Australian police have declared Monday’s stabbing at a Sydney church a religiously motivated “terrorist act”. A 16-year-old boy was arrested after a bishop, a priest and churchgoers were attacked during mass at the Assyrian Christ The Good Shepherd Church. At least four people suffered “non-life-threatening” injuries, police say. The attacker was also hurt. The incident […] The post Sydney
Dr. Peter Partey Anti, executive director of the Institute of Education Stidies (IES) and a lecturer at the University of Cape Coast, said he was alarmed about the news of some students from Presec who staged the kidnapping of a colleague. According to the Police statement issued on April 5, six persons including two adults, […] The post Presec fake kidnap: ‘I was a bit alarmed’ – Dr. Anti first
The Ghana Police Service, through an intelligence-led operation and investigation, has arrested Six (6) persons including Four (4) Juveniles who are all Students of Presbyterian Boys Senior High School (PRESEC), Legon, Accra for staging a kidnapping incident. The two(2) adults among the six (6) are Isaac Kissi Adjei alias Kofi Black and Courage Teiko alias […] The post Police
The first man to receive a genetically modified kidney transplant from a pig has been discharged from the hospital. The 62-year-old was sent home on Wednesday, two weeks after the ground-breaking surgery at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH). Organ transplants from genetically modified pigs have failed in the past. However, the success of this procedure so […] The post Pig kidney
Five plastic-wrapped packages believed to contain cocaine have washed up on beaches in Sydney, deepening a long-running drug mystery. Found by beachgoers at Freshwater and Curl Curl on Monday, the parcels – 5kg in total – were seized by police. They say it is part of a massive shipment of cocaine which has been washing […] The post Cocaine bricks: Illicit
Doctors have performed the first transplant of a genetically modified kidney from a pig into a living human, they announced Thursday. The four-hour surgery was performed Saturday at Massachusetts General Hospital, which was also the first hospital to perform a kidney transplant in 1954. The patient, Rick Slayman, a 62-year-old manager with the Massachusetts Department […] The post Pig
The Jospong Group of Companies (JCG) has entered into agreement with the Lagos State Government through the Ministry of Environment and Water Resources to build waste treatment plants in Lagos. The integrated waste treatment facility will help to transform the environmental situation of Africa’s most populous city. The landmark agreement was formalized with the signing […] The post
Armed men have shot dead a traditional ruler, and kidnapped his wife plus one other person in south-western Nigeria, authorities say. The attackers stormed the palace of Segun Aremu – a retired army general and monarch whose official title is the Olukoro of Koro – on Thursday night. It is not clear who the gunmen […] The post Segun Aremu: Nigerian
The presidential candidate of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), John Dramani Mahama, is not in the good books of chiefs and people of Ekumfi, in the Central Region. They are unhappy with the former president for failing to fulfill promises he made to the family, upon which they agreed for the late President, John […] The post Mahama has disappointed us -Ekumfi chiefs appeared first
The government has announced that it has reached an agreement with its Official Creditors in restoring debt sustainability in line with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) programme targets. The government is seeking to secure the 2nd tranche of the IMF bailout after securing the 1st tranche in 2023. The government embarked on a Domestic Debt […] The post IMF
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