Ekeomah Atuonwu The Minister of Social Affairs and Microfinance, Véronique Tognifodé, has reassured the public on the nation’s commitment to combating Female Genital Mutations (FGM). Tognifodé has thus called on the FGM perpetrators to be denounced. FGM refers to any non-medical intervention that involves the partial or entire removal of the female external genitalia or any other […]
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Ekeomah Atuonwu The Nigerian Financial Intelligence Unit (NFIU) has identified 96 terrorist funders, including individuals supporting Boko Haram and the Islamic State of West Africa Province (ISWAP). NFIU has also revealed 424 financiers’ associates/supporters, 123 firms, and 33 bureaux de change related to terrorism, according to the Nigerian government. The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, revealed this […]
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Ekeomah Atuonwu LEDE: On the 28th and 31st of January, the bond payment deadlines passed. Mali’s finance ministry and the West African debt management agency said that the country has defaulted on more than $31 million in bond payments, as sanctions imposed over the country’s military junta’s postponement of elections took effect. The defaults add […]
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Ekeomah Atuonwu LEDE: Following a military coup in Burkina Faso 🇧🇫 , the West African union will determine whether to apply more sanctions. The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Authority of Heads of State and Government has held another Extraordinary Summit to discuss the political situation in Burkina Faso. The Summit will take […]
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Ekeomah Atuonwu Abuja, Nigeria 🇳🇬 launches revised population policy to address high fertility rate. President Muhammadu Buhari on February 3, 2022 in Abuja, the state capital, launched the Revised National Policy on Population for Sustainable Development, stressing the need for urgent measures to address Nigeria’s high fertility rate, through expanding access to modern contraceptive methods […]
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Ekeomah Atuonwu NIGERIA 🇳🇬 – The automobile assembly plant is now open for business. The automobile company of the richest man in Africa, Nigeria’s Aliko Dangote – Dangote Peugeot Automobiles Nigeria Limited (DPAN) has started assembling vehicles in Nigeria, beginning with the Land Trek, 3008, 5008 and the new Peugeot 508. The journey of the […]
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Ekeomah Atuonwu The “Anglophone problem” has increasingly dominated Cameroon’s political agenda, posing a serious challenge to the post-colonial state’s efforts to establish national unity and integration, and has led to the return of robust ideas and activities in favor of “federalism” or even “secession.” A look back in time will help us better grasp the […]
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Maina wa Njuguna The $10 billion James Webb Space Telescope – NASA’s largest and most powerful space science telescope – will probe the cosmos to uncover the history of the universe from the Big Bang to alien planet formation and beyond. NASA This powerful telescope is an infrared space observatory that launched on Dec […]
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By Maina wa Njuguna Is it time to start deconstructing the Scramble for Africa legacy that was designed to plunder resources, abuse human capital and the destruction of the African cultures for the sole benefits of the colonial imperialists? The partitioning of the continent was haphazard and unbridled. Africa’s development has definitely been hampered by […]
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(Muraya) Maina wa Njuguna The average white family’s net worth stands at about $171,000, a whooping 10 points percent greater than that of a typical black family in the US at $17,150 according to the Brookings as of 2016. Net worth – the value of ownership of financial or non financial assets (cash, savings, owned properties […]
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