A BRITISH national has died following a hit-and-run incident involving a vehicle from the motorcade of Kenyan President William Ruto. According to a report by the BBC, the man has been identified as 79-year-old Edgar Charles Frederick, who was struck on…
AFRICA’S urban population is on course to double by 2050, rising from the current 700 million to an estimated 1.4 billion, according to a new report released early March. This surge will position Africa as the second-most urbanised region in the world, following Asia.…
GHANA’S government has ruled out providing a $4bn bailout to recapitalise the Bank of Ghana (BoG), warning that using taxpayer funds to cover the central bank’s financial shortfall would jeopardise vital public services. Finance Minister Cassiel Ato Forson made the announcement during…
THE United States Export-Import Bank has given the green light to a $5bn loan to support Mozambique’s long-delayed liquefied natural gas (LNG) project. According to a report from Reuters, this approval clears a crucial hurdle in reviving the $20bn project led by French…
The Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA) has issued a strong warning against any attempt to impeach and remove Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara from office, describing such a move as a futile and dangerous ploy that would ultimately…
Ijaws for Tinubu 2027, a political group, has called for the immediate dismissal of Nyesom Wike’s as FCT Minister over his remarks concerning the Ijaw people. Comrade Tamuno Esiri, the group’s leader, made this demand in a statement issued in…
By Inusa Ndahi, Maiduguri THE Borno State Governor, Professor Babagana Zulum has distributed 110 brand new operational vehicles, 500 motorcycles and 280 houses to the Nigeria Police Force and other security agencies. The distribution was flagged off by the…
THE newly elected Prime Minister of Canada, Mark Carney, has been officially sworn in, putting him in a position to battle tariffs imposed by U.S. President Donald Trump that could devastate Canada’s trade-dependent economy. Carney took the oath of…
FOUR players will miss the final of the Carabao Cup between Liverpool and Newcastle United. The Carabao Cup final will take place on Sunday evening at Wembley Stadium. Liverpool manager Arne Slot confirmed at his pre-match press conference on Friday…
RUSSIAN air defences on Friday repelled an attack by four drones flying towards Moscow, with no injuries reported in the capital or in an earlier attack on an oil complex in one of Russia’s southern regions. Mayor Sergei Sobyanin,…
