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Ghana’s legislature has approved the Hazardous and Electronic Waste Control and Management Bill 2016.  The bill which is targeted at regulating the usage and disposal of waste materials in the country received unanimous approval from both divides in Parliament Speaking to Joynews, Ranking member on Parliament’s Environment Committee, Francis Addai Nimoh, said the law has come at the right time considering the way some persons dispose of electronic gadgets in the country. He explained the law mandates the establishment of an electronic waste recycling plant that is expected to create some direct and indirect jobs in the country. The law, he explained, will “ensure the employment for the people as well as a timely collection and delivery of the waste to the plant for processing.” He also disclosed the law has made it possible for people to “import electronic waste as raw material from any country into Ghana and send it straight away to the processing plant for...

                                                                      The EC Boss The Electoral Commission (EC) says it will carry out the deletion of names of persons who registered with the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) cards from the electoral roll as ordered by the Supreme Court. Spokesperson for the EC, Eric Dzakpasu, explained to Joynews that the institution does not intend to create any form of disaffection regarding the application of the orders given by the apex court. “Definitely as a law abiding institution as we have always done, we are going to comply with the orders of the Supreme Court,” he said. Mr Dzakpasu...

I have never wanted to contribute to the activities of the Niger Delta Militant especially the newly formed Avengers whom their name has been the topic of discussion on many social media platforms and other media outlet in Nigeria and all over the world but for the sake of record, I decided to add my voice due to their recent many press released circulating the social media which to me has contracted their believe and aspiration of the Avengers from the word GO. Four over 6 decades I have followed the activities of militants, to mention the likes of Ken Sarowewa, Asare Dukubo, and the Man Timpo just to mentioned but few   in the Niger delta region of Biafra land either for one reason or the other their aims has been to salvage the people of Niger Delta and Biafra as a whole down to the none development of the oil hub of the most populous back African Nation or for self-determination of the defunct Biafra as against every government in the zoo republic leading to a very s...

OUT OF THE BLUE, a group calling itself the Niger Delta Avengers, NDA spouts. They kill soldiers and policemen. They kidnap and kill oil company workers. Piracy on the high seas. They asked oil companies to stop operations and pack out of the Niger Delta region. They blow up oil pipelines, power and other infrastructure. They attack and kill prominent individuals, ransacking homes up and down the coastal areas, including lately, Lagos and Ogun states. All these for what? It is still unclear what they want. From the diverse, if vague and inchoate voices of the militants, some say they want to take control of the oil resources in the region. Sometimes when the rhetoric gets uglier, they call for the breakup of Nigeria as a country! The scariest part of what is happening is that the media, in their appetite for sensational stories are egging them on to make a great display of seditious, anti-national sentiment. In the last stages before her government...

Mr. Comey said on Tuesday that investigations into more than 30,000 emails led to the recommendation. FBI Director James Comey recommends that no charges be brought against presumptive Democratic nominee, Hillary Clinton, for the mishandling of classified information on private email servers. Mr. Comey said on Tuesday that investigations into more than 30,000 emails led to the recommendation. The FBI determined that “no reasonable prosecutor would bring such a case.” Mr. Comey asserted that Mrs. Clinton and her staff were “extremely careless” with classified information. He added that in order for charges to be brought against Mrs. Clinton, there would have to be an indication that information on the email servers were handled “in such a way as to support an inference of intentional misconduct or indications of disloyalty to the United States or efforts to obstruct justice.” At the end of interviews with Mrs. Clinton that lasted 72 hours, Mr. Comey’s rec...

The United States Mission in Nigeria has warned of a terror attack during Eid-al-Fitr Sallah celebration in Lagos hotels which hosts international guests. In a statement to US citizens published on its website Tuesday the US Mission statement said thus: "The U.S. Mission in Nigeria advises that groups associated with terrorist activity might be planning attacks against hotels in Lagos frequented by international visitors, including those located on waterfronts, during the Eid-al-Fitr holidays (5 and 6 July 2016). The United States Mission in Nigeria has warned of a terror attack during Eid-al-Fitr Sallah celebration in Lagos hotels which hosts international guests. In a statement to US citizens published on its website Tuesday the US Mission statement said thus: "The U.S. Mission in Nigeria advises that groups associated with terrorist activity might be planning attacks against hotels in Lagos frequented by international visitors, including those located...

Amidst the parade of the gang members at the headquarters of the State Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS), police spokesperson Mr. Akwuzu Okechukwu stated that the DPO was ambushed, his clothes ripped to shreds, one of his ears chopped off.   The Divisional Police Officer (DPO) for Ajali in Orumba North Local Government Area (LGA), Anambra State, in an attempt to arrest members of a notorious gang terrorizing Nanka Community, had one of his ears chopped off and was disrobed. The DPO and his team raided the den of the nine-man gang, and successfully arrested Mr. Ifedilichukwu Nwankwo, Mr. Chidi Nwankwo and Mr. Udoye Kenechukwu after previous attempts by the Police Force Criminal Investigations Department (Force CID), Abuja and Zone 9 Headquarters, Umuahia. Amidst the parade of the gang members at the headquarters of the State Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS), police spokesperson Mr. Akwuzu Okechukwu stated that the DPO was ambushed, his clothes ripped to shreds, one of...

