Africa
Over 15 killed in militants’ attempt to seize city
At least 15 people were killed on Tuesday when heavily armed al-Shabaab militants stormed government offices and military checkpoints around the strategic town of Bal’ad. The dawn attack prompted heavy gunfire between Somali security forces and the militants in the town, which lies just 30 kilometres north of the capital…
Read More »ECOWAS suspends Mali, directs members to close borders
Mali has been suspended from the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) decision making bodies with immediate effect. ECOWAS decision followed the recent military forceful takeover of government in that country. Besides, the Coupist have been denied all kind of legitimacy by the regional body, while also demanding the…
Read More »Soldiers arrest Mali president
Quoting two security sources, Reuters said Keita was arrested alongside Prime Minister Boubou Cisse in Bamako, the country’s capital. Earlier todaySoldiers arrest Mali president soldiers mutinied at the Kati army base outside of Bamako. A European diplomat had said a small number of members of the national guard “apparently angered…
Read More »$.5bn fraud: Former Angola President’s son jailed
AP Report Angola’s Supreme Court on Friday handed a five-year jail sentence to Jose Filomeno dos Santos, the son of the oil-rich country’s former president, for fraud when he headed the national sovereign wealth fund. Dos Santos, 42, was summoned before court in December over allegations he tried to embezzle…
Read More »Nigerian Air Force attacks ISWAP Lake Chad camp
The Air Task Force of Operation LAFIYA DOLE, has knocked out another Islamic State of West Africa Province (ISWAP) terrorists’ camp at Tongule in the Lake Chad area of Northern Borno and eliminated scores of their fighters. The coordinator, Defence Media Operations, John Enenche, announced this in a statement on…
Read More »Buhari leads presidents of Ghana, Ivory Coast others on Mali peace shuttle
Top West African leaders led by Nigeria’s President, Muhammadu Buhari, are in Bamako, the Malian capital in search of lasting solution to the political crisis ravaging the former French colony. Presidents Alassane Ouattara of Ivory Coast, Macky Sall of Senegal, Mahamadou Issoufou of Niger and Nana Akufo-Addo of Ghana are…
Read More »Burundi President Dead -from Heart Failure
The President of Burundi, Pierre Nkurunziza, has died from cardiac arrest. The President reported died on Sunday, 8th June. “The Government of the Republic of Burundi announces with great sadness the unexpected death of His Excellency, Pierre Nkurunziza, President of the Republic of Burundi, following heart failure on June 8,…
Read More »COVID-19: 69 Stranded Nigerians arrive from Lebanon
*50 trafficked girls among returnees ** “Over 200 stranded in S’Africa” Nigeria President Buhari Sixty-nine stranded Nigerians, including 50 trafficked girls, on Sunday arrived the country from Lebanon. The news of the returnees sparked appealed to the Federal Government from over 200 other Nigerians that are stranded in South Africa.…
Read More »ADB, World Bank debar China Zhonghao Ltd over fraud
*ADB exposes firm’s false claims experience, year of incorporation The African Development Bank ( ADB) has debarred China Zhonghao Limited, employer of two Chinese recently arrested by operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, for offering a bribe of N100million (One Hundred Million Naira ) to one of…
Read More »Prof. Gambari attends FEC as Chief of Staff to President Buhari
*Attends maiden FEC Virtual Meeting The Presidency formerly announced, on Wednesday, the appointment of former United Nation’s Under-Secretary-General, Prof Ibrahim Gambari, as Chief of Staff to President Muhammadu Buhari. Gambari, a former Foreign Affairs Minister, succeeds Mallam Abba Kyari, who succumbed to complications arising from the novel coronavirus on 17th…
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Access Bank’s Onne Branch in Rivers State shut down over COVID-19
A local branch of Access Bank Nigeria Limited in Onne, Eleme Local Government Area …
