The Senate on Thursday, May 7, rescinded amendments to its Standing Orders after lawmakers raised concerns that key provisions conflicted with the 1999 Constitution (as amended). The Red Chamber had, on Tuesday, amended its standing rules to restrict eligibility for presiding and principal officer positions. These changes appeared to shut the door on…
Six students of Nasarawa State University, Keffi, and one visitor were abducted on Wednesday night after armed men stormed a students’ off-campus lodge in Gudi, Akwanga Local Government Area of the state. The Nasarawa State Police Command confirmed the incident in a statement issued by the Police Public Relations Officer, Ramhan Nansel, saying the armed…
I was twenty-three years old when my girlfriend then, Aku, called and said there was trouble. “You and I need to prepare our graves because we are dead,” she said. My heart stopped beating for a while. Before I could ask what we were dead for, she said she was pregnant. “My dad would slaughter…
The Agona Swedru District Police Command has arrested six men for allegedly impersonating security operatives and assaulting foreign nationals at a manufacturing company in the Central Region. According to police, the suspects were arrested on May 6, 2026, after officers received a distress call reporting that a group of men dressed in military and immigration…
The Ghana Police Service has arrested four persons suspected of armed robbery following an intelligence-driven operation in Bolgatanga, situated in the Upper East Region. The individuals have been identified as Abdulai Ibrahim, Amadu Rahman, Amadu Sulemana, also referred to as Saaga, and Adu Yakubu. They were taken into custody on May 5, 2026, in connection…
A man wearing a balaclava was arrested late Wednesday night, May 6, after allegedly confronting Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor near his new residence on the Sandringham estate, it has been revealed. The encounter occurred as the disgraced former prince was walking his dogs. Witnesses report the suspect jumped from a vehicle and began shouting before being…
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian announced on Thursday that he held a private, two-and-a-half-hour meeting with the country’s new leader, Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei. This marks the first official confirmation from a senior government member that the Ayatollah has been seen in person since he was appointed by the Assembly of Experts over two months ago. …
The World Health Organization emphasized on Thursday that a deadly hantavirus outbreak on a cruise ship in the Atlantic does not mark the beginning of a crisis similar to Covid-19. Maria Van Kerkhove, the WHO director for epidemic and pandemic preparedness and prevention, stated clearly to reporters that this event is localized and distinct from…
The State Department will begin revoking the U.S. passports of thousands of parents who owe a significant amount of unpaid child support. The department told The Associated Press on Thursday, May 7, that the revocations would begin Friday, May 8, and be focused on those who owe $100,000 or more. That would apply to about…
A six-year-old Nigerian girl, Amna Ayomide Bennett, has d!ed after falling from a bedroom window on the 28th floor of an apartment building in Toronto, Canada. The tragic incident which occurred at 200 Chalkfarm Drive on Sunday, April 26, 2026, has left her family devastated and the community in shock. Police were called…
