Ghana hits back at Israel with reciprocal deportations | Africanews
Ghana has expelled three Israeli citizens after accusing Israeli authorities of mistreating and wrongfully deporting several Ghanaians who arrived in Tel Aviv last week. The move is Ghana’s way of signalling that it will not tolerate what it sees as…
France’s central bank accused of complicity in Tutsi genocide in Rwanda
New allegations have placed the Bank of France under scrutiny, as human rights advocates and researchers accuse it of playing an indirect but significant role in events leading up to the 1994 genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda. A report…
JUST IN: Dangote Refinery Cuts Petrol Price to N699 Per Litre
The Dangote Petroleum Refinery has once again reduced the price of petrol, dropping its ex-depot (gantry) price from N828 to N699 per litre.According to real-time market data from Petroleumprice.ng, the refinery slashed the benchmark price of Premium Motor Spirit by…
Rod Paige, nation’s first African American to serve as secretary of education, dies at 92
Rod Paige, an educator, coach and administrator who rolled out the nation’s landmark No Child Left Behind law as the first African American to serve as U.S. education secretary, died Tuesday. Former President George W. Bush, who tapped Paige for…
Reno Omokri, Yakubu, Ugwuanyi Among Nominees Screened and Cleared by Senate Committee
The Senate Committee on Foreign Affairs on Thursday cleared former presidential aide, Reno Omokri, former Enugu State Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi, former presidential aide Senator Ita Enang, and former Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Mahmood YakubuDuring the…
Bayelsa Deputy Governor, Dies at 60
The Bayelsa State deputy governor, Senator Lawrence Ewhrudjakpo, has died after collapsing suddenly in his office. SaharaReporters had reported that the deputy governor slumped in his office and was rushed to the Federal Medical Centre (FMC), Yenagoa. Family sources…
Why I Will Keep Dancing – Gov Adeleke Insists
Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke, has said that he would not stop dancing, stressing that dancing would not affect his work. Governor Adeleke made this statement on Wednesday when he appeared as a guest in an interview on ‘Politics Today’,…
Austria bans headscarves in schools for girls under-14
Austria has passed a law banning headscarves in schools for girls under the age of 14. The conservative-led coalition of three centrist parties, the ÖVP, the SPÖ and the Neos, says the law is a “clear commitment to gender equality”,…
Australia becomes World’s first country to ban Social Media for teenagers under the age of 16
Australia has become the first country in the world to ban children under the age of 16 from using social media platforms, as a new law took effect at midnight. The ban covers platforms such as TikTok, Snapchat, YouTube, Twitch…
Over 7,000 Nigerians stranded in Iraq — NiDCOM Chairman
Warns against dangerous and illegal migration Over 7,000 Nigerians are stranded in Iraq, the Chairman, Nigerian Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM), Abike Dabiri-Erewa, has disclosed. She made the disclosure while speaking on the dangers of irregular migration at the Nigeria Bar Association…