Adeye is The African Exponent's West African Correspondent based on Abuja, Nigeria. He covers all West African Stories that matter with a slick African style.
It sounds like a scene taken straight out of a Jason Bourne movie but the only difference is that it was not a stunt. A driver of a minibus together with three other passengers walked unscathed from one of the most jaw-dropping accident scenes ever witnessed in Kraalfontein suburb in
Kenyans who are registered as refugees in Dadaab, Kenya's largest refugee camp and the third largest refugee camp in the world, can now rejoice as the government moves to issue them with IDs by August. Immigration PS Gordon Kilahangwa said that the government was verifying the details and
The global giant in soft-drink manufacturing has announced plans to invest $300 million in Ethiopia as part of its expansion plans. The plan will be set in motion by the establishment of a new plant at a cost of $70 million. The $70 million (2 billion birr) plant will become
The United States has warned African countries that they should not expect western-sponsored debt relief to pay back debts incurred, including debts incurred to China. The statement came from U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for Africa for African Affairs, Tibor Nagy. Tibor referenced the Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC)
Last week, an anti-counterfeit body petitioned a Ugandan court to declare that the supply of contaminated food by World Food Programme (WFP) to the people of Karamoja, a Ugandan district, violated international standards. In March this year, Uganda’s Ministry of Health reported that at least 262 people in the
A leading presidential candidate in Tunisia has been banned from running after parliament passed an amendment to the country's electoral law. Nabil Karoui, the media magnate and a former Essebsi supporter, announced his decision to run for president on 28 May in a live interview with his broadcaster
"I need to work to support myself and my kids. No one pays for my support." - Amrita Singh In reacting to his suspension without pay, Principal Magistrate Bryan Khaemba has resigned from work. Bryan Khaemba, who is also the Kenya Magistrates and Judges Association secretary made the
The Zimbabwean Trade-off On the 10th of September 1979, political players from Southern Rhodesia met in London at the Lancaster House for a conference meant to broker a way out of the "civil war" in the territory. Lord Carrington, the chairperson of the conference which was to be
The Canadian duo reportedly kidnapped in Kumasi, Ghana last week has regained freedom. This comes as great news to not just the countries involved but the entire African continent. After the incident last week, negative reports filled the foreign media on how unsafe and underdeveloped the African continent is. The
There is currently a Tutankhamun statue in London that is about to go on auction, but Egyptian authorities are trying to do all they can to ensure that the sale does not proceed. The officials say that the bust of the pharaoh might have been stolen from the Karnak temple
It has been just a few months since Botswana spat in the face of conservationists when it lifted the ban on elephant hunting and its Eastern neighbour is planning to follow the same route. Zimbabwe has demanded that it is allowed to sell its accumulated stockpile of ivory to raise
A video of billionaire CEO of Coscharis Motors, Cosmas Maduka evangelizing in the middle of the street has surfaced online. In the video, Mr Maduka is seen holding a bible in one hand and a microphone in the other as he preaches about Jesus in English. Beside him is a
“If Africa does not set forth on the path to socialism, it will fall back instead of advancing.” - Kwame Nkrumah President Kwame Nkrumah is still the only African head of state to have elaborated a coherent theory of African unity based on the practical realities of African society rather
If the time has come again for you to invest in a brand new smartphone, you’re in luck. The mobile industry has never been bigger, and its top-selling products have never been smarter and more reliable. Whatever you’re looking for, you’ll have no problem finding it. Presuming
The Timneh parrot (Psittacus timneh), a bird exclusive to West Africa, is at risk of loss due to climate change. The bird, formerly considered a subspecies of the grey parrot but now considered a full species, is often kept as a companion parrot. It grows to 28–33 centimetres in
"It is a sound principle of finance, and a still sounder principle of government, that those who have the duty of expending the revenue of a country should also be saddled with the responsibility of levying and providing it." - Wilfrid Laurier President Hage Geingob in his experience
