Kenya's grand plans, tiny budgets and ever-growing borrowing habits

Treasury CS John Mbadi and PS Chris Kiptoo with the International Monetary Fund team during the 2025 Spring Meetings. [File, Standard] We live in interesting times. Just as we were busy contemplating the sort of pro-poor, pro-people priorities...

River Park Estate Crisis: Houses For Africa Counters Ogunmuyiwa’s Claims, Asks Authorities To Verify Facts From CAC

The controversy surrounding Abuja’s multi-billion-naira River Park Estate project has taken another dramatic turn, as Houses for Africa Nigeria Limited has issued a rebuttal disowning Dr. Adeniran Ogunmuyiwa, describing his recent public claims as...

Noman Ali Etches His Name in History With Another Stunning Spell Against South Africa

Pakistan’s seasoned spinner Noman Ali has etched his name into the country’s record books after another stunning performance at home against South Africa. The 39-year-old was at the top of his game once again in the opening Test against the...

Water wars: has GERD reset Africa’s hydropolitics?

Water wars: has GERD reset Africa’s hydropolitics? Water scarcity in Africa is a crisis, and the GERD conflict shows why mutually beneficial cooperation agreements are vital. Published on 14 October 2025 in ISS Today By Dhesigen Naidoo Research...

What will it take to keep Nigerian girls in school?

BY DAWN IMMANUEL Nigeria has made strong legal commitments to universal education. Yet for millions of girls, those promises still haven’t left the page. Their absence from classrooms is not from disinterest, but from systemic barriers that make...

FESPA Middle East announces FLEX 2025 roadshow to unite print leaders

FESPA Middle East has announced the return of the FESPA Leadership Exchange (FLEX) 2025 series, a roadshow comprising four events taking place from November 24 to 27 in Saudi Arabia, Jordan, and Egypt.Following its successful debut in March 2023,...

Amdalat Oloyede Foundation Supports Six Ibadan Schools With 15,000 Exercise Books, School Uniforms

1 In an exceptional display of benevolence, the Amdalat Oloyede Foundation, a non-governmental and non-profit organization, recently distributed 15,000 sixty-leaf exercise books to students across six primary and secondary schools in Ibadan, the...

Nestlé Nigeria opens 2025 Media Awards submissions, adds new category

Nestlé Nigeria has invited entries for the 2025 Nestlé Media Awards, a programme recognising journalism that addresses issues of societal importance across the country. For its latest edition, the Awards introduce a Business and Economy Reporting...

NAFDAC clarifies withdrawal of 101 drugs in Nigeria

The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has issued a clarification to help Nigerians understand its recent publication on a list of 101 drug withdrawn, suspended, and cancelled by the agency. The agency said the...

The Next Frontier: Why Israel Should Boost Its Investment Footprint in Africa

When the sun rises over the rolling hills of eastern Rwanda, its rays glint off rows of solar panels stretching across the Agahozo-Shalom Youth Village. Once known for sheltering orphans of the 1994 genocide, this community now stands as an...

Culture brand Broadsheet marks London launch with first print edition

Australian culture brand Broadsheet has officially gone live in London after eight weeks under soft launch. Broadsheet London is now putting out daily content about the UK capital at Broadsheet.com/london, via newsletters and on Tiktok and...

Reuben Abati to launch three new books on politics, society, personal reflections

Books By Anthony Isibor REUBEN Abati, renowned journalist and public intellectual, is set to officially present three new books that capture his deep reflections on politics, society, and personal experiences. The books, published by Caltop...

Ex-Presidential Spokesman, Reuben Abati To Launch Three New Books On Nigerian Politics, Society

A veteran journalist and former presidential spokesperson, Dr. Reuben Abati, will on Friday, November 7, 2025, officially present three new books at the Nigerian Institute of International Affairs (NIIA), Victoria Island, Lagos. The books,...

Morocco U20 vs France U20 Prediction and Betting Tips | October 15th 2025

Morocco U20 will face France U20 at the Estadio Elias Figueroa Brander on Wednesday in the semifinals of the 2025 FIFA U20 World Cup campaign. The Atlas Lions have only just returned to the global stage this year after a 20-year absence, but have...

Nestlé Nigeria Calls For Entries For 2025 Media Awards

3 Nestlé Nigeria has announce the call for entries for the 2025 Nestlé Media Awards, an annual initiative that celebrates journalistic excellence and impactful storytelling across Nigeria. Since its inception, the Nestlé Media Awards have...

Bad political leadership is the bane of Nigeria

That a country’s development is dependent on its having good and visionary political leadership is a truism that cannot be controverted. In today’s world, no country can rise above the aspirations, dreams, and visions of its political leaders. For...

The genius of Brian Lara and the summer he re-wrote cricket's record books

The life of Brian will forever be remembered for the summer in which he proved he was the Messiah and not a very naughty boy. In the space of just six weeks in 1994, Brian Charles Lara scored the highest individual score in the history of Test...

Nigeria: $2bln for super grid, financing light or darkness?

For 25 years, Nigeria has pursued electricity reform like a mirage—always visible, never attained. Today, installed generation capacity stands around 13 gigawatts (GW), yet only about a third reaches consumers. The rest drains away through gas...

Africa’s Superheroes Rise

TNT Africa's new documentary celebrates the continent's rich legacy of superhero storytelling. Long before Wakanda captured the world's imagination, African creators were building their own superhero universes, rich with ancestral wisdom, urban...

Ethiopian Emperor Haile Selassie’s Musical Band of Armenian Orphans

The 40 Armenian orphans with their leader, Kevork Nalbandian, in the middle holding a violin. (From the archives of St. George Armenian Apostolic Church in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia) In the spring of 1924, Ras Tafari Makonnen, Ethiopia’s crown prince,...