The Federal Government on 12th of June 2018 announced a new national building code that will regulate construction with the aim of improving on measures to safeguard lives and property.
Nigeria’s President, Muhammadu Buhari, has declared that Democracy Day will now be celebrated on the 12th of June instead of the 29th of May. Nigerians agree that the country had.
Following the order of the High Constitutional Court for a new election to be conducted in the country to avoid political crisis, the prime minister of Madagascar, Oliver Mahafaly, resigned.
It is yet another win for women across the continent as Gambia’s Capital, Banjul, elected its first female mayor, Mayoress-elect Rohey Malick Lowe. Her election was confirmed by the Independent.
It was an evening of accolades and honour for Ethiopia’s immediate past Prime Minister, Hailemariam Desalegn. The federal government honoured Ex-PM with the country’s highest national award. Desalegn, who resigned.
Ethiopia’s House of People’s Representative has a new Speaker Muferiat Kamil. Ms. Kamil who was the country’s former Minister of Women Affairs, was named the new speaker, replacing Abadula Gemeda.
Botswana’s Vice-President, Mokgweetsi Masisi will be inaugurated as Botswana’s 5th President since the country gained independence from Britain in 1966, courtesy of an automatic succession clause in the constitution, when.
Rwanda’s president, Paul Kagame, has pledged to give political support to the private sector in Uganda and Rwanda to thrive. Speaking from State House, Entebbe where he had visited his.
Algeria plans to offer tax incentives in a planned new energy law to attract more investment and is in discussion with foreign energy firms including BP and Anadarko to exploit.
Freetown, Sierra Leone’s capital, has elected a new mayor. Yvonne Aki-Sawyerr won the position in the recently held March 7 general elections. The Chartered Accountant thus becomes the first female.
