Angola: Parliament Rejects Public Posts Holders' Accountability Draft
The National Assembly rejected this Tuesday the Draft of accountability on crimes committed by holders of public posts, an initiative of the parliamentary group of the opposition PRS party. More »
Uganda: Immigration Chief Held Over Scandal
ANOTHER immigration officer yesterday became the third person to be charged with abuse of office in connection with the release of two drug traffickers. More »
Nigeria: Police Accuse MASSOB of Inciting Violence
The police in Anambra State have accused the Movement for the Actualisation of the Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB) and other militant groups of carrying out a systematic cycle of violence in Onitsha, by intimidating innocent residents and attacking security agents. As a result of this, thousands of residents are fleeing the crisis-torn commercial city of Onitsha, to neighbouring Asaba in Delta state and other towns in Anambra state. More »
E&Y names new Pacific Southwest exec
The accounting firm Ernst & Young has named Peter Griffith as the new vice chairman and managing partner of its Pacific Southwest area, which includes Hawaii. More »
Locals line up to fill attorney general post
Fourteen Tennessee lawyers have applied to become the state's attorney general, replacing Paul Summers, who did not seek re-appointment. The application deadline was close of business on July 17. More »
Namibia: Container Ship Umfolozi Stolen From Walvis Harbour
THE container ship Umfolozi, which made headlines in September last year when it sank in the Walvis Bay harbour, disappeared from the port on Saturday afternoon - allegedly spirited away by its new owner, Alexander Saleh. More »
Nigeria: Much Ado About Car Gift
What could have passed as a welfare package from the state government to three paramount traditional rulers in Oyo state last week stirred up controversy following the rejection of a car gift by one of the beneficiaries, the Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Adeyemi. in this piece Tunde Sanni digged into the controversy More »
Nigeria: EFCC Blasts ACD Spokesman
Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, (EFCC), yesterday took on the spokesman of Advanced Congress of Democrats (ACD), Alhaji Lai Mohammed, describing him as "consort with those who represent everything that we know is corrupt and wrong in Nigeria today." More »
Nigeria: Abuja Prison Rejects Uwazuruike, Others
Federal High Court in Abuja was yesterday stunned during the treasonable felony trial of Chief Ralph Uwazuruike and other members of the Movement for the Actualization of Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB), when prison authorities said they do not have the facility to accommodate MASSOB chieftains. More »
Nigeria: Why EFCC Will Screen Politicians - Ribadu
CHAIRMAN of Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Mallam Nuhu Ribadu yesterday made a veiled justification for the proposed screening of political aspirants by the commission ahead of 2007 elections as he accused politicians of seeking office mainly to loot public treasury. More »
Uganda: PMU Staff Wants GF Report Trashed
A former staff of the disbanded Project Management Unit of the Global Fund, Dr Tiberius Muhebwa, has asked court to trash Principal Judge James Ogoola's report. More »
Rwanda: Gacaca Court Sets Man Free
It was all smiles for Issa Kayinamura of Rulenge Sector in Ngoma District, as the Gacaca Tribunal in the area set him free last week. More »
Rwanda: Businessmen Want Gov't Action On Counterfeits
A section of local investors and agents representing foreign companies have urged the government to intervene and save them from unscrupulous dealers who deal in counterfeit products. More »
Zimbabwe: Vandalism In Any Form Must Be Deplored
It's hardly a month when we reported that some Epworth pit sand poachers bumped into three burst National Oil Company of Zimbabwe (Noczim) fuel pipes in Msasa where they clandestinely fetched fuel with containers. More »
South Africa: Arms-Offset Project Ends in Tears for Ferrostaal
The South African subsidiary of German company MAN Ferrostaal has applied to the Cape High Court to liquidate an education and training trust, which benefited from a R25m loan as part of government's arms procurement offset agreement, following allegations of fraud. More »
Nigeria: Corrupt Politicians Will Face Justice, Says Ribadu
Chairman of the Econ-omic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Mallam Nuhu Ribadu, yesterday pressed ahead with his campaign against corrupt politicians, saying they would not only be denied leadership positions in 2007, but would also be brought to justice. More »
Uganda: UPDF Demands Retraction Of LRA Statement
UPDF officers who spoke to Daily Monitor yesterday scoffed at accusations against the military and demanded a retraction of the LRA statement. More »
Nigeria: Cult Clashes - Peace Returns to Asaba
Peace is gradually returning to Asaba, the Delta State capital, after weeks of bloody clashes between two rival secret cult groups however, scared residents who fear repeat skirmishes are packing out of their houses. More »
Monsanto's Burson to retire, Snively to succeed
Monsanto Co. said Wednesday that Charles Burson, executive vice president, secretary and general counsel at the firm, would retire effective Dec. 31. More »
Nigeria: Court Stops EFCC From Probing Ekiti Govt Accounts
AN Ado-Ekiti High Court has granted an interim injuction against the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission EFCC from inviting, arresting members of the Ekiti State House of Assembly and probing the accounts of the state government. More »
Nigeria: Nigerian Leaders Corrupt - EFCC
THE Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) launched, yesterday, into a fresh tirade against the political class, saying not only are Nigerian leaders corrupt, but also visionless. It particularly picked on chief spokesman for the Advanced Congress of Democrats (ACD), Alhaji Lai Mohammed, who in a reaction to last week's arrest of business mogul, Otunba Mike Adenuga Jnr, said the commission's action smacked of thuggery. The EFCC denounced Alhaji Mohammed as a huge embarrassment to Nigerian democracy. More »
Nigeria: NDLEA - the Rumbles Within
The unfolding scandal rocking the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency has exposed the underbelly of the agency and pitched several groups in a game of intrigues. Albert Akpor reports. More »
Gambia: 4 Lawyers Withdraw From Treason Trial
Four of the six defence lawyers representing, Captain Bunja Darboe and seven others in the wake of the March 21 abortive coup plot, have withdrawn their representation from the trial. More »
South Africa: N West Fights Non-Compliance to Environmental Law
Law enforcement agencies impounded a truck here today, as part of efforts to enforce environmental laws. More »
Congo-Kinshasa: Monuc Concerned By Growing Number of Human Rights Violations
At the weekly MONUC press conference, held this Wednesday July 19 2006, Fernando Casta-on, the director of the Human Rights division, condemned the human rights violations during the election period, and called on the Congolese authorities to respect the provisions of the new constitution. More »