Ekeomah Atuonwu Universities in Ghana and Nigeria are on the verge of closing unless dons who have been on strike for more than four weeks return to work. On January 10, 2022, professors in Ghana, who are members of the national umbrella group known as the University Teachers Association of Ghana (UTAG), went on strike […]
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Ekeomah Atuonwu According to Al Arabiya TV and Al Hadath TV, Libyan Prime Minister Abdul Hamid Dbeibah escaped uninjured from an assassination attempt when unidentified individuals shot at his car in the capital Tripoli. According to the Al Arabiya channel, several gunshots were fired at Dbeibah’s automobile, and the assailants managed to flee the scene. It […]
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Ekeomah Atuonwu Following last week’s horrific attacks, the United Nations Human Rights Office fears that heightened tensions between Hema herders and Lendu farmers in eastern DRC will erupt into more bloodshed. When their camp was attacked by an armed gang last week, at least 62 internally displaced members of the Hema ethnic community were killed and 38 were injured. Cooperative for the […]
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Ekeomah Atuonwu Following an explosion on Wednesday, the Nigerian FPSO Trinity Spirit — a floating production, storage, and offloading vessel – caught fire, but the fire was put out the next day. The tanker was docked at the Ukpokiti Terminal, which is located on the Niger Delta’s oil-rich coast. At the time of the tragedy, the vessel had […]
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Ekeomah Atuonwu After confirming an outbreak of the highly virulent H5N1 bird flu, Cameroonian officials have erected sanitary barriers around poultry farms in the western city of Bafoussam. Authorities claim a “significant” number of birds have died, while farmers claim they have been forced to kill thousands of hens. Despite a bird flu outbreak, the Association of Chicken […]
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Ekeomah Atuonwu In the latest tussle between Paris and Bamako, Mali’s Prime Minister Choguel Kokalla Maiga has accused France of attempting to split the West African country during its military mission there. Maiga blasted France, the former colonial power and a prominent opponent of the military administration that appointed him, in a 45-minute speech to diplomats gathered […]
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Maina wa Njuguna Henry Ossian Flipper was born a slave on March 21, 1856 in Thomasville, GA. He was the eldest of his five brothers who include Joseph Simeon. His parents – mother was Isabelle Flipper, and his father, Festus Flipper, who was a shoemaker and carriage trimmer, were owned by Ephraim G. Ponder, a […]
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Ekeomah Atuonwu The United Nations World Food Program (WFP) has said that the conditions and consequences of drought have left an estimated 13 million people facing severe hunger in the Horn of Africa. The Horn of Africa is a large peninsula of East Africa, located on the easternmost part of the African mainland. The UN agency […]
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Ekeomah Atuonwu Following the death of five year old Rayan who fell into a well in Morrocco, Algeria has launched a campaign to cover all wells nationwide. Local officials in M’sila state’s eastern region issued a statement urging well owners to safeguard and cover their wells. Violators will face repercussions and will be held responsible for any future incidents, according […]
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Ekeomah Atuonwu • This could be a major breakthrough for the African continent • Many of Africa’s countries have fully vaccinated less than 10% of their populations After Moderna refused to share its mRNA vaccine knowledge, South African scientists backed by the World Health Organization (WHO), made a copy of the jab developed by the […]
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