By Ohenenana Kofinipa Deputy South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has been accused of being involved in “incestuous relationship” that could make him partly responsible for the deaths of Marikana miners in August 2012. “You had relations with former police minister Nathi Mthethwa, you were both in the ANC national executive, as well as with ANC secretary general Gwede Mantashe. “You were a non-executive director of Lonmin. If you look at that web of relationships you will accept that you were caught in a cesspool of incestuous relationships in relation to the Marikana players”, said Dali Mpofu, counsel for the wounded…
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By Ohenenana Kofinipa The lucrative job of a top official of the Ugandan Ministry of Health is on the line per President Yoweri Museveni’s fiat. Mr Frank Mugisha Kasaka, head of procurement, allegedly asked a well-connected foreign investor for an upfront 20 percent bribe of the total project he was handling for him “in order to finalize the procurement processes”. May be Kasaka is a past master in this type of game. What he possibly did not know is that the investor, Enrica Pinetti, chairman of Finasi, an Italian company, has the ear of President Museveni who personally head hunted…
By Ohenenana Kofinipa Stakeholders of Ghana’s main opposition party, the New Patriotic Party (NPP), are anxiously debating whether they have a genuinely-aggrieved member on their hands or a mole of the ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC) bent on scuttling their third attempt at winning the Ghana Presidency. Twice David Hoezame, former NPP Chairman of Central Tongu Constituency in the Volta region which shares a border with Togo, has sued his party, seeking interim injunctions against its operations. Hoezame’s grouse the first time was that the NPP National Council, the second highest decision making organ of the party had been unconstitutionally…
By Ohenenana Kofinipa A Durban woman’s screams to attract help against robbers has led to her death. Anxious to end her shouts, the knife robbers shoved a piece of cloth down her throat and tied a double cord around her neck. She choked to death as her husband, bound both hands and feet, looked on helplessly at their home in eManzimtoti suburb of KwaMahuta township in South Africa. Thankfully the police rose to the occasion two hours later. . A police dragnet comprising a helicopter, dogs and plain-clothes ground crews closed in on the robbers, shooting one of them in…
By Ohenenana Kofinipa Kenyans across the globe – from Alaska to Down Under – are clapping for President Uhuru Kenyatta for having given them their hearts’ desire. “We have all along argued that there is no justification for the discrimination, thank you Mr. President,” enthused one of them on facebook. For decades Kenyans resident in countries who drive on the right have been barred from coming home with cars duty free; a privilege their counterparts in left-hand driving countries enjoy. Now by President Kenyatta’s directive Kenyans in right-hand drive countries are free to buy vehicles from left-hand drive countries and…
By Ohenenana Kofinipa One good turn, our Elders say, deserves another. Though eight Chinese medical personnel – seven doctors and a nurse – have been infected with the deadly Ebola virus from treating Sierra Leonean victims of the disease in two hospitals, the Chinese Government has sent another 10 medics to the Freetown Ebola war front. Additionally China has sent to each of the three Mano River Basin countries of Sierra Leone, Guinea and Liberia a US$1.63 million Ebola supply package to assist in the their separate fights against the Ebola epidemic. Giving an insight into the Chinese magnanimity at…
By Alex C In its tradition of associating its flagship brand, Foreign Extra Stout, with boldness, confidence and power, Guinness has launched a new campaign which it called ‘Made of Black’ in Nigeria and across some markets in Africa as continuation of its well-thought out proposition to consumers. The campaign which is part of Made of More drive was conceived to reflect the movement that Guinness is seeing amongst a new generation of adult African consumers, who together, are fuelling a progressive new spirit of Africa. The characters in Made of Black TV commercial depict talents and strengths of real…
By Alex C Globacom, Nigeria’s national telecommunications carrier is boosting cashless policy and financial inclusion with the launch of Glo Xchange, a Mobile Money Agent Network that is aimed at accelerating the uptake of mobile money services in the country. Glo Xchange was launched by Globacom in partnership with three licensed mobile money operators, FirstMonie, Ecobank and Stanbic IBTC in Lagos recently. Godwin Emefiele, governor, Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), in a statement, said the initiative marks the beginning of the deeper collaboration between the financial industry and the telecommunications sector. He congratulated Globacom for launching the first mobile money…
By Alex C The country’s transport and cargo business appears to be booming as Nigeria Aviation Handling Company plc’s (Nahco Aviance) first-half profit rose by 19.24 percent, analysis of its financial statement shows. For the first six months through June 2014, the company’s net income increased by 19.24 percent to N381.37 million, from N319.83 million in the same period of the corresponding year (HY) 2013. Net margin, a measure of profitability and efficiency, increased to 9.95 percent in HY 2014 compared with 8.34 percent as at HY 2013. It will be recalled that the company had reached agreement with the…
By Ohenenana Teleku Ghana President John Dramani Mahama has a penchant for using social media as part of his tools for governance. In typical fashion on July 17, President Mahama, used social media to communicate the need for Ghanaians to make sacrifices in these challenging times, as there was light at the end of the tunnel. He had tweeted on his site @JD Mahama, “As a people, we have had to make sacrifices. I wish to assure you that the results of these sacrifices would begin to show very soon.” Shortly after, a response came from the US Embassy’s official…