June 3, 2023

How Putin has given South Africa a big diplomatic headache

It has been an uncomfortable few months for South African diplomacy.A country that would like to be seen as a wise and steady ambassador for a negotiated peace in Ukraine, and a crusading champion of a non-aligned, multi-polar world, has been caught up…

Mozambique stabilising after years of terror

from DION HENRICK in Cape Town Western CapeBureau CAPE TOWN, (CAJ News) A MOZAMBICAN government official said the situation in the terror-prone northern parts of the country has stabilized since the deployment of troops from the Southern African regio…

FIFA boss congratulates Pinnick over OFR award

FIFA President, Gianni Infantino, has congratulated Amaju Pinnick, a former President, Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), for the conferment of Officer of the Order of the Federal Republic (OFR) on him by former President, Muhammadu Buhari.Buhari had b…

10th NASS: SDP appoints Wadada to coordinate its caucus

The National Working Committee (NWC) of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) has appointed Senator-elect Ahmed Wadada to coordinate the party’s caucus in the 10th National Assembly.The appointment is contained in a letter in Abuja on Saturday signed by th…

No Niger Delta ruler, elder called for Ndiomu’s sack – Group

Niger Delta Integrity Group (NDIG) says no elders, traditional rulers and other groups have called for the sack of the Interim Administrator of the Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP), retired Maj.-Gen. Barry Ndiomu.This is contained in a statement on…

Maritime: Why we must resuscitate SLOFFEA – Official

The Shipping Lines Association of Nigeria (SAN) says the moribund Shipping Lines Operators and Freight Forwarders Employers Association (SLOFFEA), will be resuscitated.It says the association will be resuscitated to handle the setting of minimum standa…

Will Tinubu administrtion end fuel subsidy controversy?

No policy in Nigeria’s petroleum industry has generated more controversy than subsidy removal. Since the return to democracy in 1999, it has defied ministers and even the entire lifespan of administrations.The argument is that the pump price of Premium…

Group backs Tinubu on subsidy removal, calls for restructuring

The Campaign for Democracy (CD), a pro-democracy, civil society and human rights organisation, has backed President Bola Tinubu on the removal of fuel subsidy.The group made this known in a communique issued by its North Central Executive Committee at …

We won’t fix petrol prices again – NMDPRA

The Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA) says it will no longer fix prices or release templates for Premium Motor Spirit (PMS).Authority Chief Executive (ACE), Mr Farouk Ahmed, who said this at a news conference in …

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