Ekeomah Atuonwu Nigeria, the largest oil producer in Africa, claims that thieves and vandals deprive the nation of up to 200,000 barrels of oil daily, representing lost revenue in the billions of dollars. Nigerian oil regulators have introduced a mobile app for reporting events and rewarding individuals who do so in order to address the […]
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Ekeomah Atuonwu On Monday, the Taliban commemorated a year since they overran Kabul, the capital of Afghanistan. This quick conquest resulted in the fast flight of the government’s Western-backed officials, a collapse of the economy, and a fundamental transformation of the nation. Bearded Taliban fighters, some hoisting rifles or the white banners of their movement, staged […]
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Ekeomah Atuonwu At least 52 people have been killed and thousands of homes have been damaged or destroyed in Sudan due to flooding brought on by severe rainfall. “A total of 52 people have been killed and 25 others wounded due to torrential rains and floods since the beginning of the fall season,” state media reported, quoting […]
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Ekeomah Atuonwu The Chinese government has expressed embarrassment over allegations of substandard Chinese goods being imported into Africa. The government also stated that it was prepared to retaliate against any Chinese construction company that carried out subpar projects in Africa. “There is no doubt about the Chinese Government always advocating that Chinese should respect African […]
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Ekeomah Atuonwu The interim leader of Mali, Assimi Goita, and Russian President Vladimir Putin spoke on the phone about the possibility of sending food, fertilizer, and fuel to the African nation. Goita tweeted that the two presidents discussed Russia’s assistance in Mali’s democratic transition. The junta in Goita, which took control in a coup two years ago, has regularly […]
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Ekeomah Atuonwu Conservationists reported Friday that at least 150 extremely endangered vultures were poisoned to death in separate incidents in Botswana 🇧🇼 and South Africa 🇿🇦, warning that the deaths brought the birds closer to extinction. In the wildlife-rich region of southern Africa, vultures are frequently poisoned because they attract unwanted attention to poachers’ illegal […]
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Ekeomah Atuonwu Police and other reports said that dozens of people died in anti-government rallies in Sierra Leone on Thursday, substantially increasing the number of fatalities from the previous day’s skirmishes while horrified residents generally hid behind closed doors in the capital city of Freetown. When hundreds of people came to the streets in protest […]
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Ekeomah Atuonwu Ghana’s President, Nana Akufo-Addo, rejected a Facebook post that claimed he told Bola Tinubu, the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate, to give Peter Obi a chance ahead of the country’s 2023 general elections. The Labour Party’s presidential candidate, Obi, was mentioned in a message that President Akufo-Addo called false and prankish on Twitter. The Ghanaian president asserts that he […]
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Ekeomah Atuonwu London’s Horniman Museum on Sunday said that it would return dozens of artefacts looted by British soldiers in Nigeria, including 12 of the famed Benin Bronzes. “Ownership of 72 objects, which were forcibly removed from Benin City during the British military incursion in February 1897, will be transferred to the Nigerian government. The collection includes 12 […]
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Ekeomah Atuonwu One of the strangest cultures known to westernization is that of the Sambian people of Papua New Guinea. Their ceremonial act of initiation has been referred to as “ritualized homosexuality” by cultural researcher Gilbert Herdt. Young boys are taken away from their mothers once they become seven or nine. This procedure enables the separation of the boys […]
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