Teachers Rip Down Statue Of Gandhi Unveiled By Ghana’s President - Saying The Independence Leader Was ‘Racist’ As A Young Man In South Africa

The teachers removed the Gandhi statue removed from University of Ghana on Wednesday after campaigning for two years 

●Teachers at the University of Ghana pulled down the statue on Wednesday ●They had campaigned for its removal since it was unveiled in 2016 ●India's renowned independence leader used offensive racial slurs in his writings

A statue of Mahatma Gandhi on a university campus in Ghana has been pulled down by lecturers arguing that India's most renowned independence leader was racist. 

Lecturers and students stand triumphant in front of the empty plinth after they pulled down the statue of Gandhi from the university's recreational quadrangle

China’s Vow To Curb Fentanyl Won’t End US Opioid Crisis: Experts

A graphic shows US drug overdose death rates by opioid category. China is believed to be one of the main manufacturers of synthetic drugs that have been blamed for public health crises in the US, Canada and Australia among other countries

The US-China trade war truce includes a pledge by Beijing to tackle another lucrative -- and deadly -- export: fentanyl, a potent opioid ravaging US communities.

A pledge by Beijing to tackle fentanyl exports was part of a trade war truce between US President Donald Trump and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping

Scientists Will Copy Effects Of A Huge Volcano Eruption To Block The Sun’s Rays And Fight Global Warming In £2.3m Study Funded By Bill Gates

As part of a £2.3million (US$3million) experiment partly-funded by Microsoft’s Bill Gates, a team from Harvard University will spray tiny chalk particles into the atmosphere. Scientists hope this will have a similar effect to an erupting volcano releasing sulphur dioxide, which has a cooling effect (pictured: Steam rising from Fuego Volcano, Guatemala) 

●A £2.3million experiment partly-funded by Bill Gates hopes to block sun rays ●Harvard University scientists will spray tiny chalk particles into the atmosphere ●This could have similar effect to an erupting volcano's sulphur dioxide emission 

Scientists are to copy the effects of a massive volcanic eruption to block the Sun’s rays and combat global warming.

Trump Rejects Key Conclusion Of US Government Climate Report

President Donald Trump speaks to members of the media before boarding Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Monday, Nov. 26, 2018, for a short trip to Andrews Air Force Base, Md., and then on to Mississippi for rallies. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci) (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

President Donald Trump has rejected a central conclusion of a dire report on the economic costs of climate change released by his own administration, but economists said the warning of hundreds of billions of dollars a year in global warming costs is pretty much on the money.

Cases Of Polio-Like Illness, Acute Flaccid Myelitis, AFM, Rise In US

"Parents and caregivers are urged to seek immediate medical care for a child who develops sudden weakness of the arms or legs," said the CDC

Puzzled by a rise in US children with sudden paralysis in their arms or legs, health officials said Tuesday they are probing whether a virus or auto-immune disorder may be to blame.

Top Hotel Chains In China Apologize After Dirty Cleaning Expose

Cleaning staff at top luxury hotels in Shanghai and Beijing were shown using the same towels and sponges to clean showers and toilets and cups

The Ritz-Cartlon and other five-star hotels in China apologized after a video exposing unhygienic cleaning practices went viral online this week in the latest health and safety scandal to rock the country.

Saudi Arabia Considers Disbanding Oil Production Cartel OPEC Amid Growing Pressure Following Trump Criticisms And Jamal Khashoggi Murder

The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries, founded in 1960, coordinates petroleum prices among producers and maintains a regular supply to consumer nations

●Saudi Arabia commissions study into dissolving oil production cartel OPEC ●OPEC coordinates oil prices among producers and maintains the supply globally ●Saudi now researching effects of disbanding group amid surmounting pressure ●Kingdom faces scrutiny following US president's criticism and Khashoggi affair

Saudi Arabia's leading government-financed think tank is looking into the possible effects on oil markets of a breakup of OPEC.

