Archive For: The Crunch
17th March 2015 In Namibia, the country’s President-elect Hage Geingob has announced that the country’s new Vice president is now Nickey Iyambo. Nickey was before now, the minister of Veterans Affairs. In related development, Finance Minister Saara Kuugongelwa-Amadhila will become Namibia’s first-ever female prime minister, and the current Foreign Affairs Minister Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah will be ... Read More
17th March 2015 And because of their belief that the youths are the leaders of today and tomorrow, some youth leaders from the greater northern region of Uganda have urged the President, Yoweri Museveni to include more youths into his Cabinet. This comes on the heels of the appointment of two young people, Evelyn Anite, ... Read More
16th March 2015 Barely a year after it was launched in Nigeria, the people at Paypal have said that Nigeria has grown to become its second largest market in Africa, right after South Africa. According to Malvina Goldfield, Paypal’s Head of Business Development, in sub-Saharan Africa, the company is satisfied with the feedback from Nigeria. ... Read More
16th March 2015 For his efforts in education and philanthropy, Chief Afe Babalola from Nigeria has been honored by The University of London with a Doctor of Law (honoris causa). This makes him the first African to receive the award in this particular field. The award was announced at the institution’s 2015 graduation ceremony which ... Read More
16th March 2015 Botswana and Ghana have entered into an agreement on political consultations owing to each other’s mutual admiration with both countries’ political stability. Ghana’s Mahama said Botswana and Ghana had established themselves as politically stable and therefore signing such an agreement would deepen their relations and encourage other African States to follow suit, ... Read More
16th March 2015 And ahead of Nigeria’s polls coming up on March 28th, Persons living with physical challenges have been encouraged to collect Permanent Voter’s card to enable them participate in electoral activities. This call was from Mr. Shuai’bu Haruna, the Director of National Orientation Agency in Jigawa state at a one-day voter education exercise ... Read More
10th March 2015 A 58-year old teacher, Beatrice Yardolo has been released as the last Ebola patient from a treatment center in Liberia. Beatrice, who hails from the northeastern county of Nimba near the borders with Guinea and Ivory Coast, lives in Monrovia where she teaches English at a church-run school. A very happy Beatrice ... Read More
10th March 2015 In Nigeria, nine private higher institutions of learning have been given the go ahead to operate and have been given licenses from the Nigerian Federal Government. The universities received their licenses from the Minister of Education in Nigeria, Malam Ibrahim Shekarau. He warned them against wrongful activities, because any university that breaks ... Read More
10th March 2015 Thomas Sankara’s family has finally emerged victorious after about thirty years of his death, as Burkina Faso’s interim government have given the go ahead for the exhumation of the supposed grave the visionary revolutionary from the country. For the past 30 years, the Sankara family has appealed to the ousted president, and ... Read More
10th March 2015 Tanzania has made history as the first African country to use an indigenous language expressly in educational instructions, especially at school. The country’s president Jakaya Kikwete has said that, henceforth education in Tanzania will have Kiswahili as the sole language of instruction. Currently, public education in Tanzania is bilingual, as it has been since the ... Read More
