A former Singaporean Cabinet minister was sentenced Thursday to a year in prison after he pleaded guilty to charges of receiving illegal gifts, in a rare criminal case involving a minister in the Asian financial hub. Former Transport Minister S. Iswaran had pleaded guilty last week to one count of …
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GOVERNOR. Siminalayi Fubara of Rivers, has declared Thursday and Friday as public holidays ahead of the Oct. 5 local government council elections in the state. Fubara who announced this during a broadcast on Wednesday, said that the holidays would enable residents of the state to prepare for the election. The …
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Namibia’s upstream oil sector is seeing a surge of global attention, driven by significant oil and gas discoveries in the Orange Basin. Since 2022, TotalEnergies, Shell, and Galp have announced major finds in this offshore region, marking a turning point for the country’s energy sector. The Orange Basin, located off Namibia’s …
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Uganda is seeking funding to construct three hydropower plants along the Nile River, adding over 1,600 megawatts (MW) of capacity to meet its growing energy demands, an energy official announced on Wednesday. Wamala Julius Namusanga, a junior official at Uganda’s Ministry of Energy and Mineral Development, revealed that the country has identified …
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IRAN has resumed flight operations at its airports after a brief suspension following its missile attack on Israel. Recall that the country launched 200 missiles at Israel on Tuesday evening, marking its second-ever direct attack on its sworn enemy, after a missile and drone attack in April. Domestic and international …
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AFRICAN Stream, a pan-African digital media organisation, has accused Google of censorship after the tech giant locked it out of its Gmail Workspace on Tuesday. The ban has resulted in the loss of two years’ worth of emails and files stored on Google’s cloud, the platform said in a statement. …
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THE ECOWAS Community Court of Justice sitting in Abuja has reserved for judgment the suit regarding the enslavement of a 22-year-old then in 2021 in the person of Glory Okolie by men of the Police Intelligence Response Team (IRT) of the Nigerian police force. According to Samuel Ihensekhien, the Abuja-based …
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THE Ekiti State High Court sitting in Ado-Ekiti, the state capital, on Wednesday, October 2, 2024, sentenced a 71-year-old man, Sule Adeola, to life in prison for raping his friend’s granddaughter. The 71-year-old man was arraigned before Justice Blessing Ajileye on June 22, 2023, on a charge of raping his …
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Members of the Ghana Institute of Foresters (GIF), your silence is deeply troubling. As the public voice of professional forestry, you hold a responsibility to lead the conversation about Ghana’s natural resources, yet we have not heard from you while the Mine Workers Union has taken a decisive stand, issuing …
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RISING cocoa prices, driven by global production shortfalls, have led to increased thefts on cocoa farms in Cameroon, prompting desperate farmers to resort to machete-wielding vigilante groups and traditional amulets for protection, according to farmers and local authorities. The sharp increase in cocoa prices in Cameroon, caused by unfavourable weather …
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