Saturday, August 1, 2026

HILLARY ESSIEN

Hillary Essien is a reporter with Peoples Gazette focusing on special reports and critical national news. She is a lawyer with 2 years of writing and reporting. Prior to working with The Gazette, Hillary served as an administrative assistant at a non-profit organisation focused on food security for children of low income households.She is on Twitter @Hillary_essien
July 1, 2022

Tanzanian herdsmen charged with murder

The 25 suspects had taken part in protests against the eviction of their community from their ancestral land in Loliondo in the northern Ngorongoro district.

Maasai herder
July 1, 2022

Ketanji Onyika Jackson sworn in as first Black female U.S. Supreme Court justice

Ketanji Brown Jackson has become the first Black woman to be sworn in as a U.S. Supreme Court justice.

Ketanji Onyika Jackson
July 1, 2022

Buhari signs deal to allow UK offload hardened foreign criminals in Nigeria

“Our new landmark agreement with Nigeria will increase the deportation of dangerous foreign criminals to make our streets and country safer.”

Inmates in Nigerian Correctional Facility
June 30, 2022

Coinbase signs deal to provide users’ tracking data to U.S. Immigration

The contract discloses that the immigration regulator will now able to track transactions made through different crypto currency networks.

Coinbase and United States Immigrations and Customs Enforcement agency (ICE)
June 30, 2022

Greece ready to ship Ukraine’s grains amid rising food prices

Ukraine provides 10 per cent of the world’s wheat, 14 per cent of the world’s corn, and 47 per cent of all sunflower oil on the planet.

Kyriakos Mitsotakis
June 30, 2022

Israel’s parliament dissolved, collapsing government; election holds November

Israel’s parliament has voted to dissolve itself, setting the country up for elections for the fifth time in less than four years.

Yair Lapid and Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu
June 30, 2022

Ghana police tear-gas, arrest Ghanaians protesting high cost of living

Ghana’s police force fired tear-gassed protesters on the second day of demonstrations over record inflation and the high cost of living.

Ghana police and protesters
June 29, 2022

R. Kelly sentenced to 30 years’ imprisonment over sex trafficking, child molestation 

Mr Kelly had been found guilty of multiple racketeering and sex trafficking charges in September.

Robert Sylvester Kelly popularly known as R. Kelly
June 29, 2022

NATO invites Finland, Sweden to join alliance

Sweden and Finland both announced their intention to join NATO in May.

NATO
June 29, 2022

UK Deputy Prime Minister rejects call to include abortion rights in new law

Mr Raab’s submission comes as Labour MP Stella Creasy announced that she would push for the right to abortion to be included in the Bill of Rights.

Dominic Raab