Category: Foreign
Son of late Chadian President, Idriss Deby arrests father’s ADC, executes army generals
Hours after being sworn in to lead the country, following the death of his father, the late President Idriss Deby of Chad, his 37 year old son, Ma [...]
Derek Chauvin convicted of murder in killing of George Floyd
The jury in the murder trial of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin found him guilty on Tuesday, 20 April, in the killing of George Floy [...]
Chadian army names late president’s son, Mahamat as new leader
Mahamat Deby, son of the late President Idriss Deby of Chad, has been named the new leader of the country.
The 37-year-old army general was appointed [...]
President Idriss Déby of Chad killed in battle with rebels
President of Chad, Idriss Déby has been killed in battle with rebels in the northern part of the country.
The army reported on State TV that the tr [...]
Germany ignores Nigeria, picks Ghana for site of West African centre of global health
The German government says it will support the launch of a German-West African Centre for Global Health and Pandemic Prevention to be sited in Ghana.
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Canadian court bars ex SARs operative from entering country
A federal Canadian court in Ottawa, Ontario, has affirmed the decision of the Immigration Department to deny a former operative of the disbanded Speci [...]
Twitter opens African headquarters office in Ghana
Nigerians have taken to social media to make their opinions known after social networking service, Twitter, decided to make Ghana its African headquar [...]
Chinese authorities seize over 7,200 human penises on a cargo ship from Nigeria
Chinese customs officers have made the world’s biggest seizure of human organs in history this morning, a total of 7221 penises of African origin [...]
Why US can’t help Nigeria fight insecurity – Ex US ambassador
Nigeria stands no chance of enjoying US technical and financial support in the fight against insecurity until alleged human rights abuses by the secur [...]
Adenuga, Dangote, Rabiu retain spots on Forbes billionaires list, increase fortune by $5.7bn
The combined net worth of three of Nigeria’s richest persons increased by $5.7bn in one year to $22.5bn, according to Forbes’ 2021 World’s B [...]