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MTN reports a monster loss
MTN Group, Africa's biggest wireless carrier by revenue, posted its first loss since 2016 after the devaluation of the Nigerian naira crimped income from one of its key markets.The group repor...Published: 19 Aug 2024 at 07:47hrs | 515 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga in Nigeria for Tinubu inauguration
Vice President Dr Constantino Chiwenga has arrived here to join other leaders attending the inauguration of Nigeria president-elect Bola Tinubu scheduled for Monday.VP Chiwenga landed at the N...Published: 28 May 2023 at 13:00hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
8 mistakes in Zimbabwe's 2013 Constitution
ON May 22 2023, Zimbabwe's Constitution turned 10, having become effective on 22 May 2013. This year, we mark the 10-year anniversary. I choose to mark this day with a reflection, and my reflection is...Published: 27 May 2023 at 09:15hrs | 1 | by Musa Kika
Sikhala a habitual offender
Empty vessels make a lot of noise. CCC interim vice national chairperson, Job Sikhala, has of late been making unfounded claims about the country's judiciary as being captured.This is stemming...Published: 09 Dec 2022 at 05:11hrs | 1 | by Zivanai Dhewa
Black students in Ukraine subjected to racism
I was awakened by a loud sound. I looked out through the window from my 18th floor room and saw thick black smoke coming up I could not see where was it coming from. I then heard people screaming and ...Published: 05 Mar 2022 at 08:12hrs | 3 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
'Africans treated like animals in Ukraine'
Barlaney Mufaro Gurure, a space engineering student from Zimbabwe, had finally reached the front of a nine-hour queue at Ukraine's western border crossing of Krakovets after an exhausting four-day tri...Published: 03 Mar 2022 at 11:39hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Zimpapers editors directed to 'support Zanu-PF'
The chairman of the Zimbabwe Newspapers Group (Zimpapers) has told editors to openly declare support for Zanu-PF before elections, claiming: "It happens everywhere."Tommy Sithole told editors ...Published: 22 Nov 2021 at 06:15hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
'We will never tire until we are free from sanctions'
This is an interview done by The Daily newspaper of Nigeria with Zimbabwe's Ambassador to Nigeria, Maxwell Ranga , who is also accredited to Cameroon, Niger, Benin and Equatorial Guinea, on the SADC A...Published: 26 Oct 2021 at 06:37hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
How did Nigeria become so good at scrabble?
Scrabble is a very popular board game that is played in almost every country in the world. It involves a Scrabble Board and about 100 letters tiles. The game is played between 2-4 players and it is th...Published: 17 Aug 2021 at 16:08hrs | 20 | by Styaff Writer
The controversial role of private military, security companies in Africa
PRIVATE military companies (PMCs) have been involved in conflicts around the world, including Africa, for a long time and and different reasons.The growth of private military contractors raise...Published: 13 Apr 2021 at 08:21hrs | 6 | by Jonathan Powell, Christopher Michael Faulkner, Joshua Lambert
Jonathan Moyo threatens to publish Cabinet minutes
SELfEXILED former minister Jonathan Moyo has threatened to publish Cabinet minutes to prove that G40 elements were not taking instructions from the late for mer president Robert Mugabe's wife, Grace....Published: 27 Sep 2020 at 07:51hrs | | by Staff reporter
10 Top Takeaways from the August 2020 Protein Challenge Webinar
The disruption precipitated by the coronavirus pandemic has driven the world virtual. Digital meetings and webinars (seminars on the web) are now the new normal.While there are now webinars fo...Published: 01 Sep 2020 at 20:29hrs | 18 | by Staff Reporter
South Africans and their companies given 7 days to leave Nigeria
South Africans and their companies operating in Nigeria have been given seven days to pack up their bags and leave Nigeria by the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) following an increase...Published: 03 Sep 2019 at 20:50hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
PHOTOS: Nigerians set MTN office on fire in Lagos, destroy Shoprite
One of the MTN offices in Apapa, Lagos, has been set on fire by Nigerians protesting the recent xenophobic attacks....Published: 03 Sep 2019 at 20:45hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Nigeria threatens South Africa over Xenophobia
Nigeria has issued veiled threats over attacks on its citizens in the unfolding xenophobic attacks in South Africa. Violent demonstrators destroyed shops and property belonging to foreign nati...Published: 03 Sep 2019 at 08:49hrs | 2 | by Staff Reporter
TB Joshua warns Nigerian govt over violence in supplementary elections!!!
