A Peoples Democratic Party Chieftain (PDP), in Birnin Gwari local government area of Kaduna State, Dr. Mohammad Uwawamaka Thursday, faulted the sacking of over 2000 primary school teachers by the Kaduna State Government. He said the sacking of teachers, means denying them their means of livelihood, which is worst than kidnapping. He said kidnappers may pity the kidnapped victim and release him after payment of ransom, but once you are sacked, for life, you may not be opportune to secure the same

After visiting the Kigali Genocide Memorial in Rwanda on Thursday, President Muhammadu Buhari made a passionate appeal to Nigerians to be tolerant of one another and embrace peace. The President toured the permanent exhibitions at the Memorial and laid a wreath at the mass graves where more than 250,000 victims of genocide were buried. He also paid tribute to the memory of the victims and prayed for healing for the survivors. This was disclosed in a statement by Femi Adesina, Special Adviser to the

France’s opposition parties appeared to reject President Emmanuel Macron’s call for “compromises” to keep the country governable after his party failed to win an absolute majority in last weekend’s parliamentary election. The main opposition parliamentary groups from the left and the right demanded Macron clarify which compromises he was ready to make in order to win their backing. Macron’s centrist alliance came in 44 seats short of an absolute majority in the

Ukraine is to hold a preliminary hearing in its first trial of a Russian soldier charged with raping a Ukrainian woman during Moscow’s invasion, the beginning of what could be dozens of such cases. The suspect, Mikhail Romanov, 32, who will be tried in absentia on Thursday, is accused of breaking into a house in March in a village in the Brovarsky region outside Kyiv, murdering a man and then repeatedly raping his wife while threatening her and her child with violence and weapons. It was not immediately

Algeria, Niger and Nigeria held talks this week on the revival of a decades-old project to pipe gas across the Sahara, a potential opportunity for Europe to diversify its gas sources as Russia’s war in Ukraine continues. The three countries have set up a task force for the project and designated an entity to update a feasibility study, said Niger’s oil ministry in a statement on Wednesday, following a two-day meeting in Abuja, the Nigerian capital. The Trans-Saharan gas pipeline is an estimated

Germany has taken a step closer to gas rationing after a drop in supplies from Russia. The country has triggered the “alarm” stage of an emergency gas plan to deal with shortages, Germany’s economy ministry said. It is the latest part of a standoff between the European Union and Russia over its invasion of Ukraine. German economy minister Robert Habeck said Russia was using gas “as a weapon” in response to EU sanctions. “We must not fool ourselves. The cut in gas

Myanmar’s deposed pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi has been moved from house arrest to solitary confinement in a prison in the capital Nay Pyi Taw. The 77-year-old Nobel laureate was arrested when the military ousted her elected government in February 2021. For the past year she has been held at an undisclosed location in the capital. Ms Suu Kyi has already been sentenced to 11 years in jail and faces a host of other charges. She denies all of the accusations against her. It’s thought

Heads of government from Commonwealth countries will meet in the Rwandan capital, Kigali, on Friday and Saturday to tackle challenges from climate change and poverty to the food security crisis triggered by the war in Ukraine. The Kigali summit was supposed to be held in 2020 but was twice delayed because of the COVID pandemic. The Commonwealth is a voluntary association of 54 countries that evolved gradually from the British Empire and has existed in its modern form since 1949. It has a combined

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“These things I have spoken to you while being present with you. But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in My name, He will teach you all things, and bring to your remembrance all things that I said to you.” – John 14:25-26 (NKJV)   INTRODUCTION When we consider the tasks of the Holy Spirit, we usually emphasize comforting, guiding, empowering, gift-bringing, cleansing, and sanctifying – all of which are certainly part of and essential to His work. But in John 16, Jesus

There’s something inherently sinister in swanning into a village somewhere in Africa, tossing a few coins at people less privileged than you and being able to instruct them to do whatever you want. If the price (or pay-off) is high enough, or the sense of humour crude enough the possibilities are endless. It’s this exact boundless freedom, plus a deeply ingrained racist ideology that has made an online Chinese industry I’ve spent the last year investigating possible. The concept behind this

