Nigeria’s government said on Friday it was suspending Twitter’s operations indefinitely, two days after the social media giant deleted a tweet from President Muhammadu Buhari’s account for violating its rules. Twitter was still working in Africa’s most populous country soon after Friday’s statement, which triggered immediate criticism from rights groups and analysts about freedom of expression. Nigeria’s information ministry said […]
Telecoms operators in Nigeria restricted Twitter Saturday, a day after the government announced its indefinite suspension for activities “capable of undermining Nigeria’s corporate existence”. International human rights groups have already condemned the move. The suspension in Africa’s most populous country came two days after the social media giant deleted a tweet from President Muhammadu Buhari’s account for violating its rules. […]
The Police Administration has created a Policing Counseling Unit (PCU) in response to the rising incidence of suicides among its personnel. The action, according to a signal signed by COP Mrs. Maame Yaa Tiwaa Addo Danquah and distributed to all formations of the Service, is in line with Service Instructions (SI 278). The PCU will provide psychological services and assistance […]
IMANI Africa President, Franklin Cudjoe, has welcomed the ruling of the Accra High Court that ordered Achimota School to admit two Rastafarian boys, Tyrone Marhguy and Oheneba Nkrabea. According to him, the ruling is a win for mankind and a “giant step for the country’s constitutional dispensation”. Mr. Franklin Cudjoe, speaking on Citi TV and Citi FM’s current affairs programme, […]
The Hohoe Magistrate Court has sentenced Mr Raphael Kumagah, a staff of the State Insurance Company (SIC), Hohoe Branch to a sum of GH¢1,200 for building a dwelling without a development permit. Kumagah was also ordered by the Court to pay GH¢800 as compensation to the Hohoe Municipal Assembly. He was convicted on his own plea of being guilty of […]