SOMALIA’S parliament has approved a bill transitioning the country to universal suffrage, marking a pivotal shift from the long-standing clan-based voting system. The legislation, passed on Saturday by 169 lawmakers in favour, two against, and one abstaining, introduces one-person-one-vote and…
NIGERIA’S push to address the sharp rise in transport costs, following the government’s removal of petrol subsidies, has hit significant hurdles. The country’s shift towards compressed natural gas (CNG), designed to lower transport costs by almost 50 percent, has struggled…
UNITED Airlines has increased the frequency of its flights between Washington Dulles International Airport (IAD) and Accra Kotoka International Airport (ACC). The route, previously operating three times a week, now offers daily flights to meet the growing demand for travel…
BELGIAN activist and New Force Movement spokesperson, Shalimar Abbiusi, has hailed the ECOWAS Community Court of Justice’s recent ruling declaring her deportation from Ghana in 2023 unlawful. The court ordered the Ghanaian government to pay compensation for violating her fundamental…
LEICESTER City have fired Steve Cooper as their manager. The Premier League club confirmed this in a statement on Sunday. The Foxes also announced that first-team coach Ben Dawson will take over training imminently. “Men’s first team training will be…
PROMINENT Nigeria’s social critic and human rights activist, Comrade Igbotako Nowinta, has responded to recent attacks made against ex- president Olusegun Obasanjo by Sunday Dare, Special Adviser to President Bola Tinubu on Public Communication and Orientation, saying the presidential…
GOVENOR Bassey Otu of Cross River has appealed to labour unions in the state to shelve their planned industrial action over none implementation of the new minimum wage. The governor said his administration remained committed to the implementation of the…
AS COP29 wraps up today, the question remains: did the world’s youth, particularly in Africa, receive the attention they deserve? A new survey, the 2024 African Youth Survey, reveals that climate change is at the forefront of their concerns, with the…
A powerful Israeli air strike on central Beirut killed 15 people and wounded 63 before dawn on Saturday, bringing down a residential building and jolting residents awake across the Lebanese capital. The attack destroyed an eight-storey building in the Basta al-Fawqa neighbourhood, resulting in a large number of casualties, Lebanon’s…
THE International Criminal Court (ICC) on Thursday announced a decision that has been widely recognised as a historic precedent. A panel of three judges, known as Pre-Trial Chamber I, issued arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, former Defence Minister Yoav Gallant and Hamas military commander…
