At its Summit in India recently, the G20 bloc admitted the African Union (AU) as one of its members, making it of two continental bodies (the other being the European Union) to be admitted into this body.
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Shettima Yerima, the President of the Arewa Youth Consultative Forum (AYCF), has been at the forefront of promoting and protecting the general interests of Northern Nigeria. With his strong and influential voice, Yerima has been able to make a mark in the region’s political landscape.
Democracy has largely and globally been defined and accepted as the government of the people, by the people and for the people. Indeed, democracy is a system of government that has come to stay across as under it the people hold sway because they only loan their mandates of authority as a trust to those in the position of elective positions.
India is the world’s second-largest producer of grains, fruits and vegetables. This makes India a target for corporations pushing genetically modified crops. But India’s highest court has blocked planting of genetically-modified crops.
Before the 9th September 2023, Nigerians exhibited a key interest in the would-be outcome of the Presidential Election Petition Court Judgment, as players and supporters of all the political parties in the legal arena had, indirectly sorted the Court of Public Opinion where their various written addresses where in the public domain.
I came across this video a while ago and was encouraged by it. This is the first couple of Namibia, First Lady Monica Geingos and husband, President Hage Gottfried Geingob.
Weeks ago both conventional and online media organizations were so much agog propagating a sponsored narrative to dent the image of Mr. Abubakar Tela Suleiman, an Assistant Payroll Personnel Upper Benue River Basin Development Authority (UBRBDA) to have used the Integrated Payroll Personnel Information System (IPPS) and defrauded staffs of the organization from their salary accounts.
On Monday, 19th of September, 2023, in Abuja, there was a procession tagged “Solidarity Walk for Tinubu and his administration”. It was organised by no less a group than a coalition of christian youths across the 19 states of the Northern Nigeria and FCT. They are referred to as Association of Christian Youths in Northern Nigeria (ACYNN), under the leadership of Dominic Alancha, as its National President.
The gap between African renewable capacity and global capacity means that there is great potential for us to gain ground
It has taken me more than a decade to make up my mind on writing this article, knowing the passion it is likely to generate, no thanks to the sensitive nature of the topic. At a point, I even played with the idea of not doing any public write up on the subject matter. However, the sheer ferocity and consistency of the misinformation being peddled around and the risk of not standing up against this deliberate falsehood against my clan (and vicariously, perhaps, against me) while I am yet alive and the greater risk of going to join my Creator at His appointed time without countering this public lie have all made me damn the consequences and send this article for publication.