The move comes amid growing pressure on the Saudi government, including from the US President Trump, who has accused the cartel of hiking up oil prices. While investors have temporarily distanced themselves after US-based Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi was brutally murdered by regime henchmen (Trump with Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman)

Climate Fund Approves US$1B For Projects In Poor Countries

A U.N.-backed fund has approved more than US$1 billion for 19 new projects to help developing countries tackle climate change, officials said Sunday.

Campaign Steps Up Against Traffickers Who Lure Children To Non-Existent Football Trials

Interpol want people to follow Didier Drogba in communicating with young African players

●An estimated 1,000 African children a year are tricked into fake football trials ●Traffickers bring them to Europe and then take their money and abandon them ●Many of the children are sold into slavery and vanish off the radar completely ● Traffickers worm their way into junior football clubs in Africa or use social media ●An expert panel convened at the European Parliament to discuss the problem ●Baroness Young of Hornsey admitted young people are being 'let down'

An estimated 1,000 African children a year are tricked into coming to Europe for non- existent football trials by traffickers who take their money and abandon them.

Baroness Young of Hornsey hit out against traffickers who lure children to fake football trials

South African Newspaper Apologizes For ‘Tainted’ Scoops

The Sunday Times is one of South Africa's leading newspapers

One of South Africa's leading newspapers admitted Sunday it had run "tainted" scoops during the presidency of Jacob Zuma which turned out to be largely false, but insisted it had been the victim of political manipulation.

HIV-Positive Mother Donates Liver To Save Her Child’s Life

South Africa has the world's largest HIV treatment programme

Faced with the only chance to save a child's life, doctors in South Africa have performed a medical first -- transplanting part of the liver from a HIV-positive mother to her HIV-negative child, it was announced Thursday.

The doctors at the University of Witwatersrand reveal one year after the operation, the child may not have caught the virus from her new liver

Lilly’s Diabetes Drug Data Impresses, Hurts Rival Novo’s Shares

GLP-1 drug Trulicity contributed at least 38% to Eli Lilly and Co's total sales of US$6.36 billion in the latest reported quarter

Eli Lilly and Co said on Thursday its new two-in-one diabetes drug was successful in lowering blood sugar and reducing weight, sending its shares to a record high and weighing on those of arch-rival Novo Nordisk.

UN Report Spotlights Government Inaction On Climate

With only one degree Celsius of warming so far, the world has seen a climate-change crescendo of deadly heatwaves, wild fires and floods, along with superstorms swollen by rising seas

Diplomats gathering in South Korea Monday will find themselves in the awkward position of vetting and validating a major UN scientific report that underscores the failure of their governments to take stronger action on climate.

Climate 'tipping points': the Earth's ticking time bombs

EU Launches Asia Strategy To Rival China’s ‘New Silk Road’

No longer the only game in town

As doubts grow over China's vast "Belt and Road" trade infrastructure project, the EU is launching an alternative plan for Asia that it says will not saddle countries with debt they cannot repay.

Sri Lanka is a key link in the 'new silk road' but fears over a debt trap are growing

How Lawyers Forged Judgments To Get SAN Title, By CJN

Justice Walter Onnoghen

●Police to investigate, prosecute arrested culprits ●Legal body restores Ogunba to senior advocate

An unspecified number of lawyers have been apprehended for forging court judgments in a bid to qualify as Senior Advocates of Nigeria (SAN).

Google Looking To Future After 20 Years Of Search

Google is set to mark its 20th anniversary with an event in San Francisco devoted to the future of online search

Google celebrated its 20th birthday Monday, marking two decades in which it has grown from simply a better way to explore the internet to a search engine so woven into daily life its name has become a verb.

Google is also now a major player in artificial intelligence

2-IN-1 STORY: Nigeria Suspends National Carrier Takeoff Over Investors’ Apathy

Nigeria’s Aviation minister Hadi Sirika speaks at a press conference at the Farnborough Airshow, south west of London, on July 18, 2018.

