Zimbabwe's Public Service Commission got caught letting 66 teachers keep their government paychecks after winning council seats in the 2023 elections, which straight-up breaks the constitution. The country's legal framework requires civil servants to bounce from their jobs when they take political positions, but PSC Secretary Tsisti Choruma signed off on reinstatements anyway. Meanwhile, PSC Chairman Vincent Hungwe rejected a similar request for 15 other teacher-politicians, citing the exact constitutional provisions his own commission violated.
The arrangement has teachers pulling double duty as counselors while collecting full salaries without showing up to their teaching jobs, dumping extra work on colleagues. Opposition union...
Zimbabwe's military boss, Valerio Sibanda, just retired, and political watchers think President Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa orchestrated the whole thing to strengthen his grip on power. Analyst Ricky Mukonza figures Sibanda will jump into politics as a weapon against Vice President Constantino Chiwenga, who's become Mnangagwa's main rival in the succession fight. The president wants to hang around past his constitutional term limit that expires in 2028, and bringing military heavyweights into the political game is standard practice for the ruling party.
Political commentator Tendai Reuben Mbofana called the reshuffle an obvious power play but warned that stacking the military with loyalists doesn't guarantee long-term control. He...
Mike Arnold, who used to run Blanco as mayor, went off on Tinubu for putting Reno Omokri on the ambassador shortlist. The Texas politician has beef with Omokri going back years over claims he downplays Christian persecution back home. Arnold dropped a Facebook rant calling the president deaf, dumb, and blind for picking people like Omokri and Femi Fani-Kayode.
Tinubu sent 32 ambassador picks to the Senate for approval, splitting them between 15 career diplomats and 17 non-career people. Arnold basically said the selections prove Nigeria rewards sellouts who flip positions for money instead of competent people with integrity. He thinks the message tells Nigerian kids they need to ditch their morals to get ahead, and the whole thing...
Senate President Godswill Akpabio told people at a church event in Uyo that divine intervention completely changed his life, and he wants Nigerians to get serious about serving God wherever they end up. The guy described himself as the highest-ranking Christian in government and said he belongs to every denomination but feels lucky being Catholic. He mentioned most people show up to church without grasping its actual power.
Akpabio said his rise from nothing to number three citizen proves God can lift anyone up if they position themselves right. He stressed the only way to stay blessed is by committing to church work, and he's hyped about opening a new worship spot at the National Assembly complex soon. Catholic Bishop John Ayah...
Nigeria's resident doctors wrapped up their month-long walkout after the government signed off on some promises. The strike yanked about 11,000 doctors out of 91 teaching hospitals around the country and trashed healthcare access for a solid month. Dr Shuaibu Ibrahim from NARD said they suspended everything because the feds agreed to their seven demands through a formal agreement.
The government already came through on two things: dropping the Professional Allowance Table and bumping doctors' starting level to CONMESS 3. The other five items need to get handled within four weeks, and they cover stuff like getting the Lokoja doctors their jobs back, paying overdue money, upgrading qualified doctors, specialist pay, and some certificate...
Goodluck Jonathan rolled up to the Presidential Villa in Abuja after getting yanked out of Guinea-Bissau when the military decided to stage a coup. Presidential spokesman Bayo Onanuga confirmed the ex-president linked up with Tinubu following his safe return. Jonathan had been over there leading a West African election-monitoring crew when soldiers seized power, and people started worrying about whether he was okay.
An Ivorian government plane flew him back, landing him at Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, where supporters and officials met him. He'd gone to Guinea-Bissau heading up the West African Elders Forum Election Observation Mission for the presidential and legislative elections, but the military takeover cut his work short.
Adamawa State officials went around Yola shutting down businesses that stayed open during the monthly cleanup time. They dumped out food from street vendors, killed cooking fires under bean cakes, and flipped tables where people were selling stuff. The state requires everyone to stay home and clean their areas on the last Saturday morning of each month between 7 am and 10 am, but compliance has been trash.
The Environmental Ministry's permanent secretary, Syngana Dadah, said people just aren't feeling the cleanup vibe anymore, and way too many folks keep working during the lockdown hours. The committee hit up neighborhoods like Jambutu, Wauro Jabbe, Bachure, Jimeta By-pass, and Nasarawo to enforce the rules. Dr Umar Ibrahim from the...
Abia State's governor, Alex Otti, met with Jewish community leaders and basically told them his government doesn't play favorites with any religion. The Commonwealth Jewish Council president, Clive Obe, brought up how Saturday elections make it rough for Sabbath observers to participate, but Otti said switching election days gets complicated when different faiths worship on different days. He mentioned people could still vote after their services wrap up, since elections only happen every four years anyway.
The Jewish Fellowship Initiative asked for some land to build a center and wanted financial backing similar to what Christian and Muslim pilgrims get. Otti explained his administration stays neutral on religious funding except for...
President Tinubu told everyone his government wants to totally overhaul the country's security setup and make the police force way more professional. The Nigeria Police Academy in Kano just pushed out 1,187 new cadets who finished their degrees and training. Tinubu's guy, George Akume, showed up to speak at the event, and the president basically said these fresh officers need to be fair and keep their integrity intact while protecting people.
The Academy boss, AIG Patrick Adedeji Atayero, mentioned the school has come a long way since 1998, when it was bouncing between temporary spots. The program is expanding with postgraduate and diploma tracks on the way. A bunch of government heavyweights attended the ceremony, and Tinubu promised...
