Staff writer AEM has confirmed that US President Biden will nominate Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson. Judge Brown currently serves in the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. This is a ground breaking nomination, a first where a woman of African heritage will seat as a jurist in the nation’s highest […]
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Ekeomah Atuonwu Following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Ghana’s foreign ministry has called on Ghanaian students in Ukraine to seek refuge in their homes or in approved government shelters. Over a thousand Ghanaians are presently studying or working in Ukraine, according to the ministry, which is “gravely concerned” about their safety. Ghana’s national student union, on the […]
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Ekeomah Atuonwu Twitter has honoured musical powerhouses Davido, Burna Boy, and Wizkid, as well as YBNL boss Olamide, former BBNaija champion Laycon, and ex-housemate Erica, with a customized GOAT emoji. They all hail from Nigeria. This mean that whenever the names of the mentioned celebrities are trending on Twitter or whenever their names are searched with a hashtag symbol(#), the goat sign […]
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Ekeomah Atuonwu President Muhammadu Buhari has taken steps to prevent Nigerian youths from migrating in large numbers, claiming that the trend is ‘depleting Africa’s talent pool.’ “By 2050, Africa’s population of 1.3 billion is forecast to quadruple, making up a fifth of the world’s total,” the president said at the AU-EU Summit in Brussels. “Nigeria, my country, is expected to […]
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Ekeomah Atuonwu Seven children have been murdered in Niger during a Nigerian army air raid targeting “bandits”, a local governor and state media have said. The governor of Niger’s Maradi area told journalists that five more people were injured in the supposedly accidental strike. Four people were killed instantly, according to Governor Chaibou Aboubacar, while three others […]
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Ekeomah Atuonwu A school teacher has been arrested in Nigeria for allegedly flogging a 19-month-old pupil to death, police says. The teacher at a nursery and primary school in Asaba, Delta state, Nigeria was alleged to have left several marks on the toddler’s body after flogging him last Monday. The little boy was said to have fallen sick after […]
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Relationships Part 1 explores what our prospecting audience hopes for, expect in long-term relationships. Relationships Part 2 goes beyond expectations and hopes for that potential mate and explores cultural shifts, socio-economical factors, and what other challenges portend to these relationships and marriage. Relationships Part 3 – We interview relationship professionals on what all these means […]
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Ekeomah Atuonwu Libya found itself with two Prime ministers on Thursday, after its parliament voted a rival to replace the existing unity government’s chief Abdulhamid Dbeibah. The House of Representatives said its decision followed PM Abdul Hamid Dbeibah’s failure to hold presidential elections in December. Abdullah Bliheg, spokesperson for the Libyan House of Representatives, explained the process: “After Mr. Fathi Bashagha (speaker of the […]
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Oliver Meth It’s all systems go ahead of the sixth South Africa’s State of The Nation Address(SONA). It will be an unfamiliar setting when President Cyril Ramaphosa lays out the government’s roadmap when he delivers his address this evening at 1900 hrs (CAT). Apart from a limited number of Members of Parliament and guests in […]
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Ekeomah Atuonwu Sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) crimes could be committed in the run-up to and during the general elections in Kenya on August 9. This is according to the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) and the Kenya Human Rights Commission (KHRC). Human rights defenders voiced alarm in a report released on their website that, unless the […]
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