Farmers Day: Ghana declares Dec 5 Public Holiday

ACCRA, Nov 30 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The Ministry of the Interior has declared Friday, December 5, 2025 a statutory public holiday for Ghana.This was contained in a statement issued and signed by the minister Mohammed Mubarak-Muntaka.He said the declaration of the holiday is to commemorate Farmers’ Day.This year’s celebration is being…

Venezuela calls Trump airspace closure warning ‘colonialist threat’

CARACAS, Nov 30 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Venezuela has accused US President Donald Trump of making a “colonialist threat” after he said the airspace around the country should be considered closed. The country’s foreign ministry called Trump’s comments “another extravagant, illegal and unjustified aggression against the Venezuelan people”. The US does not…

US shooting violence: 4 dead, 10 injured in mass shooting at California child’s birthday party, officials say

STOCKTON (California, US), Nov 30 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Four people are dead and several people were injured in a mass shooting at a California child’s birthday party, officials said Saturday night. The San Joaquin County Sheriff’s Office says the shooting happened around 6 p.m. inside a strip mall shopping center in Stockton,…

South Africa: Newly trained officers to help ensure a safer festive season

PRETORIA, Nov 30 (NNN-SANEWS) — Lieutenant General Tebello Mosikili of the South African Police Service assured South Africans that with an additional 3,558 newly trained police officers on the ground,  SAPS will be working hard to ensure everyone is safe during the festive season. “We have indeed entered a period…

Consider airspace around Venezuela closed, US Pres Trump says

Donald Trump, US President WASHINGTON, Nov 30 (NNN-AGENCIES) — US President Donald Trump has said that the airspace around Venezuela should be considered closed.“To all Airlines, Pilots, Drug Dealers, and Human Traffickers, please consider THE AIRSPACE ABOVE AND SURROUNDING VENEZUELA TO BE CLOSED IN ITS ENTIRETY,” Trump said in a…

UN urges US to keep doors open to asylum seekers after DC attack

The United Nations (UN) UNITED NATIONS, Nov 30 (NNN-AGENCIES — UN agencies appealed to Washington to continue allowing asylum seekers access to the country and to be given due process after President Donald Trump vowed to freeze migration from “Third World” countries following an attack near the White House.The comments…

Tunisian police arrest opposition figure Chaima Issa to enforce 20-year jail term

Chaima Issa protests against President Kais Saied before being detained for a 20-year sentence TUNIS, Nov 30 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Tunisian police arrested prominent opposition figure Chaima Issa at a protest in the capital Tunis on Saturday to enforce a 20-year prison sentence, her lawyers said.An appeals court handed jail terms…

Pres Tinubu hails Nigeria’s return to Maritime Organisation Council after 14 years

Bola Tinubu is the President of Nigeria ABUJA, Nov 30 (NNN-AGENCIES) — President Bola Tinubu has welcomed Nigeria’s election into the Council of the International Maritime Organisation for the 2026–2027 biennium, calling it “a strong affirmation of the country’s growing maritime influence and its constructive role in global shipping governance.”The…

Moldova says briefly shut airspace after fresh drone breach

CHISINAU, Nov 30 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Moldova, which borders Ukraine, closed its airspace for about an hour overnight after a new drone incursion, its defence ministry said Saturday. The small country bordering war-torn Ukraine and NATO member Romania has repeatedly seen violations of its airspace since Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine in…

Mexico: At least 7 killed in central Tula bar attack following disputes between rival gangs- police

PACHUCA (Mexico), Nov 30 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Gunmen opened fire in a bar in central Mexico, killing seven people and severely wounding five others on Saturday, police said. Four people were found dead at the scene while three more died while receiving medical care after the shooting in Tula, around 97…