The President-General of the Yoruba World Congress (YWC), Prof. Banji Akintoye, on Wednesday, said that the over 55 million Yoruba people in the South-West would get its sovereign Yoruba nation from Nigeria without breaking the law of Nigeria or shedding blood. The President-General stated this at the YWC House in Ibadan, the Oyo State Capital, during the remembrance celebration of the Kiriji War, which took place over 130 years ago. Akintoye said, “We have been...

The Enugu State Governor, Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi on Tuesday declared open a 2-day workshop on the total eradication of open defecation in the state. The workshop was organized by the Ministry of Water Resources, Enugu State Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Agency, ENRUWASSA, and Ugo’s Touch of Life Foundation, U-TOLF in collaboration with UNICEF at Bon Sunshine Hotel, Enugu to develop a roadmap for the attainment of the state’s goal on Open Defecation Free, ODF, by...

President Cyril Ramaphosa of South Africa on Tuesday solicited a comprehensive stimulus package for Africa to enable its recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic. Ramaphosa made the appeal in his pre-recorded video statement to the virtual General Debate of the United Nations General Assembly in New York. Speaking in his capacity as Chairman of the African Union (AU), he also called for suspension of interest payments on Africa’s external and public debts. The South African president...