Africa Climate Summit: Stop the blame game, look for solutions to climate change, says Ruto
The African continent needs to stop the blame game and look for solutions to climate change, Kenya’s to President William Ruto said. Speaking on Monday while opening the Africa Climate Summit in Kenya’s capital, Nairobi, Ruto said this is no time for the continent to “catalogue grievances and list problems” but rather to “scrutinize ideas, […]
Africa’s Gale Of Coups: Asiwaju, Olawunmi Set To Dissect Evolving Wave Of Military Incursion
LAGOS – The popular Boiling Point Arena, a monthly online discourse on governance and nation-building, will dissect the now evolving wave of military incursion in governance across African States, to shield Nigeria from such aberration. Penciled as Discussants to thrash the issue are elder statesman, Prof. Anthony Asiwaju, an Emeritus Professor of History and […]
DSS warns students, other groups over planned violent protest
The Department of State Services (DSS) on Monday said it uncovered plans by some people to stage violent protests in parts of Nigeria. The DSS spokesperson, Peter Afunanya, in a statement on X (formerly Twitter) said the planned protests are meant to discredit the Federal Government (FG) and also plunge the country into anarchy. “The […]
Nwoko blames coups in Africa on corruption, bad governance, western influence
Says multilateral military force to restore democracy in Niger ineffectual By Christopher Oji Delta North Senator Prince Ned Nwoko has blamed coups in Africa on corruption and bad governance, saying that they are the twin harbingers of political instability across the continent. The senator noted that even the recent threat by the Economic Community of […]
Youths, indigenous groups demand inclusion in climate governance, green growth
Youths from the Africa Youth Climate Assembly have demanded inclusion in the green growth agenda. This stance is part of the declaration presented to the Kenyan President, William Ruto, on the last day of the AYCA summit yesterday. The AYCA representative, Elizabeth Wathuti, called for the collaboration of African leaders in the decision of the […]
How to nip coups in Africa – Ezekwobi
By Brown Chimezie Eze Ndigbo Ifako Ijaiye Lagos, Eze Michael Ezekwobi ( Oyiomanatumba Ndigbo Gbagburugburu)has declared that only good governance free of corruption will stop military incursions in Africa. He spoke in reaction to the Coup in Niger Republic and recently in Gabon, where military leaders sacked democratic government of Mohammed Bazoum and Ali Bongo […]
The fear of coups in Africa
By Ayo Oyoze Baje “Most of wars or military coups or invasions are done in the name of democracy against democracy” –Eduardo Galeano (Uruguayan journalist) My dear faithful reader, let us begin with the all-important questions: Why do the citizens in the African countries such as Mali, Burkina Faso, Niger and most recently that of […]
NNPP crisis: Only Sen Kwankwaso has the solution – stakeholders
As the crisis in the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) rages on, key stakeholders of the group say that Sen Rabiu Kwankwaso, its presidential candidate, is in the best position to restore order. The post NNPP crisis: Only Sen Kwankwaso has the solution – stakeholders appeared first on The Guardian Nigeria News – Nigeria and […]
Rights groups urge Tinubu to use subsidy fund to repair refineries not to share it
From Jeff Amechi Agbodo, Onitsha Human Rights and Pro-democracy groups, Campaign for Democracy (CD)and Human Rights, Liberty Access, and Peace Defenders’ Foundation (HURIDE), have urged president Bola Tinubu to channel the recovered subsidy fund to repair our refineries rather than sharing it to states. The groups said the so-called palliative was meant to settle […]
Oluwasegun Abifarin: Waves of coups in Africa and the 20-year-old unheeded warning
On Wednesday, August 30th, 2023, Gabon, whose Presidential envoy was in Abuja two weeks ago on solidarity visit to President Tinubu who is the ECOWAS Chairman over the Niger coup debacle, became the latest bride of coupists on the continent of Africa. During the visit, President Tinubu said the special message of support and solidarity […]