The Sierra Leone Civil Aviation Authority (SLCAA) has imposed a rescheduling of flights for departing airlines.
Author: TheStories
Sierra Leone has imposed a nationwide curfew after unidentified gunmen attacked a military barracks and attempted to break into an armoury in Freetown, the capital city.
The Air Component of Operation Hadin Kai, have eliminated a key Boko Haram terrorist leader, Abu Asad and several others in air strikes on their hideout at Tagoshe on Mandara Mountains in Borno.
Pope Francis cancelled his scheduled activities Saturday due to “light flu symptoms” a week ahead of a key climate address he is due to make in Dubai.
A lizard that falls to ground from the top of a tall Iroko tree and still alive said to itself that if nobody hails it, it will hail itself. Saying this in Yoruba would have been so sweet. That’s how deep meanings of communication are lost in translation. That’s by the way. This illustration with the lizard can be applied to men. In spite of the huge contributions and sacrifices of men to the society, they are less appreciated or celebrated. If no one will blow our trumpet as men, why can’t we blow it by ourselves?
President Bola Tinubu, late on Friday, waded into the months-long crisis between factions loyal to the Governor Rotimi Akeredolu, and the Deputy, Lucky Aiyedatiwa.
The Balarabe Goronyo Foundation based in Sokoto has donated 3,000 exercise books and 150 sets of uniforms to some orphans and other indigent students in Sokoto. The foundation seeks to empower indigent students to pursue their studies at all levels so as to enable them be useful to themselves and the society. It also routinely conducts free medical outreaches for indigent patients across Sokoto metrolois and it’s environs. It provided free drugs and medical galses to the hundreds of beneficiaries, the foundation sponsored to some patients with eye ailments who needed surgeries. The foundation had in the most recent past…
Makerere, regarded the Ivory tower, the highest seat of academic knowledge and one of Uganda/East Africa’s oldest universities, lies in an area of Kampala City that greatly challenges the very existence of this university. First, did you know that the name ‘Makerere’ is derived from the Kiswahili word: makelele meaning noise or ululations. The Kiswahili speakers among early British Colonial administrators who governed Buganda, reportedly would say: “kwamulima huko kuna makelele mingi saana ya wanganga…” I’ve paraphrased the statement that was reportedly made during the late 19th century or thereabout. It literally meant: “how come on that hill, there’s a lot of noise from those witchdoctors…” Apparently, the comment was in regard to noises that used to be made in the shrines by local witchdoctors (Abasamizze) who had built, lived and worked there!
In recent years, the rise of online news portals and social media platforms has revolutionized the way news is disseminated. While this has undoubtedly brought numerous benefits, it has also given rise to a concerning trend of false news and misinformation. One such example is the recent false report of the death of the Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) in Nigeria, General Christopher Musa. Reporting false news of such magnitude is not only unethical and unprofessional but also constitutes junk journalism, posing a serious threat to national security.
The North of Nigeria, once admired for its systems and quality of leadership, is now plagued by a leadership crisis. The current leaders and elites in the region, ill-prepared and ill-equipped to lead, driven solely by their ambitions for power and wealth, have failed to address the pressing issues facing the region, resulting in widespread insecurity, poverty, and economic stagnation.