South African Mother Found Guilty Of Selling 6-year-old Daughter
Racquel “Kelly” Smith, a South African, was convicted of abducting and trafficking her daughter, Joshlin Smith, who was six years old. On Friday, May 2, 2025, Racquel, her partner Jacquen “Boeta” Appollis, and their friend Steveno “Steffie” van Rhyn were…
Protest As Gambian Parliament Moves To Lift Ban On Female Circumcision
The Gambian parliament has moved to repeal the Act prohibiting female circumcision. A bill to that effect, sponsored by a member of parliament, Almameh Gibba, passed the second reading after securing massive votes on Monday. The move to repeal the…
World Bank: Conflict, Major Driver Of Food Insecurity In Nigeria, Others
The World Bank has identified conflict as one of the critical drivers of food insecurity in West Africa, especially in the north-western part of Nigeria and the Liptako Gourma region, which borders Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger Republic. In its…
Ruto Wins Kenya’s Election, Buhari Salutes President-elect
Kenya’s electoral commission yesterday declared the deputy president, William Ruto, winner of the country’s presidential election. Ruto polled 50.49 per cent of the total votes cast (7,176,141) to defeat his closest rival, ex-Prime Minister Raila Odinga, who got 48.85 per…
Report: Why Europe’s Rush For Africa’s Gas Smacks Of Hypocrisy
Europe’s growing pressure on Nigeria and a handful of other African countries to produce more gas for export, while declining to fund such projects citing carbon emission reasons has hypocrisy written all over it, a Bloomberg treatise which sampled various…
WHO Reports First Two Cases Of Marburg Virus Disease In Ghana
Nigeria records 880 fresh COVID-19 cases The World Health Organisation (WHO) has reported two suspected cases of Marburg Virus Disease (MVD) in Ghana. If confirmed, the two cases would be first recorded in the West African country. This is coming…
West African Leaders Lift Economic, Financial Sanctions On Mali, Burkina Faso
Leaders of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) on Sunday lifted economic and financial sanctions imposed on Mali, after its military rulers proposed a 24-month transition to democracy and published a new electoral law. The bloc imposed stiff…
FG: $60bn Needed To Aid Access To Reliable Electricity, Clean Cooking Facilities In Eight Years
Says PIA capable of provoking, triggering commercial interests, investments in gas utilisation The federal government yesterday stated that Sub-Saharan Africa could require as much as $60 billion to access reliable electricity and clean cooking facilities between now and 2030. The…
IMF: 20 Sub-Saharan African Countries In Debt Distress, High Risk Of Debt Distress
Nigeria not listed despite huge public debt burden The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has warned that debt vulnerabilities remains elevated in Sub-Saharan Africa, with no fewer than 20 countries in the region either at high risk of debt distress or…
WHO: Malaria Killed Over 602,000 People In Nigeria, Others In 2021
US spends $768m to fight malaria in countr y ExxonMobil spent over $37.4m on anti-malaria programmes in nation in 20 years Obaseki canvasses innovative financing in the disease fight As the world yesterday marked the World Malaria Day, the World…