Ethiopia has revoked a total of 412.6 hectares of land held by investors, including Ethiopian-born Saudi billionaire Mohammed Hussein al-Amoudi for failure to create jobs and develop the city, as promised when the lands were awarded to them, head of Addis Ababa Land Bank Tesfaye Tilahun told the Voice of America. The investors had promised to create […]
Tanzanian businessman and former politician Mohammed Dewji has returned home safely nine days after he was kidnapped in Dares Salaam and says he believes his captors are from South Africa. “I have returned home safely,” he said in a tweet through his company METL Group’s account. “I thank all my fellow Tanzanians, and everyone around the world […]
Africa is contributing 47.7 percent (143.1 million) to the French-speaking population thereby making French a global language. This is more than 45.7 percent (137.1 million) of the whole of Europe and France with a population of 67.12 million. According to a recent report by the Organisation Internationale de la Francophonie (OIF), French has become the world’s fifth most spoken […]
Politician and business tycoon Atiku Abubakar who is also The People’s Democratic Party presidential candidate has revealed he has stopped womanizing. In an recent interview with TVC ahead of the 2019 elections, Mr. Atiku Abubakar who has four wives and over 25 children said “I don’t smoke, I don’t drink, I have stopped womanizing” Mr. […]
President Muhammadu Buhari has okayed the White Paper which among others will bar Public Sector Medical Doctors (MBSS) from Owning Private Hospitals of their own. The Minister of Labour and Productivity, Chief Chris Ngige disclosed this Wednesday after the Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting. He said a situation where a Medical Doctor in a Public […]
Some infirmities are greater than some infirmities they say. There goes the tale of a family of five on the streets of Ogoja in Cross River State. A corps member currently serving in Ogoja town shared this story on her Facebook account. Mentally ill people are not rare on any street in Nigeria, but that of a […]
The best students of the Santa Mary Nursery and Primary school 2, Nibo, Anambra state, were, yesterday, presented with goats. A goat was given to each student that came first in their respective classes from primary one to six. The move is an initiative of the Ora Goat Project. According to those behind it, the […]
Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) Governor Patrick Njoroge on Wednesday confirmed that Kenya was considering adopting the Chinese Yuan as a reserve currency. Njoroge was at the Guangzhou-Foshan Nairobi Business forum when he was questioned on the issue by a Chinese gentleman. In response, Njoroge highlighted the dynamics of the world economy before stating that the move was ‘inevitable’. “It […]
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission in Nigeria last night laid ambush at former Ekiti state Governor, Ayo Fayose’s Abuja Residence and took him on allegations of corruption while he was in office. The Governor officially handed over yesterday to a new governor and just when he thought he was going home to rest and […]
A woman in Witbank, South Africa found out the hard way about the consequences of skin bleaching. Owethu Mlilo from Witbank is the latest victim of how a simple skin formula can ruin one’s skin and bring about devastating and life threatening consequences. “The cream came recommended by a friend who had achieved amazing results […]
Ethiopia’s prime minister has done press-ups with dozens of protesting soldiers, who had marched into his office in the capital, Addis Ababa. Abiy Ahmed was unhappy that soldiers had brought weapons and ordered them to do 10 press-ups. They were among several hundred protesting soldiers who entered his office grounds to demand a pay rise. […]
The Sierra Leonean government has cancelled all contracts with a Chinese construction firm that was tasked to build a new $318 million airport facility in March expected to be completed in 2022. Face2face Africa reports that the project, launched by the former president Ernest Bai Koroma, was to complement the planned construction of a new […]
