Muslim women who fail to learn English to a high enough standard could face deportation from Britain, Prime Minister David Cameron announced Monday. He also suggested that poor English skills can leave people “more susceptible” to the messages of groups like Islamic State (IS). Cameron’s comments came as his centre-right Conservatives launched a £20 million ($28.5 million, 26 million euro) language fund for women in isolated communities as part of a drive to build community integration.

Today, local techpreneurs have stepped to fill the void after foreign giants like paypal and mastercard left Ghana in the cold. DreamOval’s SlydePay which was formerly I wallet, Express Pay, Mpower, and others have made online payments possible.

A retired Director of the CBN, Mr Chris Nemedia, on Monday urged the Federal Government to be less-dependent on trading in crude oil in the international market. Nemedia, who made the plea in an interview with newsmen in Lagos, said that processed commodities were more profitable to trade in. `Emphasis should be on adding value to the primary commodities like oil before exporting them in order to get the desired yield like other nations from natural resources

“That fateful day, he banged the door, but no response from any of his neighbours, “he said. The prosecutor said that the accused damaged the door to gain entrance into the passage that led to his apartment. “When the accused finally entered, he sighted the complainant sleeping in the passage; he went angrily to attack him for not opening the door for him. “In the process of punches between the accused and the neighbour, the accused bit off his nose.” he said.

A housewife, Aisha Ibrahim, on Monday sought a separation from her husband, Nuhu, before a Mararaba Grade 1 Area Court, Aso Pada, Nasarawa State, over lack of care. At the hearing, Aisha, 28, told the court that she got married to her Nuhu sometime in 2014 according to Islamic rite. She said that she had been solely responsible for her up-keep and that of the only child of the marriage since she married her husband about two years ago.

Four worshippers were killed in a suicide bombing at a mosque in northern Cameroon on Monday, a security source said, five days after a similar attack left 12 people dead. Monday’s blast hit the village of Nguetchewe in Cameroon’s Far North region, in an area near the border with Nigeria regularly targeted by Boko Haram jihadists. “The toll of this attack is four dead and two injured,” the source, who was at the scene of the attack, told AFP.

Dr Uthman Mubashir, Kwara Coordinator of the Civil Society Scaling up Nutrition in Nigeria (CS-SUNN), on Monday said about seven million children in the country are malnourished. Mubashir told newsmen in Ilorin that two out of every three children are not properly fed. According to him, the mortality rate due to malnutrition is high and running into two digits.

In Ghana, wood fuel use is dominant in rural households.

In Ghana, wood fuel use is dominant in rural households.

In Ghana, wood fuel use is dominant in rural households.