…attempt to get our members to testify against Kanu will fail Pro-Biafra group, Indigenous People of Biafra, (IPOB), has cried out to the whole world that it is not a terrorist organisation as the Department of State Services (DSS) and the President Muhammadu Buhari led Federal Government, Ohanaeze and other Igbo elites are trying to portray them in the eyes of the public. Reacting to a media statement credited to DSS, IPOB spokesmen, Barr. Emma Mmezu and Dr. Clifford Iroanya respectively, pointed out that tagging IPOB a criminal and terrorist organisation is the handiwork of the President and the DSS to give the impression that IPOB is destructive like other freedom fighters. IPOB, in a statement, yesterday, jointly signed by Emma Mmezu and Clifford Iroanya, accused President Buhari of masterminding the smear campaign against the pro-Biafra group, saying the President has failed in this attempt. The group, in the statement titled; “Another bungled attempt by Muham...

  Two elderly women died on Saturday in a violent struggle for Ramadan gifts distributed on behalf of a former Lagos State Governor, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, at Onikan Stadium in the state RODREXBLOG learnt that a middle-aged man fainted in the commotion, while several others were injured during the distribution by the Iyaloja General of Nigeria and Tinubu’s daughter, Mrs. Folashade Tinubu-Ojo. The Lagos State Police Command, however, said no deaths were recorded from the stampede. Each gift pack was said to have included a package of rice, salt, noodles and sugar, as well as a sum of N1,500 contained in an envelope, which were given to each person. It was learnt that the injured were rushed to the Marina General Hospital, while corpses of the deceased women, who were said to be in their sixties, were deposited at the hospital’s morgue. An eyewitness, Musbau Adeyanju, who spoke with our correspondent on the telephone on Saturday evening, said a crowd had besie...

A Federal High Court in Abuja has rejected an ex-parte motion for an injunction restraining the Inspector General of Police and the Attorney General of the Federation from going ahead with the prosecution of the Senate President, Bukola Saraki and three others on charges of forgery of the Senate Standing Orders 2011. The applicant for the injunction, who is a serving senator, Gilbert Nnaji, had urged the court to stop the defendants from acting on the police report issued with respect to the case. A Federal High Court in Abuja has rejected an ex-parte motion for an injunction restraining the Inspector General of Police and the Attorney General of the Federation from going ahead with the prosecution of the Senate President, Bukola Saraki and three others on charges of forgery of the Senate Standing Orders 2011. The applicant for the injunction, who is a serving senator, Gilbert Nnaji, had urged the court to stop the defendants from acting on the police report issued...

Two men who made various threats on Supreme Court and High Court judges on an Accra-based radio station, have been picked up,  According to the sources, Godwin Ako Gunn and Alistair Nelson were picked up by the Bureau of National Investigation (BNI), Sunday. By 9 a.m Sunday, the two are reported to have given their statements to the Bureau regarding their involvement in said matter. Rodrexblog learnt they were picked because the BNI believes their comment could spark trouble for the country even this election year. Our sources are unsure when the two will be released and were tight-lipped what the next line of action will be. The arrest of the two follows a call by the Ghana Bar Association (GBA) to the Inspector General of Police (IGP) to as a matter of urgency, arrest the two radio panelists who threatened the lives of judges in the country. During a political current affairs programme on Muntie FM, a local language radio statio...

It has been brought to the desk of Family Writers that a new dreaded and deadly Militant group known as Revolutional Alliance have emerged. The group has threatened to wreck more havoc to Oil installations, go after Southern Politicians and Niger-Delta Oil Block owners,if their conditions are not met. The group Media Spokesperson Gen. Kimoma (A.K.A) BIG HEART stated they are a Bi afran Militant group. According to him, The Divide and Rule tactics will no longer have an impact on them. He went further to state that, the group will bring the Nigeria economy to a standstill and they are not in for any negotiation with the Nigeria Government. According to him, the mission of the Revolutional Alliance is to put a stop to President Muhammadu Buhari's dictatorship against Biafrans,the suffering of the poor masses and restoring the Sovereign State Of Biafra. The Revolutional Alliance also warned that, the Nigeria Government, should release the detained Leader Of IPOB...

                                                          AVENGERS ON IT AGAIN Information reaching us is that the The Big Boys  Avengers have carried out FIVE OPERATION ZERO NIGERIA ECONOMY. At 11:26pm on Saturday they blew up Two NPDC major Crude Trunk lines close to Batan flow-stati on in Delta State. At 1:15am on Sunday,they proceeded to blowing up Two major Cheveron Crude Oil trunk lines to Abiteye flow station in Delta State. This is according to them inline with ultimatum give tot the Mohammed Buhari lead Administration, it be be recalled that since this government took charge of the most populous black Africa nation called Nigerian things has grew from bad to worst due to his high level of incompetence. We will reduced Nigerian to ashes as you have decided to reduce Biafrans, those are the words of the Avengers and...