwarranted espionage activities of any kind, following this week’s leaks of intelligence documents on South African security agencies and other African states’ security institutions….
