CALM RESTORED AFTER CLASHES BETWEEN NIGERIAN STUDENTS ATTACK IN INDIA

CALM RESTORED AFTER CLASHES BETWEEN NIGERIAN STUDENTS ATTACK IN INDIA

Ekeomah Atuonwu Nigerian officials have urged the Indian government to guarantee the security of Nigerian students studying in the nation. This comes after fighting between Indian and Nigerian students at Delhi’s GD Goenka University last weekend, which was brought on by a disagreement over a football game. On Twitter, footage of the altercation has been posted. More […]

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 MILLIONS OF SIM CARDS TO BE BLOCKED IN GHANA

MILLIONS OF SIM CARDS TO BE BLOCKED IN GHANA

Ekeomah Atuonwu As the registration window closes, the Ghanaian government will block around 10 million Subscriber Identification Module (SIM) cards. After a year-long nationwide registration effort, the communications authority and industry regulator will on October 31 cut phone and data connections for unverified cards. The communication authority extended the verification deadline by two months in […]

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 UGANDA CONTINUES FIGHT AGAINST EBOLA

UGANDA CONTINUES FIGHT AGAINST EBOLA

Ekeomah Atuonwu Following the diagnosis of 54 Ebola cases last month, the Ugandan government declared an outbreak of the disease. Since September 20, at least 19 people have passed away, including four healthcare professionals. Last week, the first instance in Kampala, the city’s capital, was noted. According to the Africa Centre for Disease Control and Prevention, Ugandan […]

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 MALI BUS BLAST KILLS 11

MALI BUS BLAST KILLS 11

Ekeomah Atuonwu According to a hospital source, a bus struck an explosive device in central Mali on Thursday, leaving at least 11 persons dead and 53 injured. Early in the afternoon, a security source reported that the explosion happened on the route in the Mopti region between Bandiagara and Goundaka. The area has a reputation for being a center of […]

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 GIRLS IN CAMEROON DEMAND AN END TO SCHOOL CLOSURES

GIRLS IN CAMEROON DEMAND AN END TO SCHOOL CLOSURES

Ekeomah Atuonwu Hundreds of displaced girls in Cameroon have demonstrated against the wars that have interfered with or ended their schooling. Due to the separatist struggle in the country’s western regions and the terrorism of Boko Haram along the country’s borders with Nigeria and Chad, about a million Cameroonian children have missed school in recent years. Better […]

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 MANY ETHIOPIAN STUDENTS DECLINE TO SIT NATIONAL EXAMS

MANY ETHIOPIAN STUDENTS DECLINE TO SIT NATIONAL EXAMS

Ekeomah Atuonwu Thousands of students in the Amhara region of northern Ethiopia have skipped the national exams that determine their admission to institutions. Approximately 12,000 high school pupils, according to statistics, declined to take the tests. The education ministry did not give a reason for their refusal in a statement, but the move coincides with […]

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 THE IMPACT OF FLOODING IN NIGERIA IN 2022

THE IMPACT OF FLOODING IN NIGERIA IN 2022

Ekeomah Atuonwu Over 300 people have died in Nigeria’s worst floods in a decade in 2022, including at least 20 this week, according to the authorities, who claim that they have no control over the situation. According to the National Emergency Management Agency of Nigeria, 500,000 people have been impacted by the floods in 27 […]

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 IBRAHIM TRAORE, THE MAN BEHIND BURKINA FASO’S LATEST COUP

IBRAHIM TRAORE, THE MAN BEHIND BURKINA FASO’S LATEST COUP

Ekeomah Atuonwu Little is known about Traore and his associates, who have made speeches on national television since Friday while displaying weapons, ammo belts, and masks. On Sunday morning, Captain Ibrahim Traore, the most recent military dictator of Burkina Faso, stepped from the turret of an armored personnel carrier as a heavily armed convoy passed through a crowd […]

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 BURKINA FASO COUP: OUSTED BURKINA FASO PRESIDENT RESIGNS

BURKINA FASO COUP: OUSTED BURKINA FASO PRESIDENT RESIGNS

Ekeomah Atuonwu The military chief of Burkina Faso, who was overthrown in a coup on Friday, has formally announced his resignation, according to community and religious groups. They said that Capt. Ibrahim Traoré, the nation’s newly elected leader, had accepted Lt. Col. Paul-Henri Damiba’s resignation and the terms he had imposed. Following reports that Lt […]

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 FEAR OF ANOTHER COUP HEIGHTENS IN BURKINA FASO

FEAR OF ANOTHER COUP HEIGHTENS IN BURKINA FASO

Ekeomah Atuonwu Gunshots have been heard close to the presidential palace, indicating that Burkina Faso is on the verge of another coup. According to reports, military personnel have taken control of the government broadcaster and the prime minister’s residence. Military forces have taken control of the public broadcaster and the prime minister’s house. The nation’s […]

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