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.