Yearly Archives: 2013
Police seal off and search newspaper HQ
Police have closed the offices of Kampala-based newspaper, The Daily Monitor, declaring it a crime scene following publication of a series of stories about...
Student protesters set free as Sata yields to pressure
Zambia’s President Michael Sata has bowed to international pressure and released hundreds of students who were arrested after protesting against a government decision to...
Tafida parleys BCA on Nigeria’s business climate
By Peter Olorunnisomo
The gathering of people of the business hub in the Banking Hall of the Nigeria High Commission (NHC) on the April, 16...
President declares state of emergency in Adamawa, Yobe and Borno
President Goodluck Jonathan of Nigeria wielded extra-Ordinary powers by invoking Section 305, Sub section 1 of the 1999 constitution of Nigeria to declare a...
Jail for crooked judge who destroyed kids’ lives
A Pennsylvania judge has sentenced a former colleague to 28 years in prison following revelations of serious corruption spanning six years. Investigations have been...
Coalition visa proposals slammed
University bodies call for student migrant exemption
By Alan Oakley
The government has been criticised for making international students ‘feel unwelcome with ever more onerous restrictions’.
The...
Remembrance gathering for Mayor Tayo Situ
By Milton Tella
Close friends and family members gathered in remembrance of the late Mayor Tayo Adelani Situ, on Thursday 9th May 2013 at the...
Government targets small businesses to transform Britain's economy
By Milton Tella
Helping thousands more new businesses get off the ground by expanding the Government’s Start-Up loan scheme and opening up further the £230...
Bumpgate: Is Bey with child again?
Rumours abound that Beyoncé is expecting baby, or should that be ‘Bey-by’ no. 2.
Tabloids and gossip websites have been agog with speculation that...
Africa’s natural resources could improve the lives of millions
International tax avoidance and evasion, corruption, and weak governance represent major challenges
Africa is standing on the edge of enormous opportunity, this year’s Africa Progress...
