Author: Kelvin Funkeye

The United States government has made an additional US$2.5 million contribution towards Zimbabwe’s emergency needs following the Cyclone Idai disaster. In a statement, the US embassy in Harare said the contribution, provided through the US Agency for International Development (USAid) office of food for peace, will support immediate food needs in the most affected areas of Manicaland province. It said USAid will work through the World Food Programme (WFP) to provide immediate food assistance to…

Mozambique – A cyclone-induced cholera outbreak in central Mozambique has killed two people and infected more than 1,400, the government announced on the eve of the launch of a mass vaccination drive. Health authorities said 376 new cholera cases had been reported on Tuesday, taking the total number of people infected to 1,428 since the first cases were reported last week. The bulk of the cases have been registered in the central city of Beira,…

President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday declined assent to a bill seeking to fund the completion of Ajaokuta Steel Company, which was forwarded to him by the National Assembly in February this year. The President equally declined assent to seven other bills, including the controversial National Housing Fund Bill, which was passed recently by the federal parliament. The President of the Senate, Bukola Saraki, disclosed this while reading at plenary separate letters by the President informing…

“Letter to Freetown” movie Premiers this April Easter is just around the Conner and what better way to celebrate with love ones than to give yourself a treat of watching an entertaining and fun packed movie “letter to Freetown”. Letter to Freetown is not just a movie for the season but also to satisfy lovers of Ghanaian boxing as it features two of Ghana’s stronges and boxing rivals Bokum banku and Ayite Powers. Letter to…

Nigerians are currently having a heated debate online after the video of Lagos-based Pastor Kingsley Okonkwo, adminishing men against sex before marriage, surfaced online. In the video, the pastor who recently had a spat with singer, Simi over his stance on women and marriage, said men should stay off premarital sex as it ends up destroying their destinies.  ”Dear single man, please don’t fall for the trick that men can live anyhow, it is women…

BRUSSELS, March 29 (Reuters) – The European Commission criticised Romania on Friday for backsliding on the rule of law and called on Bucharest to treat fairly Laura Kovesi, a candidate to become the bloc’s first-ever chief prosecutor. Romania on Thursday indicted Kovesi on corruption charges, prohibiting from travelling abroad, according to Romanian media reports. Romania now holds the rotating EU presidency. “It is crucial that all candidates put forward by an independent selection panel are…

WASHINGTON, March 29 (Reuters) – Investigators into a Boeing 737 MAX crash in Ethiopia that killed 157 people have reached a preliminary conclusion that an anti-stall system was activated before the plane hit the ground, the Wall Street Journal reported on Friday, citing people briefed on the matter. U.S. safety investigators have reviewed data from the “black boxes” that were aboard Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302, four people briefed on the investigation told Reuters on Thursday….

The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) on Friday congratulated President Muhammadu Buhari on his re-election. Buhari of the All Progressives Congress (APC) defeated Atiku Abubakar of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in the February 23rd poll. Rev. Dr. Samson Olasupo A. Ayokunle, CAN President, who led the body’s delegation to Aso Villa, prayed that God shall grant Buhari everything it takes to perform “hundred times better than your first term”. His speech read in part:…

The City of Chicago is asking “Empire” star Jussie Smollett for more than $130,000 to pay for the investigation into a case in which police say he falsely accused two men of attacking him. The city asked for an “immediate payment” of $130,106.15 “in an attempt to resolve this matter without further legal action,” according to a letter sent from the Chicago Department of Law to Smollett’s attorneys, obtained by ABC News. Charges against Smollett…

Most people ask, “what can a good image do for me?” I think they are missing the point!It’s more about what it does to others. It changes people’s conceptions. It’s won and lost wars (in your case, potential job offers, positive election results etc). A deliberate image helps you shape the narrative. It makes people stop, look, listen and pay attention to what you have to say. A good image speaks volumes even when you…