GHANA’S main opposition party, the National Democratic Congress (NDC), organised mass protests across the country on Tuesday, ramping up its demand for an audit of the voter register ahead of the upcoming presidential election in three months. The NDC…
SIERRA Leone’s President Julius Bio has called for an extensive investigation following the collapse of a seven-storey building in Freetown, which has left at least eight people dead, including three children. Rescue teams are still searching for survivors trapped beneath…
BISHOP Godfrey Kariuki, a smallholder farmer nestled on the slopes of Mount Kenya, has witnessed a transformation in his farming fortunes. For decades, Kariuki, like many other Kenyan smallholders, struggled to produce enough from his one-acre plot to support…
HERMAN Kojo Chinery-Hesse, renowned Ghanaian tech expert and founder of SOFTtribe, has passed away at the age of 61. Often dubbed the ‘Bill Gates of Africa’ by the BBC, Chinery-Hesse was a trailblazer in the African technology landscape, particularly in software development. He…
Venezuela authoritarian government has plunged the South American country into one of the worst human rights crises in recent history, according to a UN report published on Tuesday. “We are witnessing an intensification of the state’s repressive machinery in response…
GERMAN Foreign Minister pledged an additional 100 million euros (111 million U. S. dollars) in winter aid for Ukraine in view of the ongoing Russian attacks on infrastructure in the country. The support for Ukraine is “also support for Moldova…
THE Moldovan government is in “a race against time to prevail” in the struggle to continue building democracy, President Maia Sandu said on Tuesday. Sandu disclosed this at a gathering of foreign officials in Chișinău. The Moldovan leader appealed to…
Human rights lawyer, Femi Falana, SAN, says it is illegal for the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited, NNPCL, to determine the price of Premium Motor Spirit, also known as petrol, for the Dangote Refinery after deregulation. Falana, who said this…
INTRODUCTION Last week, we continued from where we stopped in our first installment -the meaning of climate change, we x-rayed it from all ramifications and angles. Today, we shall talk a critical look at open defecation- its meaning, causes and…
FORMER Governor Adams Oshiomhole, who ruled Edo State from 2007-2016, has a history of criticizing Chief Gabriel Igbinedion, the Esama of Benin Kingdom. However, at the Esama’s 90th birthday celebration, Oshiomhole surprisingly begged for forgiveness, asking the elder statesman to…