T.B. Joshua has given a "prophetic warning" to the Nigerian government concerning the handling of "inconclusive elections" in the nation."The (Nigerian) government should be cautious of the wa...Published: 23 Mar 2019 at 15:48hrs | 2 | by Ihechukwu Njoku
'Cockroaches labelled to human beings' is Hate speech: a crime against humanity- MDC-Alliance Maureen Kademaunga
The term "Cockroaches" is now the Zim-buzzword to label human beings who are opponents!!! Just when we thought we were coming to terms with genocide activities of 1980s where the people of Mat...Published: 11 Jul 2018 at 21:51hrs | 4 | by Nomazulu Thata
UN-AU decry absence of women in peacebuilding activities
A high-level delegation to Nigeria and the DRC urges countries to promote gender equality Reporting back from a trip to Nigeria and the Democratic Repu...Published: 06 Feb 2018 at 18:43hrs | 2 | by Leon Usigbe
UK cracks down on modern slavery in Nigeria
LONDON - The UK is cracking down on the barbaric crime of modern slavery, International Development Secretary Priti Patel announced from Nigeria today, as she called for a world free from this abhorre...Published: 01 Sep 2017 at 07:10hrs | 8 | by APO
Africa's quest for a cashless economy gains momentum
Insufficient financial inclusion, unbanked masses and financial literacy are increasingly attracting investors When she needed to transfer money to a f...Published: 30 May 2017 at 21:28hrs | 2 | by Kingsley Ighobor
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Nigerian Govt Urges TB Joshua To Remain In The Country
Alhaji Lai Mohammed, Minister of Information and Culture, has urged Prophet TB Joshua of the Synagogue Church of All Nations (SCOAN) not to relocate from the country, encouraging the renowned prophet ...Published: 02 May 2017 at 20:02hrs | 2 | by Staff Reporter
Zimbabweans ask for ANC intervention
ZIMBABWEANS living South Africa have engaged the ruling African National Congress (ANC) and its political allies to intervene in fresh xenophobic violence in Pretoria and Johannesburg.The ...Published: 27 Feb 2017 at 06:12hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Nigerian police raid investigative news website's office
Lagos, Nigeria, January 19, 2017-Nigerian authorities should drop all charges against Dapo Olorunyomi, publisher of the news website Premium Times, and Evelyn Okakwu, who covers the judiciary for the ...Published: 20 Jan 2017 at 00:26hrs | 3 | by CPJ
The seemingly cool gay practice
Years ago, I always muttered to myself that if I ever applied for visa to any of the countries that endorsed the Gay Rights, or granted freedom to gays in whatever dimension and at the visa interview,...Published: 15 Jan 2017 at 14:42hrs | 3 | by Nimi Princewill. Twitter: @princewill_nimi
Gains made in fight against malaria
Africa is finally making headway in its decades-long fight against malaria The World Health Organization (WHO) announced in December 2015 that the glob...Published: 13 Jan 2017 at 22:12hrs | 3 | by Amelia Tan
Escaped Nigerian girl misses her Boko Haram 'husband'
Abuja, Nigeria (CNN) - Escaped Chibok girl Amina Ali Nkeki says she misses her Boko Haram fighter husband and is still thinking about him three months after escaping the militants' camp.Amina ...Published: 17 Aug 2016 at 07:21hrs | 32 | by CNN
Boko Haram releases 'video' of Chibok girls
Boko Haram has released a video of the Nigerian schoolgirls allegedly kidnapped two years ago, showing some who are still alive and claiming others died in air strikes. The armed group, wh...Published: 15 Aug 2016 at 06:57hrs | 3 | by Al Jazeera
Terrorism overshadows internal conflicts - As African countries scramble for solutions
Is terrorism becoming the dominant mode of conflict in Africa? This is a question many are asking following the recent surge in terror attacks across Africa. Since January about a dozen African countr...Published: 05 Jun 2016 at 07:58hrs | 4 | by Lansana Gberie
Propaganda and the pursuit of hegemonic goals - The Myanmar & Zimbabwe experience
February 29, 2016Much has been written about how much the so-called international community expected the new South Africa born in 1994 to lead the campaign for respect of human rights especially i...Published: 29 Feb 2016 at 13:36hrs | 1 | by Thabo Mbeki
The harmattan that brought Buhari is dredging Nigeria clean of corruption - Zim is feeling the chill!
In his book, THINGS FALL APART, Chinua Achebe has often written about the harmattan winds or storm as the precursor or bearer of great change. It is the harmattan wind that fanned the inconsequential ...Published: 26 Jan 2016 at 20:07hrs | 3 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Nigeria recovers $1 billion of Abacha's loot - a must read story for Mugabe, Tsvangirai and all looters
When Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari was sworn into office 29 May 2015, he vowed to deal with corruptions. Most people dismissed that with the usual "Yeah, we have heard that one before!" and wh...Published: 12 Jan 2016 at 22:05hrs | 1 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
External pressure to devalue Nigerian Naira - TB Joshua Prophecy?
