E-Money Promises To Raise Junior Pope’s Children
POPULAR businessman and socialite, Emeka Okonkwo, aka E-Money, has promised to take care of the children of late Nollywood actor,...
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Abidjan Demolitions Leave Hundreds Homeless
IN a swift and heartbreaking turn of events, Dame Touré found herself hastily gathering her belongings as bulldozers advanced into her neighbourhood in Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire. Alongside her three children, she scrambled to salvage what they could, but their efforts…
US Bars Malawi Officials Over Corruption Allegations
THE United States has taken a decisive step against corruption in Malawi, announcing entry bans on four former government officials implicated in significant graft, the State Department revealed on Wednesday. The officials named in the sanction include Reyneck Matemba, former solicitor general…
Ghana’s Families Struggle Amid Soaring inflation
IN Ghana, the relentless surge in inflation continues to take its toll on families across the nation, as the cost of goods and services skyrockets, leaving many struggling to make ends meet. Mercy Adobea, a 43-year-old hospitality worker, lamented the…
Kenya Plans First Nuclear Power Plant
KENYA has taken a significant step towards bolstering its energy capacity and reducing CO2 emissions with the unveiling of a strategic plan aimed at establishing the country’s first nuclear power plant. Expert analysis suggests that this initiative aligns with Kenya’s…
Marula Mining Secures Kenya Manganese Licence
IN a significant development for Marula Mining’s operations in Kenya, the Africa-focused mining and exploration company’s Kenyan representative has obtained a mineral dealer’s trading licence, valid until December 31, 2024, and renewable annually. This licence empowers the company to conduct…
Op-Ed: West Africa’s Fashion Designers Are World Leaders When It Comes To Producing Sustainable Clothes
EVERY few weeks global fast fashion brands mass produce their latest clothing, pumping out garments to be sold around the world. There is growing criticism that it’s socially irresponsible to produce such large volumes of clothes so often. It leads to surplus and waste that takes…
Ghana To Tax Foreign Incomes Of Residents To Offset Revenue Gap
GHANA has unveiled a bold plan to levy taxes on the foreign incomes of resident Ghanaians in a bid to counterbalance a significant revenue shortfall resulting from the cancellation of value-added tax (VAT) on electricity earlier this year. The decision…
Ukraine: 14 Killed, Over 60 Injured In Russian Missile Attack
NO fewer than 14 people have been killed in the city of Chernihiv in Northern Ukraine by a Russian missile attack. Ukraine’s Interior Minister Ihor Klymenko said the missile attack, which hit an eight-storey building in a densely populated area,…
O.J. Simpson’s Lawyer Reverses Opinion On Payments To Goldman family
O.J. Simpson’s longtime attorney, who was named executor of the former NFL star’s will ahead of his death last week, has said he will ensure that any claim the parents of Ron Goldman make to retrieve the millions they were…
African Groups Decry Rights Violations In Sudan Conflict
A COALITION of Pan African civil society organisations has urged the African Union’s Peace and Security Council to ‘prioritise discussion on the sexual and gender-based crimes and other human rights violations’ that are continuing in the ongoing civil war that…
Security Forces Rescue Two Kidnap Victims In Kebbi
A joint security team deployed to Suru and Maiyama local government areas of Kebbi on Tuesday rescued two persons abducted...
Police Arrest Man With Fake Naira Notes In Enugu
THE Police Command in Enugu State says its operatives have arrested one Mmaduabuchi Okonkwo, 24, suspected to be in possession...
Illegal Arrest: How Zone 2 Police, Lagos, Drags 3 Innocent Nigerians To Court Over Trump Up Charge – CHRSJ
A human rights organization, the Centre for Human Rights and Social Justice (CHRSJ) has faulted the men of Zonal Headquarters...