Kelvin Funkeye – Page 26

Ghana’s biggest oilfield yet discovered off western coast

Posted on January 15, 2019January 15, 2019 by Kelvin Funkeye

JOHANNESBURG – Norwegian oil exploration company, Aker Energy has announced the discovery of what appears to be the biggest oil find in Ghana’s history to date off the western coast. The discovery occurred in the oil-rich Deepwater Tano area which has already given rise to Ghana’s three oilfields already in production – the Jubilee, TEN, and Sankofa Gyename fields – Ghana Web reported on Monday. The positive news will serve as a major boost to…

Boko Haram: Many killed as troops retake Rann after bloody battle

Posted on January 15, 2019January 15, 2019 by Kelvin Funkeye

The Nigerian military on Tuesday retook Rann, the headquarters of Kala Balge local government area of Borno state in northeast Nigeria, following invasion by suspected ISWAP on Monday night. Troops who tactically retreated when the insurgents overwhelmed them got reinforcement to turn the table against the militants, killing several of them, according to military sources in Maiduguri. According to some Internally Displaced Persons, IDPs, who arrived Maiduguri, today (morning), the insurgents had sacked the military…

Five men to die by hanging for armed robbery

Posted on January 15, 2019January 15, 2019 by Kelvin Funkeye

An Osun State High Court sitting in Iwo, on Monday, passed a guilty verdict on five men for their involvement in armed robbery and sentenced them to death by hanging. The convicts, Ifedayo Adebiyi, Semiu Taofeek, Afolabi Ogunwale, Oyeleke Mukaila and Ogunbayo Joshua, were arraigned before the court on September 23, 2016, on three counts. The charges preferred against them were armed robbery and unlawful possession of firearms contrary to sections 6 (b), 1 (1)…

Zimbabwe police fire tear gas as crackdown tightens

Posted on January 15, 2019January 15, 2019 by Kelvin Funkeye

Zimbabwe police fired tear gas to disperse protesters in the second city of Bulawayo on Tuesday, a day after the country was rocked by violent demonstrations against a sharp hike in fuel prices. Police moved in after protesters chanted for the removal of President Emmerson Mnangagwa and as looting broke out in Bulawayo, a stronghold of opposition to the ruling ZANU-PF party, an AFP reporter witnessed. The streets of the capital, Harare, were deserted after Monday’s…

BREAKING: Buhari summons emergency FEC meeting

Posted on January 15, 2019January 15, 2019 by Kelvin Funkeye

President Muhammadu Buhari has summoned an emergency Federal Executive Council, FEC, meeting today. The meeting tagged, “Extraordinary FEC meeting”, would be presided over by President Buhari himself at the presidential Villa, Abuja, Each week, FEC meeting holds on Wednesdays at the council chamber. Today’s meeting comes a day earlier. Details later…

Disappeared Saudi couple highlights crackdown on activists

Posted on January 9, 2019January 9, 2019 by Kelvin Funkeye

The cases of Saudi stand-up comedian Fahad al-Butairi and his wife, Loujain al-Hathloul, a women’s right-to-drive activist, who were arrested in 2018, has resurfaced following a Twitter thread detailing their disappearance. In a series of tweets, American writer and television producer Kirk Rudell spoke about his friendship with the Saudi couple who tried to challenge the kingdom’s strict social rules. The tweets about their disappearance went viral, spotlighting Saudi Arabia’s crackdown on activists and the…

Trump wall: President addresses nation on border ‘crisis’

Posted on January 9, 2019January 9, 2019 by Kelvin Funkeye

US President Donald Trump has made his first TV address to the nation from the Oval Office, escalating a stand-off with Congress that has led to an 18-day partial government shutdown. Mr Trump insisted on funding for his long-promised US-Mexico border wall. However, he did not declare an emergency that would enable him to bypass the lower house of Congress now controlled by the opposition Democrats. Democratic leaders accused him of holding the American people…

Brexit: MPs to resume debate on PM’s plan

Posted on January 9, 2019January 9, 2019 by Kelvin Funkeye

Theresa May is launching a fresh push to convince MPs to back her Brexit deal as they begin five days of debate. The prime minister cancelled a vote on her deal last month at the last minute to avoid a humiliating defeat. She is hoping new proposals on Northern Ireland will change enough MPs’ minds to save the deal. But the DUP have already rejected the plans – and rebel Tories are planning a move…

Zim ex-minister in court on graft charges

Posted on January 9, 2019January 9, 2019 by Kelvin Funkeye

arare ‑ The Zimbabwean opposition politician and former energy and power development minister, Elton Mangoma, who was arrested on charges of criminal abuse of office, appeared in court on Tuesday. On Monday, Mangoma was arrested together with two other ZESA Holdings officials by the country’s anti-corruption unit, the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC), They spent the night at Malbereign police cells. The former MDC-T member, ZESA chief executive officer Josh Chifamba and Zesa Enterprise managing director…

Trump’s shift on Syria leaves allies scrambling

Posted on January 8, 2019January 8, 2019 by Kelvin Funkeye

ANKARA, Turkey — President Donald Trump’s shifting timetable for pulling U.S. troops out of Syria has left allies and other players in the region confused and jockeying for influence over a withdrawal strategy that appeared to be a work in progress. One day after White House national security adviser John Bolton announced the U.S. pullout would not be as immediate as Trump had initially declared, U.S. allies on Monday sought clarification from American diplomats. The…

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