Zorena Jantze HIGH Court Judge, Shafimana Ueitele, on Tuesday, 5 November, gave a forfeiture order for a total amount of N$6.5 million in the account of Fishrot accused lawyer Maren De Klerk and his law firm De Klerk, Horn and Coetzee (DHC) Legal Practitioners to the State. De Klerk, who fled to South Africa in early 2020 after the Fishrot scandal exploded, is implicated alongside ex-cabinet ministers such as the former Minister of Fisheries, Bernard Esau, former Minister of Justice, Sacky Shanghala, and businessmen James Hatuikulipi, Pius Mwatelulo, Tamson Hatuikulipi, Mike Nghipunya, Otneel Shuudifonya, Phillipus Mwapopi, and Nigel van Wyk, who are accused of corruptly receiving payments of at least N$300 million to give a competitive advantage to Icelandic fishing company Samherji in securing access to horse mackerel quotas in
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NAIROBI, Kenya, Nov 4 – The Director of Criminal Investigations has been allowed to hold two suspects who are being probed for impersonating the Principal Secretary Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Raymond Omollo. The Suspects Denis Kipchumba and Pikei Winstone are said to have created a WhatsApp group and used the same to solicity money from members of the public by pretending that they were in a position to offer them employment. The WhatsApp group had the picture of Principal Secretary together with his personal telephone numbers. The suspects are said to have committed the offence in the month of October 2024. The prosecution told trial Magistrate Dolphinar Alego that the Principal secretary received information that his photo is circulating in a WhatsApp group and that he had invited members of
MPs Rosa Buyu of Kisumu West (center), Beatrice Elachi of Dagoretti North, and Ongondo Were of Kasipul. [Washington Onyango,Standard] In a strong stance against the recent court ruling that deemed the National Government Constituency Development Fund (NG-CDF) unconstitutional, three Members of Parliament have assured Kenyans that the fund will remain. The MPs – Rosa Buyu of Kisumu West, Beatrice Elachi of Dagoretti North, and Ongondo Were of Kasipul – have lauded the NG-CDF for its impact on communities and insisted they will fight to keep it in place. Beatrice Elachi, a member of the National Assembly Select Committee on the NG-CDF Board, emphasized the fund’s significant contributions, which have transformed lives across the country. “The achievements of the NG-CDF are undeniable. Many families have benefited, and we are committed to
John Dramani Mahama, the presidential candidate of the opposition NDC, in warm handshake with the Chairman of The Church of Pentecost at the launch of a National Peace Campaign in Accra. Featured Zadok Kwame Gyesi Politics Nov – 04 – 2024 , 14:35 The Presidential candidate of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), John Dramani Mahama, has urged Ghanaians to relentlessly pursue a just society where every Ghanaian feels secure and valued. He said, “True peace cannot exist without justice”, adding that “we need a proactive attitude towards peace.” Mr Mahama who was explaining why he suspended his campaign last Sunday, November 3, 2024, said “Had we been proactive in addressing the tensions in our midst, perhaps we would not have faced tragedies such as those in Bawku, where lives
Vice pesident Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah says going forward, the government will see to it that teachers’ accommodation is also included in school designs. She made these remarks when she officiated the multi-million dollar Schuckmansburg Combined School hostel facility in Zambezi region on Friday. This hostel facility, which will accommodate about 320 pupils, was built at a cost of over N$106 million by August 26 construction company. Nandi-Ndaitwah said the government has designed a road map to ensure that teachers are also well accommodated. “A well-accommodated teacher is a productive teacher, and a productive teacher will produce quality education that will lead to the development of the country,” she said. She noted that these hostel facilities will significantly improve the lives of the pupils who previously faced challenges, such as travelling long
Trigon Metals-owned Kombat Mine near Otavi and the Mineworkers Union of Namibia on Friday agreed to collaborate to resolve workers’ grievances. The mine’s vice president for operations, Stephanus Muller, said this in a memo to workers in which he described the meeting as successful. “Reginald Kock, the regional organiser of the Mineworkers Union of Namibia (MUN), and I had a very successful engagement at the mine this afternoon … and strive to create a working environment which is safe and where fair labour practices are followed at all times,” he said. This follows the union claiming that the mine’s management was sabotaging its recruitment efforts at Kombat by intimidating workers not to join the union. “Whenever we recruited workers at the mine as union members and submitted their names to
Some of the minors during their arraignment in Abuja on Friday, November 1, 2024. A human rights radio and television station based in Abuja, Brekete Family has temporarily shut down its station in protest of the detention of minors involved in the #EndBadGovernance protest. The minors who were arrested during the August 2024 nationwide hunger and hardship protests have been in detention. They were arraigned at the Federal High Court in Abuja last week, and later granted bail of N10 million each. An official statement released by the prominent media station on X on Monday confirmed the partial shutdown. The statement read, “Human Rights Radio and Television (Brekete Family) shuts down partially in protest of the Nigerian government’s detention of underage children. “This decision reflects our deep commitment to defending
