GH police bans new year Prophecies
The Ghana Police have warned that the ban on alarmist new year prophecies is still active, saying those found culpable will be penalized. It can be recalled that the police had last year banned new year prophecies in churches, describing them as misleading. The police said such prophecies were capable of causing panic and more […]
EARLY VOTER REGISTRATION IN DRC MARRED BY SHORTAGE OF KITS
Voter registration has kicked off in the Democratic Republic of Congo over the weekend as the country prepares for the December 2023 general election. President Felix Tshisekedi is expected to seek re-election after a first term marked by economic hardship and a resurge of rebel activity in the east. Almost 50 million people across the […]
Team Nigeria qualifies for 2024 youth winter Olympics
President of the Nigeria Curling Federation, Daniel Damola has said that Team Nigeria has qualified for the 2024 Youth Winter Olympics for both the Mixed and Mixed Doubles events scheduled to take place in the Gangwon Province, South Korea from January 19 to February 1. According to him, Nigeria’s qualification for the Youth Winter Olympics was […]
Germany returns 20 Benin Bronze sculptures
Twenty historic bronze sculptures have been returned to Nigeria by Germany as part of efforts to address its dark colonial past. Annalena Baerbock Germany’s foreign minister returned the prized cultural artefacts to Nigerian officials in a ceremony in the capital, Abuja. The sculptures, known as Benin bronzes were looted from the West African country by […]
Euthiopas biggest bank resumes service in Tigray
The Commercial Bank of Ethiopia said it has resumed financial services in some towns in the war-torn region of Tigray, enabling residents to access their funds after a shutdown lasting more than a year. The announcement follows the signing of a peace deal between the federal government and Tigrayan rebels last month, aimed at ending […]
FIFA goes against it rules by allowing Qatar dress Messi in black robe
FIFA went against its rules by allowing Qatar to dress Argentina’s Lionel Messi in a black Arab robe before the World Cup trophy presentation, as pointed out by former Tottenham Hotspur defender, Ramon Vega, on Twitter. Following Argentina’s 4-2 penalty win over France in the World Cup final on Sunday, Messi took the centre stage […]
Countries seal deal to protect nature despite DRC objection ī
Countries have reached a landmark agreement at a marathon United Nations biodiversity summit to protect the world’s land and oceans and provide critical financing to save biodiversity in the developing world despite objections from some African countries. The chair of the COP15 nature summit, Chinese Environment Minister Huang Runqiu, declared the deal adopted at a […]
Ramaphaso emerge as South African president
Cyril Ramaphosa has been re-elected as the President of South Africa under the African National Congress. Ramaphosa won his re-election bid with 2,476 votes to defeat his rival, a former health minister, Zweli Mkhize. His re-election comes after his opponents asked him to step down over a scandal known as ‘Farmscandal’ involving the discovery […]
EU threatens twitter boss with sanctions
The European Union on Friday warned Elon Musk that Twitter could be subject to sanctions under a future media law after the “worrying” suspension of several journalists from the messaging platform. The European Union commissioner Vera Jourova posted on Twitter that News about arbitrary suspension of journalists on Twitter is worrying and The European Unions […]
27 Migrant, including children found dead in Chad desert
The bodies of 27 migrants, including four children, have been found in the Chadian desert, according to the International Organization for Migration (IOM), they died of thirst. According to the United Nations-affiliated agency the migrants left in a pick-up truck nearly a year and a half ago from Moussoro, a town in west-central Chad, and are […]