Category: Foreign
South Africa’s jailed ex-president Zuma granted medical parole
South Africa’s former president Jacob Zuma, jailed for 15 months in July for contempt of court after snubbing graft investigators, was on Sunday, 5 Se [...]
Fear of military coup hits Guinea as president Conde is arrested
Guinea soldiers on Sunday, 4 September, said they have taken control of the government and suspended the Constitution.
Some gunshots were heard nea [...]
Ibukun Awosika gets her groove back, nabs UK’s G7 impact taskforce appointment with Aruma Oteh
Three Nigerians have been appointed as members of the global Independent Impact Taskforce (ITF) by the United Kingdom’s 2021 presidency of the G7.
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Bill Gates drops in billionaire ranking after divorcing his wife
The co-founder of Microsoft Corporation, Bill Gates, has dropped in Forbes’ real-time billionaire ranking after the transfer of stocks to his ex-wife, [...]
Six arrested in foiled attempt to assassinate president of Madagascar
Six people including one foreign citizen have been arrested by the police in Madagascar for reportedly plotting to assassinate President Andry Rajoeli [...]
Ghana’s First Lady rejects allowances, moves to refund N62m received since 2017
The first lady of Ghana, Rebecca Akufo-Addo has rejected recommendations that she be placed on salary, and has also offered to refund all the allowanc [...]
Haiti police arrest two, kill four suspects linked to President’s assassination
Haiti security forces have killed four individuals and captured two others suspected to have assassinated the country’s president, Jovenel Moïse.
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Kenya denies involvement in Nnamdi Kanu’s arrest, says FG has the answers
Wilfred Machage, Kenyan high commissioner to Nigeria, has denied the claim that Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), was arr [...]
Toyota opens assembly plant in Ghana
The President of Ghana, Nana Addo Akufo-Addo, on Tuesday, 29 June, commissioned a Toyota vehicle assembly plant in the country, the Daily Graphic of G [...]
Ex-South African President, Zuma sent to jail for fraud
Former South African president, Jacob Zuma has been sentenced to 15 months in prison after being found guilty for defying a court order to a [...]