The Court of Appeal, Abuja division, on Monday, overturned the conviction of the Umar Danladi tribunal, which found a former Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Walter Onnoghen, guilty of false asset declaration. The appellate court in a judgment, discharged and acquitted Onnoghen from the conviction delivered against him by the Code of Conduct Tribunal. The conviction, which was delivered on April 18, 2019, was dismissed following the resolution of the issues that led to his trial and conviction. Justice Abba Mohammed, who predicated the judgment on the terms of settlement by the Federal Government and Onnoghen, ordered that the four bank accounts previously ordered to be forfeited be returned to him. The terms of the settlement read, “The Appellant herein was charged at the Code of Conduct Tribuna (CCT), on
Some assailants have abducted a middle-aged man, suspected to be a businessman in the Alor community in Idemili South Local Government Area of Anambra State. It was gathered that the incident happened late on Sunday while the victim was driving home from a function. Sources in the area said the gunmen whisked their victim away after double-crossing his vehicle opposite Ezeani Primary School in the Alor community. One of the sources who does not want to be named due to the sensitivity of the incident said, “The incident occurred at about 6:47 pm yesterday(Sunday). The man was driving in his car, a Toyota Corolla with the plate number: EKY-102GK, before the hoodlums double-crossed him opposite Ezeani Primary School. “The suspected kidnappers shattered the windscreens of his car, smashed his head
Junior Edwards, 37, of Lansdowne, Pennsylvania, was arrested, prosecutors said. November 3, 2024, 1:27 AM A Pennsylvania man was arrested after police said they were searching for the gunman who shot and killed a mother and daughter during a home invasion in New Jersey. Catherine Nunez, 33, and her mother, Marisol Nunez, 54, were found dead in an upstairs bedroom of their home in Willingboro early Wednesday, the Burlington County Prosecutor’s Office said. Junior Edwards, 37, of Lansdowne, Pennsylvania, was arrested and charged with two counts of first-degree murder, along with additional charges related to the alleged home invasion and possession of a weapon, prosecutors said in a statement released on Saturday. A mother and daughter were shot to death by an intruder inside their home in Willingboro, New Jersey
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The Ghana Police Service has announced that it is actively pursuing a gang of armed robbers who attacked a jewellery shop in Adabraka on Saturday, November 2, injuring one person. Read More …
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Featured Emmanuel Ebo Hawkson Oct – 30 – 2024 , 15:01 The Supreme Court has dismissed an application by the Speaker of Parliament asking the court to vacate its ruling that hold the Speaker’s declaration of four seats in Parliament vacant. In a ruling Wednesday, a five-member panel of the court held that the Speaker’s application amounted to a “misinformation and misapprehension of the law.” According to the court, the Speaker’s submission that the court had no jurisdiction in the matter was misconceived because the matter in question was clear case of constitutional interpretation. “It is therefore misinformation and mis-apprehension of law for the applicant to represent that the Supreme Court has no jurisdiction to give interpretation on a provision of the constitution that has attracted two different meanings,” the
There is no record that Amanda Overstreet was reported missing, police said. October 12, 2024, 1:10 AM The head and hands of a 16-year-old girl who was last seen in 2005 were discovered in a freezer at a recently sold home in Colorado, police said. The incident initially took place nine months ago on Jan. 12 when the Mesa County Sheriff’s Office in Colorado received a call regarding a “suspicious incident” in Grand Junction, approximately 240 miles west of Denver, according to a statement from the Mesa County Sheriff’s Office. “Upon arrival, deputies found the head and hands of a human had been discovered in a freezer by someone who arrived to claim the free appliance offered by the new owner of the recently sold home,” police said. It took
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Konongo Odumase, Ashanti Region – In a brazen attack on Monday, September 2, 2024, heavily armed bandits raided the Konongo Odumase Concession of Northern Ashanti Mines Co. Ltd., leaving two employees critically injured and making off with gold ore worth millions of dollars. The incident occurred at the company’s mining concession in Konongo Odumase, within […]
In the wake of a tragic incident where six children and a pregnant woman were among 12 people who perished after a migrant boat capsized off the coast of Boulogne, France, local officials and residents are increasingly pointing fingers at Britain. The French rescue workers, having packed up their gear with practiced efficiency, left the […]