President Nana Akufo Addo’s office said Wednesday that Ofori Atta would be replaced by Mohammed Amin Adam, currently the minister of state at the finance ministry and previously deputy energy minister responsible for the petroleum sector. Ken Ofori-Atta had been overseeing Ghana’s debt restructuring efforts after the West African nation defaulted on most of its…
Speaking at the UN Security Council in New York, Antonio Guterres said climate disasters have a negative impact on food production which kindles social unrest. “A global food crisis is creating a hellscape of anger and heartache for many of the world’s poorest people. And the climate crisis is accelerating with the deadly force, and…
The U.S. State Department terms its relations with the southern African nation as “strong”. However, US congressmen John James and Jared Moskowitz would like the ties to come under review. They introduced a bill in the US House of Representatives on Feb.06 that seeks to undergo a review of the bilateral ties between the United…
Authorities suspect collusion between the suspects and Nigeria’s former central bank chief, Godwin Emefiele. Emefiele, already facing trial on 20 charges, including the illicit receipt of the stolen funds, maintains his innocence while out on bail. Emefiele’s trial marks a significant anti-corruption effort under President Bola Tinubu’s administration, which began last May. Prosecutors assert that…
The National Working Committee of the Labour Party has slammed a six-month suspension on its National Treasurer, Oluchi Opara. The suspension was announced at a press conference on Wednesday at the party secretariat in Abuja. Opara had, on Monday, challenged LP National Chairman, Julius Abure, at a press conference to account for an alleged N3.5…
The Chairman of the Ondo State Chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party, Mr Fatai Adams, is dead. Though details of his death have not been revealed, it was gathered that he died in the early hours of Wednesday. The party’s state Publicity Secretary, Mr Kennedy Peretei, who confirmed the incident, said the party would soon…
Economic activities have grind to a halt in Yo E state as Tricycle operators took over the major roads to protest what they termed oppressive fee collected from them. According to them, the agency is extorting payment of daily fees from their members, ordering fresh registration by every rider. The protest is already crippling economic…
Ethiopia’s federal security forces killed at least 45 civilians in a massacre in Amhara state in late January, the independent state-affiliated Ethiopian Human Rights Commission (EHRC) said on Tuesday. A statement said the EHRC had confirmed “the identity of at least 45 civilians who were extrajudicially killed by government security forces for allegedly ‘supporting [ethnic…
The United States Senate has passed a $95bn bill approving aid for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan. The long-delayed measure won approval from the upper house early on Tuesday. The legislation will now head to the Republican-controlled House of Representatives, where its chances of becoming law are slim. The bill, which would open the way for…
