Wednesday, June 17, 2026

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David Mark and ADC logo

Mark faults ruling ordering INEC to   deregister ADC, Accord, three other parties 

Mr Mark said, “The ADC is not on trial. Rather, it is the judiciary that is on trial and the nation is waiting to see how the National Judicial Council will handle this situation.”

Agriculture

BOA, ministry partner on financing of women farmers

Ms Sulaiman-Ibrahim emphasised the need to expand women’s access to finance, land ownership opportunities and agricultural inputs.

OPINION

Lipuo Mokhesi: Protecting girls, women from genital mutilation

This solution strengthens early risks, improves survivor care, and transforms health facilities into prevention hubs.

Africa’s share in $950 billion animation boom

Global audiences do not want cultural odorlessness: a clean, sterilised visual style stripped of its native identity to fit a safe, generic Western structure.

From Matawalle’s mouth to God’s ears

One wonders what conception of God permits such convenient arrangements.

Rudolf Okonkwo: Bayo Onanuga and the full weight of bad judgment

If writing satire comes too easily, you are probably writing bad satire.

Nigerian political elite’s indifference to abducted Oyo schoolchildren

For a public that has grown increasingly desensitised to the country’s recurring crises, the mass abduction has sparked an unusually fierce wave of outrage and collective action.

Three years of reform, three years of hardship

When Bola Tinubu assumed office in May 2023, he embraced a neoliberal economic agenda built around market liberalisation, subsidy removal, currency devaluation, and fiscal austerity.

World

South African woman arrested at Thailand airport Photo credit: The Phuket News

Tongues wag as South African woman arrested at Thailand airport with 16kg heroin hidden in pet food bags

“It’s their best job. That’s the end of her journey in life.
They blame immigrants, while they are the main source of the illicit drugs,” @sinzumee said.

Africa

President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo

Equatorial Guinea PM, ministers resign over failure to meet targets

Equatorial Guinea’s government has been disbanded following the resignation of Prime Minister Manuel Osa Nsue Nsua over the failure of his administration to meet its objectives