A Nigerian atheist has been sentenced to 24 years in prison by a high court in the northern state of Kano after being convicted of blaspheming Islam. Mubarak Bala, the 37-year-old president of the Humanist Association of Nigeria, pleaded guilty ...
Read More »International NGO Sends Anti-war Statement to 192 Countries to Restore Peace in Ukraine
Many parts of the global society is reacting to Russia’s military invasion of Ukraine by denouncing Russian President Putin’s decision of devastating attack and occupation of the Ukraine territory. In his presidency, Putin used the military power to invade and ...
Read More »Ukraine conflict: Nigerian outrage at treatment of students at Poland border
Nigeria’s government has condemned reports that its citizens, and those of other African countries, have been stopped from leaving war-torn Ukraine. Isaac, a Nigerian man trying to get into Poland, said border staff told him they were “not tending to ...
Read More »Ukraine conflict: Russian forces invade after Putin TV declaration
Russian forces have launched a military assault on neighbouring Ukraine, crossing its borders and bombing military targets near big cities. In a pre-dawn TV statement Russian President Vladimir Putin said Russia did not plan to occupy Ukraine and demanded that ...
Read More »Bible Seminar on “What Jesus Told is Achieved in Today’s World”
Amid a global decline in the religious population, a clear explanation of the Bible has drawn more than 140,000 believers to the church and the attention of millions. “Shincheonji Online Seminar: Testimony on the Parables of the Secrets of Heaven ...
Read More »South Africa’s Archbishop Desmond Tutu dies at 90
Archbishop Desmond Tutu, the Nobel Peace prize laureate who helped end apartheid in South Africa, has died aged 90. His death was confirmed in a statement by President Cyril Ramaphosa. It marked “another chapter of bereavement in our nation’s farewell ...
Read More »Mexico truck crash: At least 54 people killed as trailer overturns
At least 54 people have been killed and scores more injured after the truck they were being transported in crashed in southern Mexico, authorities say. More than 150 people, said to be migrants from Central America, were crammed into the ...
Read More »Ghana and Norway launch report on cost of Piracy in Gulf of Guinea
Ghana and Norway have stressed their commitment to ensuring a collective response to maritime security during their tenures on the UN Security Council. Ghana’s Minister for National Security, Albert Kan-Dapaah, and the Foreign Affairs Minister of Norway, Ms. Anniken Huitfieldt ...
Read More »Germany’s Olaf Scholz takes over from Merkel as chancellor
Olaf Scholz has been sworn in as Germany’s new chancellor, bringing to an end Angela Merkel’s historic 16 years as leader. He was voted in by the German parliament, where his three-party coalition has a substantial majority, and given a ...
Read More »Omicron Covid-19 travel bans on African countries unacceptable – Akufo-Addo
President Akufo-Addo says recent travel bans imposed on multiple African Countries following the discovery of the Omicron variant of COVID-19 by South African scientists are unacceptable and regrettable. The President’s comments follow the decision by the United States (US), United ...
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