BY MARCELLO ESTEVÃO In 2016, the discovery of two large, previously unreported loans sparked an economic crisis in Mozambique. Donor support to the country froze. The government was forced to make deep cuts in public spending. More recently, when Chad and Zambia asked to restructure their debt under the G-20’s Common Framework for Debt Treatments,…
Raymond Dokpesi, former chairman of Daar Communications, says Nigeria’s next president should be someone that will unify the country. The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) chieftain spoke at the party stakeholders’ meeting in Adamawa. Dokpesi said Nigeria “has never been this disunited”, adding that the country needs someone like Atiku Abubakar, former vice president, to lead the…
The government of Ekiti has raised the alarm on an alleged plot by “some political interests” to defame Kayode Fayemi, governor of the state. In a statement, Yinka Oyebode, the governor’s chief press secretary, alleged that some persons within the All Progressive Congress (APC) are uncomfortable with Fayemi’s “rising profile” and are looking for ways…
The lawmaker representing Obokun/Oriade Federal Constituency at the National Assembly, Wole Oke, on Monday, advised those aspiring for the candidature of the Peoples Democratic Party in the Osun State governorship election not to embark on needless venture, stressing that only Senator Ademola Adeleke has the war chest to finance the poll. Oke, in a statement…
The Supreme Council for Shari’ah in Nigeria, SCSN has on Monday named Sheikh AbdurRashid Hadiyatullah, as its new President following the demise of Dr Ibrahim Datti Ahmad, the Council’s former President. Sheikh AbdurRashid before the new appointment was the Vice President I of the Council. The Council’s Secretary-General, Nafi’u Baba-Ahmad made the announcement on Monday…
Following the National Conference of the refoundation which recommended the extension of the transition from 6 months to 5 years, the transition authorities of Mali submitted to ECOWAS a timetable for the elections. According to this timetable on which the heads of state of the regional organization must rule on January 9, the transition underway…
The agreement on salary increases and subsidies in sectors subject to sectoral joint agreements entitled 2022-2023-2024 was signed today, Saturday January 01, 2022, between the UGTT and the UTICA. The agreement stipulates, according to Echaab News, the following: First: It is awarded to workers in sectors subject to sectoral joint agreements concluded between the structures…
By Bolanle Bolawole turnpot@gmail.com 0705 263 1058 Practically everyone makes New Year’s resolutions at this period of the season – that is, towards the end of a closing year and the beginning of a new one. I made my own New Year resolutions for the “Triple T” year of Twenty Twenty-Two (2022) a fortnight ago….
