ACCRA, Ghana — The Universal Friendship Organisation has raised alarm over Ghana’s reported 38-place decline in the Global Peace Index over five years, urging the government, political parties and citizens to take urgent steps to protect the country’s peace and social stability. The organisation said Ghana, which ranked 38th globally and second in Africa in…
Iran-backed Houthi militants in Yemen say they carried out drone and missile attacks on Saudi Arabia’s capital, Riyadh, and energy facilities on the country’s Red Sea coast. The claim came after a large column of black smoke was seen rising near King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh, hours after Saudi authorities issued air-raid alerts and…
Ebonyi State Governor, Francis Nwifuru, has directed the immediate removal of the state Commissioner for Works, Stanley Lebechi Mbam, from office. The governor also directed Mbam to hand over all government property in his possession, including his official vehicle, to the Secretary to the State Government and transfer his responsibilities to the Permanent Secretary in…
The Enugu State Police Command has confirmed the murder of Chief Ikechukwu Oloto, 53, a popular politician in Nsukka Local Government Area of the state. The Command’s spokesman, SP Daniel Ndukwe, made this known in a statement issued on Friday in Enugu, saying police had commenced investigation into the circumstances surrounding Oloto’s death. Ndukwe said…
The Member of Parliament for Okaikwei Central, Patrick Yaw Boamah, has supported 344 brilliant but needy students from the constituency who gained admission to various Senior High Schools. The initiative forms part of the MP’s annual educational support programme aimed at assisting students from less-privileged backgrounds and promoting access to quality education. The beneficiaries received…
|By Prosper Okoye The outgoing National President of the Network of Civil Society Organisations Against Child Trafficking, Abuse and Labour, NACTAL, Abdulganiyu Abubakar, has introduced his successor, Osita Osemene, to government agencies and development partners involved in migration issues. Abubakar made the introduction during a two-day meeting of the Working Group on Return, Readmission and…
Anambra State Governor, Prof. Chukwuma Soludo, has granted a state pardon to popular native doctor, Chidozie Nwangwu, popularly known as Akwa Okuko Tiwara Aki. The governor announced the pardon on Friday during an inspection visit to the Correctional Centre at Amawbia, near Awka, where he said the exercise was aimed not only at extending mercy…
Survivors of the deaths of 37 suspected illegal gold miners in Niger State have recounted how overcrowding and poor ventilation allegedly left detainees struggling for air inside a cell of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps in Minna. The detainees died on Thursday while in NSCDC custody in Minna, the state capital, triggering protests…
President Bola Tinubu has ordered a full and transparent investigation into the deaths of 37 suspected illegal miners who died while in the custody of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, in Minna, Niger State. President Tinubu, in a statement by his Special Adviser on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, said the deaths…
A prominent Enugu politician, Prince Ikechukwu Oloto, has reportedly been killed at his residence in Nsukka. Oloto, popularly known as Okanga Moo, was allegedly attacked at Odenigbo, Nsukka Local Government Area, on Thursday night. Multiple sources said the politician was killed inside his residence, although the circumstances surrounding the incident remain unclear. Reports circulating on…