Ghana forward Joseph Paintsil has revealed plans to collaborate with Ghanaian rapper Medikal on his upcoming album. The KRC Genk forward already has a single out called ‘Kotosa” which is making waves in the Ghanaian space. Joseph Paintsil who has taken to music revealed he loves to do music after his training sessions. “I have been a lover of music since childhood. I use to sing in school and in church as well. Also, my mum is a singer and I have a brother who is also a gospel genius

The 2022/23 Ghana Premier League will kick off on the weekend of Friday, September 9 to Monday, September 12, 2022 across all nine Premier League centers. This follows approval of the plan for the 2022-23 football season by the Executive Council of the Ghana Football Association (GFA). An earlier release has September 4, 2022 as the date for the Champion of Champions to be honored ahead of the new league season. League fixtures for the upcoming season is schedule to be released by Tuesday, July 26,

The Black Stars of Ghana maintained their position in the latest FIFA Coca Cola rankings released on Thursday, June 23, 2022. Ghana placed 60th globally and are 11th on the continent, making them the least ranked nation ahead of the FIFA World Cup in Qatar. The four-time African champions defeated Madagascar 3-0 in their opening AFCON qualifier in Ghana before they were held by lowly Central African Republic in the second game. The Black Stars finished third at the Kirin Cup tournament, after losing

Hearts of Oak’s Communications Director, Opare Addo, has promised supporters that the team will win against Bechem United. Hearts of Oak will take on Bechem United in the MTN FA cup on Sunday as they look to defend their title. Hearts of Oak couldn’t defend their league title after Asante Kotoko ended their eight years league title drought in spectacular style. Hearts of Oak ended the season on eighth position with forty-eight points. Opare Addo is optimistic Hearts of Oak will win the

The 2022 World Cup is right around the corner.  The tournament gets underway on November 21, with the final taking place under a month later on December 18, 2022. The group stage draw has come and gone, with eight sets of four teams set to compete, with a 32-team format at the World Cup. Here are all 32 teams as the competition edges closer, and we analyze which nations are the favourites to win, who are the star players and managers to watch out for; Group D: France, Australia, Denmark, Tunisia

After a two-day notice given by the Greater Accra Regional Minister, Henry Quartey, to persons putting up unauthorised structures at Adenta-Frafraha to vacate the place, the Regional Security Council (REGSEC), in collaboration with the Adentan Municipal Assembly (AMA), has demolished unauthorised structures on the land which belongs to the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR). The exercise took place at Adenta-Frafraha from 4:00am yesterday, till all unauthorised structures were

The Speaker of Parliament, Mr Alban Sumana Kingsford Bagbin, has applauded the Finance Minister for ensuring that many lives were not lost to Covid-19 due to the expenditures government made. He, however, noted that Parliament must exercise its oversight duty of protecting the public purse and has, therefore, directed the Finance and Health Committees of Parliament to probe into the utilisation of the Covid-19 funds. “Definitely, I know, without those funds I don’t know how many of us

INTRODUCTION Mr. Speaker, on 11th March 2020, the World Health Organisation declared COVID-19 as a pandemic. This moment has marked a defining moment in world history and its impact still reverberates globally. Mr. Speaker, here in Ghana, we recorded our first two cases on 12th March 2020. H.E. President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, immediately put together a taskforce which spearheaded the development of a bold, comprehensive, and decisive strategy to ensure that we are not overwhelmed by the pandemic.

The Youth of Bantama in Kumasi, on behalf of majority of the people of Ashanti region, have reacted strongly to recent comments by the Presidential advisor, Yaw Osafo Maafo, to the effect that Ashantis did not play any significant role in gaining independence for Ghana. They are demanding an apology and a retraction from the former Senior Minister for the unfortunate remarks. Mr Yaw Osafo Maafo is said to have remarked at a closed-door meeting in Koforidua, on tape, which went viral on social media