Archive For: The Crunch
May 21 , 2015 Plans to establish a naval force to tackle the issue of people-smugglers operating from Libya have been Okayed by the European Union. The EU’s foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini has said the idea is to launch the operation next month, with a headquarters in Rome under an Italian admiral, in an ... Read More
May 21 , 2015 The Nigeria Basketball Federation has named a 16-player squad for the AfroBasket Women 2015 qualifying tournament, taking place this year from June 4 to 6 in Abidjan, Ivory Coast. The squad was named ahead of the country’s qualifiers against Ivory Coast and Burkina Faso who have yet to confirm their participation. ... Read More
May 20 , 2015 United Nations Secretary General, Ban Ki-Moon has stated that women are becoming recognized as equal decision makers in families and do very well in ensuring a harmonious environment for the proper development of children. Ban Ki-moon said this in a statement as part of activities marking the International Day of Families, ... Read More
May 20 , 2015 The many cases of famous musicians in Uganda who live and die in poverty and hardship have prompted the Ugandan government and stakeholders in the country to consider introducing a pension fund for this group of artists. The pension will especially support old musicians and their dependents. Discussions began yesterday at ... Read More
May 20 , 2015 In Accra, Ghana’s capital city, thousands of Ghanaians led by some celebrities in the country carried out a historic vigil at Tetteh Quarshie in Accra to protest a three year power crisis in the country. The celebrities included Yvonne Nelson, Van Vicker, and other actors, musicians and artists. They led a ... Read More
May 20 , 2015 Ghana’s national team suffered a blow recently with the news that their defender Jonathan Mensah, will be absent from their 2017 Nations Cup qualifier against Mauritius scheduled to hold in Accra on the 14th of June. The absence is due to a worldwide four month ban by the Court of Arbitration ... Read More
May 19 , 2015 Over three hundred children who were taken from their families and forced into armed groups in Central African Republic have regained their freedom as part of a United Nations-brokered deal with leaders of these groups after two years of conflict in the country. The released children, about three hundred and fifty ... Read More
May 19 , 2015 A Senior Advocate of Nigeria and the Founder of Afe Babalola University Ado-Ekiti, Chief Afe Babalola, has pointed to defects in Nigeria’s education system as the major cause of the neglect of the agricultural sector. The legal luminary traced the decline in the Nigerian agriculture sector to the discovery of petroleum ... Read More
May 19 , 2015 The United Nations has confirmed that they will be sending a team of experts to Madagascar to assess a claim by underwater explorers that they have found treasure and the wreck of a ship belonging to the infamous pirate, Captain Kidd who died in 1701. Ulrike Guerin, a specialist in underwater ... Read More
May 19 , 2015 Following the dust raised over the the issue of unpaid match bonuses in Ivory Coast, the Sports minister Alain Lobognon has been sacked. Investigations trailed bonuses which should have been given to the country’s victorious 2015 Africa Cup of Nations squad in February this year but which took forever to arrive. ... Read More
