The death toll from a 7.9-magnitude earthquake in Myanmar has risen to 3,085. .The Information Team of the State Administration Council said on Thursday. It added that 4,715 people were injured and 341 had been reported missing Chinese rescuers are continuing search and rescue operations in hard-hit Mandalay, central Myanmar, following the deadly earthquake last…
SaharaReporters exclusively obtained photos of 12 of the domestic workers who have been imprisoned for nearly six years. In a blatant violation of Nigeria’s constitutional provisions on the presumption of innocence, former First Lady Patience Jonathan has kept 15 of her domestic staff locked up in Bayelsa State’s Okaka Correctional Centre since 2019 over an…
Authorities in Bali, Indonesia have unveiled a new policy banning “menstruating tourists” from entering temples over concerns that “dirty” period blood will contaminate their holy sites. This unorthodox law is included in a list of policies the tropical island’s governor, Wayan Koster, imposed on March 24 to clamp down on “misbehaving tourists” overrunning the…
President John Dramani Mahama has been formally petitioned to initiate the constitutional process for the removal of Auditor-General, Johnson Akuamoah Asiedu, over allegations of misconduct, abuse of office, and constitutional breaches. The petition, submitted on April 3, 2025, by the Alliance for Social Equity and Public Accountability (ASEPA), accuses Mr. Asiedu of committing high crimes…
The Senate President, Godswill Akpabio has denied allegations of influencing the court judgment that led to the removal of former Adamawa Central Senator, Elisha Abbo, from the Senate in October 2023. Mr Akpabio, in a statement issued by his spokesperson, Eseme Eyiboh, on Thursday, reaffirmed his commitment to the independence of the judiciary and assured…
