Nigerians turn their backs on local football
from OKORO CHINEDU in Lagos, NigeriaLAGOS – LOCALS are shunning the Nigerian Professional Football League because of perceptions of match fixing, bad officiating, poor coverage of... Read More
Smart farming to boost Kenya food production
from MARIA MACHARIA in Nairobi, KenyaNAIROBI – HYDROPHONICS- a method of growing plants in a nutrient solution without soil – is set to draw more youth... Read More
Ethiopian premier’s Nobel Peace prize welcomed
from ADANE BIKILA in Addis Ababa, EthiopiaADDIS ABABA – THE Nobel Peace Prize accorded to Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed must spur him towards further human rights... Read More
Churches falling into offside trap
True Gospel with SAVIOUS-PARKER KWINIKACHURCHES nowadays are like football clubs! You unfairly get ill-treated by one, you join another. Nevertheless – players must... Read More
Police fingered in Mozambique poll observer’s murder
from ARIMANDO DOMINGOS in Maputo, MozambiqueMAPUTO – TWO Mozambican senior police officers have been suspended after law enforcers’ implication in the murder of an election observer... Read More
Hansen appointed first Power of Nutrition president
TINTSWALO BALOYIJOHANNESBURG – RENOWNED health and nutrition expert, Keith Hansen, has been appointed the inaugural president of The Power of Nutrition (USA) Inc, a... Read More
Free trade pact to spearhead Africa’s economic growth
from MTHULISI SIBANDA in Sun CitySUN CITY – A technology executive has forecast the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) to result in massive economic growth... Read More
Midwives assault pregnant women at childbirth
from RUSSELL ADADEVOH in Accra, GhanaACCRA – HUNDREDS of women in some low-income countries have been physically abused, discriminated and had medical procedures conducted without their... Read More
South Africa among most targeted in phishing scam
MTHULISI SIBANDAJOHANNESBURG – SOUTH Africa has the unenviable standing among the top 20 countries targeted in a large influx of recent phishing attacks. This... Read More
Britain scolded for refusal to cede Mauritius territory
from SAVIOUS KWINIKA recently in Port Louis, MauritiusPORT LOUIS – BRITAIN is under international pressure to return the Chagos Islands to mainland Mauritius. The former coloniser... Read More