1. Ghana’s first President who died in the
line of duty, Prof. John Evans Atta Mills, will be buried today at the Marine
Drive near the seat of government, the Castle, Osu in Accra.
The state funeral is taking place at the Independence Square in Accra with tens of thousands of Ghanaians trooping to the venue as early as 3.30am Friday – a day that has been declared a public holiday in Ghana to honour the late Mills.
The state funeral is taking place at the Independence Square in Accra with tens of thousands of Ghanaians trooping to the venue as early as 3.30am Friday – a day that has been declared a public holiday in Ghana to honour the late Mills.
2. IT was harvest of deaths in the Anambra
State capital yesterday as four persons were feared dead when a trailer rammed
into five other vehicles at the popular Nnamdi Azikiwe University junction,
while an Okada rider was killed by armed robbers as he was going home. Those
killed when the driver of the trailer lost control, were street hawkers
operating at the ever busy spot where heavy construction is going on.
3. In a bid to help curb the excess of
terrorism in Nigeria, another batch of 439 soldiers have been trained by the
Nigerian Army Counterterrorist and Counter-Insurgency (CTCOIN) Centre, located
at the Armed Forces Command and Staff College, Jaji, Kaduna. Speaking during the
graduation ceremony of the soldiers on Tuesday, the commandant, Nigerian Army
School of Infantry, Major-General Kenneth Osuji, said CTCOIN embarked on the
training as a result of terrorism and insurgency in some parts of the country.
4. A 42-year-old artisan was reported to
have committed suicide on Monday night in Erigo, a suburb of Ijebu-Ode, Ogun
State, over a N750,000 debt. According to reports, the self-employed artisan
and father of two, hanged himself in his residence when his wife and
children were out of the house. It was also gathered that the artisan’s earlier
attempts to kill himself were aborted because people intervened.
During a visit at the late artisan’s residence in Odutola Ogunleye Street in Erigo, hundreds of sympathisers were seen discussing the tragedy.
During a visit at the late artisan’s residence in Odutola Ogunleye Street in Erigo, hundreds of sympathisers were seen discussing the tragedy.
5. MTN Uganda donated sh50m to aid in the
fight against the Ebola virus which has hit the country and put tension across.
While receiving the money, the secretary-general for Uganda Red Cross, Micheal R. Nataka said that the money was
going to be used to get personal protection equipment for the Red Cross staff
and training of volunteers.
6. Google has agreed to pay the largest
fine ever imposed on a single company by the US Federal Trade Commission. The
firm agreed to pay $22.5m (£14.4m) after monitoring web surfers using Apple's
Safari browser who had a "do not track" privacy setting selected.
7. Barclays bank has appointed Sir David
Walker as its new chairman in the wake of the Libor scandal. Sir David is a senior banker who led the 2009
government inquiry into the rules governing how banks are run. Chairman Marcus
Agius said he would resign after Barclays was fined for attempting to
manipulate the Libor inter-bank lending rate. Barclays is currently without a
chief executive after Bob Diamond also quit in July.