The Federal Government may soon lose its current battle to defend the Naira using capital controls, as huge external pressures continued to deplete the nation's foreign reserve.In just a few d...Published: 11 Jan 2016 at 12:03hrs | 1 | by Staff reporters
Nigeria 'technically' wins against Boko Haram
Lagos - President Muhammadu Buhari said Nigeria has "technically" won the war against Boko Haram though suicide bombers remain a threat, in remarks issued days before his self-imposed deadline to defe...Published: 24 Dec 2015 at 16:12hrs | 2 | by AFP
MTN Nigeria fined $5.2 billion
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has issued a landmark fine of N1.04 trillion ($5.2bn) against MTN Nigeria, the largest mobile network operator in the country for failing to disconnect sub...Published: 26 Oct 2015 at 10:14hrs | 1 | by Chima Akwaja
Foreigners Fault Nigeria on TB Joshua Building Verdict
Thousands of foreign supporters of Nigerian Pastor T.B. Joshua have taken to Facebook to express their dismay and disgust at the controversial verdict released by the Lagos coroner's court which ...Published: 10 Jul 2015 at 05:53hrs | | by Ihechukwu Njoku
Mugabe was very annoyed to be reminded that he rigged the 2013 elections
VP Mnangagwa tells parliament that President Mugabe was not embarrassed by the Sahara TV journalist's questions but the Nigerian government and nation were embarrassed.Of course President ...Published: 18 Jun 2015 at 14:07hrs | | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Mnangagwa claims that the Nigerian reporter said 'sorry'
VICE-President Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday told the National Assembly that the discredited Nigerian activist-cum-journalist, Adeola Fayehun, has apologised to her government for making a nuisance of...Published: 18 Jun 2015 at 06:14hrs | 2 | by Farirai Machivenyika
Nigeria should be embarrassed by Mugabe's humiliation - Mnangagwa
Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa has told parliament that the Nigerian Government should be ashamed of President Robert Mugabe's recent treatment in that country.Mugabe (91) was humiliated by...Published: 17 Jun 2015 at 13:42hrs | 1 | by Thobekile Zhou
Former Nigerian minister and #Bringbackourgirls founder, says Nigerian army has committed human rights violations
- Ezekwesili concedes Nigerian army has committed human right abuses in the fight against Boko Haram - "Oby" thinks #BringBackOurGirls has not failed and Boko Haram can still be de...Published: 29 Apr 2015 at 05:33hrs | 4 | by Al Jazeera
South Africa slams Nigeria over envoy recall
South Africa slammed Nigeria on Sunday for recalling its ambassadors from the country following the recent spate of xenophobic attacks which left at least seven people dead. A statement from N...Published: 26 Apr 2015 at 16:14hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Africa must be proud of its own institutions
President Mugabe, as the AU Chairman, implored all Africans to utilize African resources in financing African operations. His call for Africa to be for Africans meant that Africans should be proud to ...Published: 20 Feb 2015 at 08:01hrs | | by Mukachana Hanyani
'We don't owe Tsvangirai an apology' - Mbeki
Two weeks ago, the Mail & Guardian published the report by justices Sisi Khampepe and Dikgang Moseneke on Zimbabwe's 2002 presidential elections, obtained after a...Published: 28 Nov 2014 at 14:23hrs | | by Thabo Mbeki
Synagogue Inquest: Oh What A Tangled Web Lagos Weaves
Recent revelations have left questions about the credibility of the witnesses at the Lagos State Government Inquest into The Synagogue Building disaster accentuated rather than assuaged.I...Published: 09 Nov 2014 at 23:40hrs | 2 | by Marelise Van der Merwe
Africa's economy set for dramatic changes - Carlos Lopes
Following the launch of the 2014 Economic Report on Africa in Abuja, Nigeria, Mr. Carlos Lopes, the executive secretary of the Economic Commission for Africa, att...Published: 08 Nov 2014 at 06:59hrs | | by Africa Renewal
Prophet TB Joshua donates cash to collapse victims
Johannesburg - A R50 000 donation would be paid towards funeral expenses of each family of the victims of the church building collapse in Nigeria, the Synagogue Church of All Nations said on Friday....Published: 25 Oct 2014 at 13:04hrs | 3 | by Sapa
Deal for the return of captured Nigerian girls
Nigeria's military says it has agreed a truce with Islamist militant group Boko Haram - and says the schoolgirls the group has abducted will be released.Boko Haram sparked global outrage s...Published: 17 Oct 2014 at 16:22hrs | 3 | by BBC
Prophet TB Joshua church collapse death toll reaches 115
The death toll from the collapse of a church guesthouse in Lagos has risen to 115, South African government minister Jeff Radebe said on Monday, urging the heavily criticized Nigerian government to in...Published: 22 Sep 2014 at 16:24hrs | 7 | by Reuters
Picture of plane allegedly behind Tb Joshua Church collapse released
The terrorist attack alleged by Nigerian Prophet T.B. Joshua as the cause of a guest-house collapse in his church on Friday 12th September 2014 has taken a new development with the release of a pi...Published: 18 Sep 2014 at 12:53hrs | 3 | by Ihechukwu Njoku - freelance Nigerian journalist
Paypal comes to Zimbabwe
LONDON- PayPal is entering 10 new countries this week, including Zimbabwe, providing online payment alternatives for consumers via mobile phones or PCs in markets often blighted by financial fraud....Published: 16 Jun 2014 at 18:17hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
There's No need for more oil wells in Nigeria
Nnimmo Bassey, an award-winning environmentalist, is one of Africa's leading campaigners, particularly for his work in Nigeria's oil-rich Niger Delta region. Mr. Bassey was a human rights advocate...Published: 29 May 2014 at 19:25hrs | | by Yemisi Akinbobola
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