Africa

When in 1943, Kenneth Kaunda was asked by the missionaries at Lubwa Mission to return to Chinsali from Munali School in Lusaka where he had spent two years from 1941 to take up a position as a Teacher and boarding master at his old school at Lubwa, he did not …

Democracy, by its design, nature, and practice, is not a light toggle switch that is turned on and off. It is not a wall that crumbles in one fell swoop. Democracy is always a process, both in its growth and demise. History is replete with how democracies collapsed in other …

The nation’s foremost Company Registry,the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) has won the Legislative Award for the Companies and Allied Matters Act (CAMA) 2020 at the 5th PEBEC Awards. Held at the State House Conference Hall, the award isin recognition of CAC’s immense contribution and support towards the ease of doing …

The Federal Government of Nigeria has advised Nigerians trapped in the crisis ridden Sudan not to take panicky steps that could expose them to greater dangers.While it empathizes with the entire civilian population ,government advised Nigerian students that are trying to find their way to contiguous borders of either Egypt, …

African Development Bank President Akinwumi Adesina and a bank team are in Japan this week for a 5-day official visit. Most of the trip will focus on leveraging the bank’s strong record of collaboration with the Asian country to attract more investments into Africa. The Bank and Japan’s relationship goes …

The National Population Commission (NPC) has dismissed a report from one of its staff, Sanusi Maigida, that the commission server was hacked ahead of the 2023 population census. Maigida alleged that the commission’s server was hacked, citing this development as the reason for the postponement of the Local Government Area …

The Federal Government is making preparations to evacuate about 5,500 stranded Nigerians out of Sudan through the Egyptian town of Luxor, The PUNCH gathered on Sunday. It was gathered that the Federal Government was seeking Egypt’s support so that the stranded Nigerians could be moved to Luxor. The Director of …

There are two countries whose wellbeing and stability reach into nearly every part of Africa. One is the Democratic Republic of Congo, which is nominally in the central African region but which shares borders with nine countries extending to all of the continent’s four other regions – Angola, Burundi, the …

The Standards Organisation of Nigeria has reiterated its commitment to continually drive initiatives that promote the development of Halal products standards.The Director General of SON, Mallam Farouk Salim, in a statement, said this would be done in line with internationally-accepted Standards for both domestic and foreign consumers.Salim said this at …

African states are facing custom delay periods due to visa issues, shortages of paved roads and loss of goods due to limited cold chains. A number of African countries have enacted visa application process rules that could take up to more than 72 hours for one to get a visa. …