Don’t abandon public schools, CSOs tell African govts
African governments have been urged not to abandon their responsibilities in the public education sector to private investors. This was the crux of the agreement of Civil Society Groups across Africa at a hybrid workshop held yesterday in Lagos. The workshop hosted by the Global Initiative for Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (GI-ESCR) and the […]
Obasanjo laments high cost of diesel
*Says, I’m sweating Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has said the rising cost of diesel has adversely affected his fish business. He spoke on Tuesday at a South-west fish farmers’ congress held at the presidential library Abeokuta, Ogun state. He said the high diesel price may turn fish farming into bankruptcy, adding that he is “already […]
Abuja: Gunmen attack AIG convoy, kill orderly
Gunmen have ambushed the convoy of the Assistant Inspector General of Police, Zone 12, Audu Madaki, injuring him and killing one of his escorts. This happened on Tuesday around 2:30 pm between Barde and Jagindi in Kaduna State. He was travelling to Abuja from Bauchi. The AIG is said to be receiving treatment at an […]
Former LASU VC, Hussein, dies at 75
Former Vice Chancellor of the Lagos State University, Professor Lateef Akanni Hussein, is dead. He died on Sunday at 75. A tweet on the official handle of the institution (@LASUOfficial) on Monday, said the Professor of Physics died after a brief illness. He was the sixth substantive vice chancellor of the institution between 2005 and […]
A toast to Soyinka @ 88
Those who respect the elderly pave their own road toward success – African proverb (Wole Soyinka: Literature, Activism, and African Transformation, Bola Dauda and Toyin Falola, Bloomsbury Academic, New York, 2022) Any new book on Wole Soyinka, the first African to win the Nobel Prize for Literature, is something many scholars and lovers of the […]
Hanifa’s killer to die by hanging
*Father of victim excited over court judgement Tanko Abdulmalik, and his accomplice, Hashimu Ishyaku, have been sentenced to death by hanging for the murder of the five-year-old pupil Hanifa Abubakar. A Kano High Court pronounced the judgement on the killer and his accomplice. Abubakar Abdulsalam, father Hanifa, has expressed happiness that the little Hanifa got […]
Gunmen invade community near LAUTECH
Gunmen suspected to be kidnappers have invaded Abaa, a community near the Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Ogbomoso, and abducted two persons. It was gathered that the gunmen stormed the community in the Surulere Local Government Area of Oyo State on Thursday night and whisked away their victims, a hotelier, and his worker. The […]
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12 years after UN Declaration of water as a human right: Groups warn African governments against privatisation agenda
On July 28, 2022, the Corporate Accountability and Public Participation Africa (CAPPA), alongside the Our Water Our Right Africa Coalition hosted a webinar with African water justice campaigners, in commemoration of the 12th year of the United Nations Resolution declaring water and sanitation a human right (Resolution 64/292). This was declared on July 28, 2010. […]
Court Grants Suspended Accountant General, Co- Defendants Bail
The Federal High Court in Abuja has granted the suspended Accountant General of the Federation, Idris Ahmed and his co-defendants bail based on the terms and conditions given by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). Delivering the ruling, Justice Adeyemi Ajayi ordered that the defendants shall not leave the Federal Capital Territory, and should […]
Mr. Speaker, Kill The National Water Bill Now!
By Olatunji Buhari On June 29, 2022, in my hotel room in Abuja I tuned to Channels TV, a Lagos based Television network. What caught my attention was a headline “Reps Re-Introduce Controversial Water Bill”. My first reaction, was, again? What exactly are the proponents of the Bill trying to achieve with its resurrection? The […]