• Funding delays application for AOC, recruitments, others

The Federal Government has suspended indefinitely the takeoff of the proposed national carrier scheduled for December 24.

Nigeria's last flag carrier was Nigeria Airways, which collapsed in 2003 under a mountain of debt Image credit: AFP

Liberia Loses US$104 Mln In Central Bank Cash, Bans 15 From Foreign Travel

Central Bank of Liberia

Fifteen Liberians, including the son of former president Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, are banned from leaving the country while the government investigates the whereabouts of US$104 million in missing cash intended for the central bank, the government said.

UK University To Atone For Profits Gained From Historical Slavery

Glasgow University

A Scottish university will launch a "programme of reparative justice" after discovering it gained tens of millions of pounds from historical slavery, with activists hailing rising attention on modern slavery for stirring fresh debate about past horrors.

From the book "The Black Man's Lament, or, how to make sugar" by Amelia Alderson Opie. (London, 1826). Image source: The Peninsular

Eliud Kipchoge Sets New World Record In Berlin Marathon Win

CORRECTS FINISH TIME -- Eliud Kipchoge runs to win the 45th Berlin Marathon in Berlin, Germany, Sunday, Sept. 16, 2018. Eliud Kipchoge set a new world record in 2 hours 1 minute 39 seconds. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)

Olympic champion Eliud Kipchoge has set a new marathon world record, winning the Berlin race in 2 hours, 1 minute and 39 seconds on Sunday.

Eliud Kipchoge stars for the 45th Berlin Marathon in Berlin, Sunday, Sept. 16, 2018. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)

Monkeypox Is Diagnosed In The UK For The First Time After It Was Contracted By A Visiting Naval Officer From Nigeria

Monkeypox has been discovered in the UK for the first time ever. The rare viral infection was recorded on Friday in a Nigerian national staying at a naval base in Cornwall 

●Monkeypox was recorded in Nigerian national staying at naval base in Cornwall ●Transferred to expert infectious disease unit at Royal Free Hospital, London ●Public Health England have said that monkeypox does not spread easily

Monkeypox has been discovered in the UK for the first time ever, Public Health England have said. 

The patient was transferred to the expert infectious disease unit at the Royal Free Hospital in London, pictured, on Saturday morning

2019: How Political Parties Are Raking In Billions — Daily Trust Investigation

2019: How political parties are raking in billions. Image source: Daily Trust

This is the best of times for political parties in Nigeria, as many of them are cashing in on the rush by candidates for nomination forms and other million-naira offerings.

Japan Evacuates Major Airport After Typhoon Wreaks Havoc

Typhoon Jebi sent a tanker crashing into the only access road to Kansai International Airport

Japan scrambled Wednesday to evacuate passengers trapped at a major airport when a tanker slammed into its only access bridge during the most powerful typhoon to hit the country for 25 years.

More than 200-kilometre-an-hour winds caused havoc in the seas around Japan, sending this ship crashing into a breakwater

Norway’s US$1 Trillion Sovereign Wealth Fund To Beef Up Scrutiny Of Sustainability, Ocean Pollution

Norway’s sovereign wealth fund is the largest in the world. Image: Reuters/Nerijus Adomaitis

Norway's US$1 trillion sovereign wealth fund will demand that companies in which it invests follow stricter guidelines on global sustainability and strengthen efforts to combat plastic pollution of the oceans, it said on Wednesday.

President Weah Honours Former Coaches Wenger And Leroy

Liberia’s President George Weah speaks during a news conference at Presidential palace in Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire, April 4, 2018. Reuters/Thierry Gouegnon

Liberian president George Weah will decorate Arsene Wenger and Claude LeRoy, the two French coaches who gave his football career an early boost.

