The Ghanaian government has arrested three suspects over a plan to destabilize the country. One of the suspects who was detained on Friday September 20, after security agencies monitored their activities for 15 months is said to be a medical doctor at Citadel Hospital which he used as a base to manufacture and store weapons. The small cache of weapons discovered included six pistols, three smoke grenades, two AK47 magazines, 22 IEDs and one long knife. The arrested suspects identified as Frederick Yao Mac-Palm, Ezor Kafui and Bright Allan Debrah Ofosu were accused of being leaders of Take Action Ghana (TAG) whose aim was to recruit and radicalise a base of young people against the political authorities under the guise of “nation-building”. "The joint operation was to neutralize an elaborate plot targeted at the presidency, and with the ultimate aim of destabilizing the country," information minister Kojo Oppong Nkrumah said in...
Chinua Achebe throwback photo Uncommon throwback photos of Nigerian novelist and poet, Chinua Achebe have been revealed. Great legendary writer died at the age of 82 in 2013 but left the world with many memories in the many books he wrote. For celebration of his life here are some of his uncommon photos below:
The story has been told of Pa Idris Ola Lediju who is said to be the oldest author in Nigeria. Pa Idris Ola Lediju He is a devoted Muslim and telecommunication engineer. At 97, Pa Idris Ola Lediju may be retired, but he is certainly not tired. Arguably, he has become Nigeria’s oldest author by penning his autobiography at the age of 97, reports OZOLUA UHAKHEME, Assistant Editor (Arts) . It was a celebration of the power of the written words. It was also a historic moment of honour for 97-year-old Pa Idris Ola Lediju, a retired telecommunication engineer, who, perhaps, is Nigeria’s oldest author. Expectedly, family members, friends, old students of Methodist Boys High School (MBHS), Lagos, his alma mater, and Muslim clerics mainly from Ikoyi and Victoria Island, Lagos, thronged the prestigious Yoruba Tennis Club, Onikan. They gathered there to pay tribute to Lediju as he presented his autobiography entitled: Selfless Service: Reminiscences of a modest civil servant and cleric. I...
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