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“Building on Solid Ground” earns its title. It is practical, honest and timely, and it is written with the kind of clarity that respects your time. If you work in Africa’s civil society space, this book belongs on your shelf, because it gives you both a foundation to build on and a mirror to grow by. It is, simply put, a good read, and one I am proud to recommend. Every organisation begins with a reason, though not every founder stops long enough to ask what that reason really is. Jude Ilo sets out to help those of us in…
The United States President, Donald Trump, on Saturday announced that a peace agreement aimed at ending the Middle East conflict is scheduled to be signed on Sunday, a development he said would result in the immediate reopening of the Strait of Hormuz to international shipping. In a statement posted on his Truth Social platform, Trump expressed optimism about the agreement and its potential impact on regional stability and global trade. “The Deal is scheduled to get signed tomorrow, and immediately after it is signed, the Hormuz Strait is OPEN TO ALL,” Trump said. The Strait of Hormuz is regarded as…
Six people escaped death after a trailer carrying a 40-foot container fell from the New Parts, Nkpor Bridge, along the Onitsha–Awka Expressway, Anambra State and crashed into four other vehicles. It was gathered that a total of six persons were involved in the crash. While two persons sustained minor injuries, four others escaped unhurt. Two injured as trailer falls from Anambra bridge, crashes into vehicles The accident, which occurred at about 1 p.m. on Saturday, also caused traffic disruption on the expressway, as the fallen trailer blocked the entire stretch of the road. Our correspondent observed that the incident led…
Fulham have held discussions with Álvaro Arbeloa as they begin the search for a new manager following the departure of Marco Silva, according to reports. Silva left Craven Cottage after five years in charge to take over at Benfica, ending a successful spell that saw Fulham establish themselves as a stable Premier League side and finish 11th last season. As reported by BBC Sport on Saturday, Arbeloa, 43, has emerged as a strong contender for the role, although sources suggest that talks are not yet at an advanced stage. The former Spain international is admired within Fulham’s recruitment structure for…
Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor did not join the royal family on the Buckingham Palace balcony during the 2026 Trooping the Colour celebration. King Charles III celebrated his annual birthday parade and military flypast on Saturday, June 13, with his wife, Queen Camilla, and his son Prince William, who was accompanied by wife Princess Kate Middleton and their three children: Prince George, 12, Princess Charlotte, 11, and Prince Louis, 7. Trooping the Colour takes place in London every June to celebrate the monarch’s birthday. Charles was honored with the Horse Guards Parade, despite his actual birthday falling in November. Andrew’s absence comes months after he was arrested by…
Sudanese women and girls living as refugees in Chad are being subjected to sexual exploitation and abuse, according to Doctors Without Borders, an international humanitarian organisation. The aid group said it carried out an investigation and found that women and underage girls are compelled by locals and some foreign staff to trade sex for food, water and milk. It also found cases of women and underage girls being compelled to trade sex for jobs. Some women were also forced into prostitution. The organisation, known by its French initials MSF, is one of the biggest organisations responding to the humanitarian crisis…
The Ali Must Go protest of 1978. …the ‘Ali-Must-Go’ uprising laid the concrete foundation for confronting military rule in Nigeria. The formation of NANS and the various struggles it waged from 1981 to 1993 contributed significantly to demystifying the military, and developing the psychological basis for the opposition to confront and combat the military despots. Yesterday, Friday, 12 June marked the thirty-third year that the General Babangida military junta annulled Nigeria’s freest, fairest, most transparent and highly credible presidential election. On 23 June, 1994, business mogul and politician, Chief Moshood Abiola was illegally arrested. He was held in solitary confinement…
A Former Head of State, Gen. Abdulsalami Abubakar (retd.), said the hours surrounding the death of Gen. Sani Abacha on June 8, 1998, left him with a lingering sense that “something was fishy.” He disclosed that he and the late Chief of Army Staff, Lt-Gen. Ishaya Bamaiyi, were mysteriously locked inside a waiting room at the Presidential Villa for nearly an hour before being informed that the Head of State had died. The revelations are contained in Chapter 19 of Abubakar’s 264-page, 27-chapter autobiography titled ‘Call of Duty,’ obtained by our correspondent on Saturday at the public presentation of the…
Kansas City mayor Quinton Lucas said officials at “local, state and federal levels” were investigating after World Cup equipment belonging to England was stolen ahead of the squad’s arrival at their training base on Saturday. Balls and boots are reportedly among items taken after vehicles transferring equipment to the team’s Swope Soccer Village base were broken into, according to the BBC. Lucas issued a statement on X with the title: “Statement on heist in transit of English national team equipment”. “Yesterday, officials in Kansas City learned that at some point between their over-the-road transport from Florida to their arrival at…
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