Category: Foreign
Elon Musk buys Twitter for $44bn
Twitter announced on Monday, April 25, that it is selling the platform for $44 billion to billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk.
The sale marked a sig [...]
Elon Musk tops Forbes 2022 list of billionaires
Elon Musk, Tesla founder’s estimated $219 billion fortune was strengthened over the last year as he added $68 billion to his fortune with the success [...]
U.S. names, blacklists six Nigerian financiers of Boko Haram
The United States says it is placing six Nigerians on its terror list as a result of their involvement in ‘sponsoring terrorism.’
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Elon Musk buys nine percent stake in Twitter, becomes largest shareholder
Tesla and SpaceX founder Elon Musk has purchased a 9.2 percent stake in social media company Twitter, driving the company’s share value up by 28 perce [...]
Gilbert Chagoury’s illicit donation lands US lawmaker in trouble, may go to jail
Jeff Fortenberry, a US congressman from Nebraska, has not only resigned from office after being found guilty by a California jury of lying about an il [...]
Nigerian-born Canadian attorney, Kaycee Madu removed as justice minister
Nigeran born Canadian attorney, Kaycee Madu has been removed as minister of justice and solicitor-general of Alberta, a province in Western Canada [...]
Mark Zuckerberg drops in billionaire ranking after collapse of Meta shares
The historic collapse in Meta's shares this week has wiped $31 billion off Mark Zuckerberg's personal wealth, taking him down three places on Bloomb [...]
Journalist David Hundeyin commended by Indian PM, for exposing plights of expatriates at Globacom
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, has sent a commendation letter to Nigerian investigative journalist, David Hundeyin, acknowledging his story on t [...]
ECOWAS suspends Burkina Faso after military coup
The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has suspended Burkina Faso from its governing bodies.
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South Africa’s Archbishop Desmond Tutu is dead
Archbishop Desmond Tutu, the Nobel Peace prize laureate who helped end apartheid in South Africa, is dead.
He died at the age of 90.
Tutu was on [...]