Author: Kelvin Funkeye

All 78 inmates of a prison in southern Haiti have escaped from captivity, according to the country’s police. The detainees reportedly made their escape from Aquin prison while police were distracted by anti-government protests nearby Haiti’s national police force said it has launched an investigation into the incident. It comes after days of demonstrations against President Jovenel Moise, which have left at least four people dead. Speaking with Haiti newspaper Le Nouvelliste, Chief Inspector Ralph…

The International Court of Justice on Wednesday will give its decision on a bid by Iran to recover $2 billion in frozen assets that the United States says must be paid to terror victims. The US Supreme Court ruled in 2016 that Iran must give the cash to survivors and relatives of victims of attacks blamed on Tehran, including the 1983 bombing of a US Marine barracks in Beirut. Iran said the US decision breached…

PROGRESSIVE Teachers’ Union of Zimbabwe (PTUZ) has petitioned the High Court seeking an order to reverse last month’s 150% fuel price hike made by President Emmerson Mnangagwa, arguing that the move was illegal and unconstitutional. PTUZ filed the urgent chamber application alongside its secretary-general Raymond Majongwe, who filed in his personal capacity, while Mnangagwa, Finance minister Mthuli Ncube, Energy minister Joram Gumbo and the Zimbabwe Energy Regulatory Authority were cited as co-respondents. The move to…

A top American general is claiming that Washington is “right on track with” its supposed Syria withdrawal. US Army General Joseph Votel, head of the US Central Command, made the comments Monday long after President Donald Trump ordered withdrawal of ground forces from war ravaged Syria. “In terms of the withdrawal … I think we’re right on track with where we wanted to be,” Votel told reporters travelling with him during a trip to the…

PRESIDENT NANA Akufo-Addo is scheduled to present Constitutional Instruments (C.I.s) for the creation of the six new regions following a successful referendum held on December 28, 2018. The presentations are expected to begin on Tuesday, February 12, 2019 with the North East and Savannah Regions, according to a statement issued by Minister of Information, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah. According to the statement, on Wednesday, February 13, the President will present the C.I.s for Bono East and…

Saturday afternoon’s Millrose Games had to be temporarily put on hold when Jamaican distance runner Kemoy Campbell collapsed while performing his rabbiting, or pacing, duties during the men’s 3000-meter race.  Campbell can be seen collapsing near the shot put area and did not immediately responding to contact from nearby personnel. Police and paramedics soon arrived and reportedly had to use a defibrillator on his unconscious body. Some have speculated that he was revived and taken…

The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN), has said a total of 15.2 million passengers passed through Nigerian airports in 227,834 aircraft movements in 2018. This was revealed in FAAN’s 2018 Annual Report released on Sunday. The report posted an increase of 2.5 million passengers from 12.7 million passengers recorded in 2017 representing 19.11 per cent increase. It also revealed an increase of 27,068 from the 200,766 aircraft movements recorded in 2017 representing 11.48 per…

Police were Thursday allowed to hold a man suspected to have been in constant communication with the main attacker at DusitD2 complex Hotel Ali Salim Gichunge, for 30 days. Prosecution counsel Harrison Kiarie told court that Benson Maina Mwangi was an associate of Mr Gichunge and is believed to have facilitated the procurement of a third-party cover for the motor vehicle that was used to ferry some of the attackers to the hotel on January…

 Zimbabwe’s churches on Thursday sought to broker talks between the government and its opponents over a political and economic crisis they said had left the country “angry and traumatised”, after the main opposition snubbed a meeting with the president. The southern African nation had hoped to shake off its divided past after a 2017 coup forced long time leader Robert Mugabe from power, but last year’s disputed election won by President Emmerson Mnangagwa only deepened…

With the 61st Annual Grammy Awards set to take place on Sunday, February 10, 2019, at the Staples Center, Los Angeles, California, the seating chart has been revealed. Lady Gaga, Mark Ronson and Katy Perry are up front, while Miley Cyrus and her idol, Dolly Parton, will be seating close to each other. Kendrick Lamar and SZA who both collaborated on “Black Panther” track,  “All the Stars” will seat together. The seating chart also revealed where Bad Bunny, Camila Cabello, Drake, J Lo and Cardi B will be seating during…