FOUR years ago, the popular televangelist and Senior Pastor of Fountain of Life Church, Bimbo Odukoya died at the prime age of 45 when a Sosoliso Airlines Flight 1145 she boarded in Abuja crashed in Port Harcourt. The air crash also claimed the lives of 75 pupils, among others. That was on December 10, 2005.
Having the most visited website in the country is not enough for Mmegi. The newspaper, a few months ago, moved to both Facebook and Twitter. In the absence of journalists who were scattered across the country, THALEFANG CHARLES, a man used to the Advertising Division of Mmegi, was suddenly roped in to help update the Mmegi Facebook page during the General Elections. He describes the torturous ...
On a dark and stormy night in Gaborone twenty dancers, singers and drummers performed to a delighted but small audience at the No 1 Ladies' Opera House at Kgale Siding.
The Annual President's Concert, which is the last event hosted by Maitisong every year, was once again a marvel to watch.
Walking around New York, one is struck by how old the urban infrastructure is.
A debate on the difference between an animal and a human being caught my attention recently.
The conditions facing hundreds of mainly Zimbabwean migrants in Johannesburg is developing into a worsening crisis, with civil society groups urging the intervention of the South African government.
A group of disgruntled journalists met in Harare on Monday night and resolved to challenge in court last week's election of a new Zimbabwe Union of Journalists (ZUJ) executive.
Riot police loyal to excommunicated Anglican Bishop Nolbert Kunonga disrupted several church services in Harare at the weekend. Kunonga, a fanatical supporter of Robert Mugabe and beneficiary of his violent land reform programme, instructed police to bar all parishioners who were attending services, other than those controlled by priests loyal to him.
A truck carrying MDC supporters to a rally in Uzumba, Mashonaland East province, was attacked by stone throwing ZANU PF militias in the area on Sunday.
Mr Valentine Ayika, the Nigerian drug kingpin whose smuggled US$500,000 was confiscated by the Liberian Government will, at last, go laughing all the way to the bank after hearing the government is now prepared to refund the seized money.
Ignorance can be a rude word to use against educated people like some of our politicians. Yet, how else can one term the political alliances with an ethnic bias being formed all over the country?
Finally! a Bill That Has Been Languishing in the Legislative Machinery for Almost a Decade Has Passed a Landmark Phase. the Council of Ministers Passed a Bill, Last Week, Which Would Force Any Federal And Regional Official Worthy of a Title to Disclose And Register Assets in Their Name And the Names of Their Immediate Family, Including Wives And Children Under the Age of 18.
Public Agenda has added another laurel to its list of numerous awards, a phenomenon that has become the hallmark of the paper since its inception in 1994. In recognition of Public Agenda's significant contribution to the cause of the disabled, the Ghana Federation of the Disabled (GFD) last Thursday presented the paper with a plaque at a ceremony to climax this year's International Day of Persons ...
In light of the ongoing Mabey and Johnson and Vodafone scandals where alleged acts of corruption have taken place, this special feature looks at the issue of corruption in Ghana and who or what is to blame for the instances of corruption.
The deaf can do everything except hearing. People ignorantly refer to them as also dumb, an assertion they greatly oppose since they can express themselves. Their speech or articulatory organs are well functioning. The deaf can laugh, smile, cry, shout and do all other things that the abled bodied does except hear.
Violence against women is pervasive throughout the world and approximately one in three of the world's women will experience violence at some point in their lives, with rates reaching 70 per cent in some countries.
Throughout the history of human civilization, from the era of the gentiles to modern day, the institution of the armed forces has been known to be one of discipline. This is because since the emergence of the state, society has ordained the armed forces to protect the lives and properties of the people. Even in the crux of the primitive age, when class antagonism was believed to be the order, ...
ZIMBABWE adopted the British First-Past-the-Post electoral system in 1985. This was undoubtedly part of the love-hate relationship that Zanu PF has with our former colonisers.
The Sovereign Gambian is a free Gambian who should enjoy the protection of law.The Gambia's Human Rights Record shall be under Review in Geneva in February 2010.The Government should recognise that it cannot govern the country in isolation from the international Community.
Ghana's President, Professor John Evans Atta Mills, eleven months into his administration has still not moved into the purpose-built executive office and residential accommodation facility called Jubilee House.
Most weeks, our news scene is not very exciting. There is little controversy or scandal to liven debate and spice conversation.
THE Namibia Premier League must decide to either spend thousands of dollars on lawyers' consultation and sitting fees or reschedule the abandoned premiership match between Eleven Arrows and United Stars.
As the climate change negotiations in Copenhagen kicks off, one thing is clear: for millions of people around the world climate change is not simply a future threat, it is a current reality.
The UN Climate Change Summit in Copenhagen, Denmark that kicked off yesterday is a significant occasion in environmental diplomacy as the international community commits itself to new strategies to combat global warming. The Summit comes at a time when severity of climate change is being felt in all corners of the world.
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