The Lagos State Police Command has charged three suspects to court for allegedly beating a sex worker, Hannah Saliu, to death and setting her corpse ablaze for keeping the Holy Quran in her room, reports Thecitypulsenews. According to our source, one of the suspects patronised Saliu and after having sex with her, …
Read More »Gambia under Yahya Jammeh: Witch hunts, PTSD and veiled faces
Fatou Terema Jeng was overcome with emotion when she first saw her photographs in the grounds of a museum called The Memory House. But it was not the usual despair and sadness she feels when she thinks about what she said was done to her family by the Yahya Jammeh …
Read More »Record-breaking events under Akufo-Addo that will go down in history
There is a history in all men’s lives; William Shakespeare’s once said, and such history has definitely been created with some events that have happened during the 6-year term of President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo. From fracas between individuals, to the construction of projects, to controversies by government appointees, President Nana Addo …
Read More »I felt safe practising under Mahama but cannot say same today – Manasseh
Investigative journalist Manasseh Azure Awuni has spoken about his work and how safe he feels undertaking it given the high stakes that it sometimes entails. According to him, he has been doing investigative reports since 2013 – the year John Dramani Mahama was sworn in as president for his first …
Read More »Rice price will never go up under my regime – President Weah Vows
In a bid to ascertain firsthand information and improve on the reported shortage of rice in the local market in Liberia, President George Weah has toured various warehouses at the Freeport of Monrovia with a vow to take punitive measures against unscrupulous business owners and others creating an artificial shortage …
Read More »Dozens feared dead as building under construction collapses
Dozens of people have been feared killed after a one-storey building collapsed in Taraba State. SaharaReporters learnt that the building, which is under construction, was reduced to the ground on Friday with several workers stuck in the rubble. An eyewitness who does not want his name mentioned, said the building …
Read More »Sankofa Series: All the 12 ministers who formed Ghana’s first government under Nkrumah
The Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo government sits comfortably at the top of the list of governments since Ghana’s independence that have had the tallest records of appointees serving in various ministerial portfolios. The ‘elephant-sized’ government of the Nana Akufo-Addo regime was announced right after the New Patriotic Party assumed office in 2017, …
Read More »NPP bigwigs who have been arrested under the Akufo-Addo government
Aside from some citizens, including some members of the opposition, who are currently facing trial for either causing financial loss to the state, coup plot or breach of the public peace, some members of the New Patriotic Party have not been spared for violating the laws. Since President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo came to …
Read More »Sarkodie breaks silence on fuel price increment under Akufo-Addo govt
Prices of petroleum products are expected to shoot up by at least 5 percent from Wednesday, March 16, 2022, the Institute for Energy Security (IES) has projected. Following the news, Sarkodie reacted, saying that he would henceforth have all interviews done via Zoom since he wouldn’t be able to drive to venues …
Read More »Kumasi: Asafo Assemblyman registers 300 residents under NHIS
The Assembly Member for Asafo Electoral Area in the Kumasi metropolis, Hon Ernest Okai, has registered 300 residents under the National Health Insurance Scheme in the Ashanti region. Those benefitted from the free scheme are the residents from Asafo BB/Bayakasoa, who are mostly vulnerable and financially challenged to access the …
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