[JUST IN] Gunmen flee after killing policeman at checkpoint.

Simon Utebor, Yenagoa Some gunmen, suspected to be militants, have attacked a police checkpoint in Bayelsa State, killing a sergeant and stealing arms and ammunition. A police corporal and two civilians were also reportedly injured by the militants. The incident reportedly took place at the checkpoint at Kolo, in the Ogbia Local Government Area of the state. It was learnt that the incident, which occurred at about 8pm on Monday, created confusion in the community as many residents were forced to run for safety. Community sources said the attackers, numbering...

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GHANA: Ghana top leading consumer of fresh tomatoes in Africa and second in the world.

Ghana is the leading consumer of Fresh tomatoes in Africa and the second in the world, Mr Eric Osei Tuffuor, the Chairman of the Ghana National Tomatoes Traders and Transporters Association (GNTTTA) has stated. Ghana is the leading consumer of Fresh tomatoes in Africa and the second in the world, Mr Eric Osei Tuffuor, the Chairman of the Ghana National Tomatoes Traders and Transporters Association (GNTTTA) has stated. He said presently Ghanaians consumed 90 per cent of fresh tomatoes produced in Burkina Faso which cost the country 56 billion CFA annually in importation. Mr. Tuffuor made the statement at a meeting with tomato farmers, traders, some executive members of the Association and Mr George Oduro, a Deputy Minister of Food and Agriculture at Tuobodom in the Techiman North District of Brong-Ahafo Region. It was organised by the Assembly at the instance of President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo following the farmers' concern for government's support

General strike turns into violence as two protesters were killed!!!

For more than two years, Venezuela has struggled with a massive economic collapse that has triggered acute food shortages, a lack of medical care and rampant inflation. NPR's Planet Money calls the disaster, caused by government decisions and triggered by a drop in oil prices, an "economic horror story." A political crisis soon followed. Protesters called for the resignation of Maduro, who is now deeply unpopular. But instead of stepping down, Maduro accumulated more and more power. Empty streets, makeshift barricades, burning tires, signs scrawled with "No to dictatorship": Protests continue on the streets of Venezuela as a 24-hour general strike takes hold, the latest development in an ongoing political and economic crisis. Some citizens are trying to go to work despite the shutdown of public transportation; others are taking to blockaded streets in protest. There is widespread fear of more bloodshed after months of conflict and dozens of deaths. Th

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