Cubans Cheer As Internet Goes Nationwide For A Day

Tourist guide Daniel Hernandez, 26, sits on his Russian-made car as he speaks to his girlfriend who lives in Britain, at an internet hotspot in Havana, Cuba, September 24, 2017. Reuters/Alexandre Meneghini

Cuba's government said it provided free internet to the Communist-run island's more than 5 million cellphone users on Tuesday, in an eight-hour test before it launches sales of the service.

Chinese Footballer Left Stricken As Ambulance Door Jams

Wang Shouting receives medical attention on the pitch as medical staff try to open a jammed ambulance door

Medics tried to kick open a jammed ambulance door while a badly hurt Chinese footballer lay prone on the pitch for several minutes, fighting for breath.

Teen Pregnancy Epidemic Feeds Mozambique’s Population Boom

Mozambique's child marriage and teen pregnancy rates are among the highest in the world

In the tiny maternity ward in Murrupelane, two 16-year-old mothers breast-feed their babies, both born that morning.

To try to curb the population explosion, Mozambique's government is in the process of changing the law to allow marriage only at 18, rather than at 16 with parental consent

New Zealand Is Set To Ban Foreigners Buying Homes After Super-Rich Trend Of Creating Luxury Doomsday Bunkers Pushes Property Prices Up

Matt Lauer, disgraced NBC host, bought a long-term lease to the 16,000-acre property in February 2017 which stretches from the mountains down to the shores of Lake Hawaea and Lake Wanaka on the country's south island (pictured)

●Rich expats making doomsday bunkers 'increased New Zealand home prices' ●So the government is now set to ban foreigners from buying homes ●It comes after purchases by Peter Thiel and former NBC host Matt Lauer

New Zealand is set to ban foreigners buying homes after a spate of millionaires creating luxury doomsday bunkers has apparently pushed property prices up for local buyers.

New Zealand (pictured) is set to ban foreigners buying homes after a spate of millionaires creating luxury doomsday bunkers has apparently pushed property prices up for local buyers

Billionaire’s Huge Nigerian Oil Refinery Likely Delayed Until 2022 — Sources

Oil refinery under construction - File photo

A huge oil refinery being built in Nigeria by Africa's richest man is unlikely to start production until 2022, two years later than the target date, sources with direct knowledge of the matter said.

Calls For Urgent Law Change To Stop Romanian Online Doctor Sites Selling ‘Powerful’ Drugs To UK Customers

The Care Quality Commission has warned that an urgent change in the law is needed to clamp down on foreign-based online doctor sites 

●England's health care regulator wants action over powerful and addictive drugs ●Loophole means sites avoid regulation by contracting Romanians and Bulgarians ●One, UK Meds, is promoted by celebrity doctor Christian Jessen, who has presented Channel 4 programmes

An urgent change in the law is needed to clamp down on foreign-based online doctor sites that sell prescription-only drugs, the Care Quality Commission is warning.

2-IN-1 STORY: NYSC Declares Three-Day Mourning For Death Of Nine Corps

NYSC Members

National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has declared three-days to mourn the death of nine corps members who drowned on Saturday.

Tokyo University ‘Altered Exam Results To Keep Female Numbers Low’

The Tokyo Medical University is at the centre of controversy over applications (Ayaka Aizawa/Kyodo News via AP)

A Japanese medical university has systematically discriminated against female applicants because women tend to quit as doctors after starting families, media reports said.

Burger On Wheels: Saudis Try Once ‘Lowly’ Jobs As Economy Bites

The "One Way Burger" food truck in Riyadh is something of a rarity as its cook is a Saudi

Dishing out burgers and fries slathered with melted cheese, "One Way Burger" is like any other trendy food truck in Riyadh. But it offers something rare — the cook behind the sizzling hot grill is a Saudi.

Bader al-Ajmi began his food truck business in Riyadh amid a change in cultural attitudes to work, as Saudi Arabia undergoes a major retooling of its lagging economy