AT least 20 people were injured on Saturday as protests over Mozambique’s disputed October 9 presidential election escalated into violent clashes with police. Demonstrators in the capital, Maputo, set two government buildings ablaze and blocked roads with burning tyres, stones, and containers,…
JOHN Dramani Mahama is set to make a historic comeback as Ghana’s president after his main rival, Vice-President Mahamudu Bawumia, conceded defeat. This comes despite the Electoral Commission of Ghana yet to officially declare the results. Mahama, 65, is no stranger…
FORMER Ghanaian President John Dramani Mahama has clinched a decisive victory in the nation’s presidential election, with Vice President Mahamudu Bawumia conceding defeat on Sunday. Bawumia, addressing journalists at his residence, revealed that his party’s internal collation of results…
Ghana‘s ruling New Patriotic Party candidate, Vice President Mahamudu Bawumia, announced on Sunday that he had accepted his defeat in the recent presidential election. Naija News understands that Bawumia has pushed a phone call to his opponent, John Mahama, to extend…
SYRIAN rebels said they have entered Damascus and captured the strategic international airport and TV and radio building in the heart of the capital on Sunday morning. They stunning advance came as President Bashar al-Assad boarded a plane and fled to an…
THE Africa Investment Forum (AIF) 2024 has secured an impressive $29.2bn in investor interest following three days of intense boardroom discussions in Rabat, Morocco. Hosted by the African Development Bank (AfDB) and its partners, this landmark event drew 2,300 participants from 83 countries,…
THE French government on Saturday assured the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) of more collaboration and support in the fight against drug trafficking and abuse. The assurance was given by the French Police Attaché in Nigeria, Mr Phillipe Crespo,…
FOR four years, it seemed as if President Bashar al-Assad’s army had largely won the civil war in Syria. Regional and international actors were re-establishing ties with the Syrian government, believing the conflict to have generally wrapped up, with Syrian…
Air Peace Ltd. says the operating cost for a one-hour flight exceeds N14 million. The airline’s Chief Operating Officer (COO), Mrs Oluwatoyin Olajide, disclosed at a news conference on Friday in Lagos. Olajide said that N7 million is required to…
PRESIDENT Bola Tinubu has made key appointments in the National Universities Commission (NUC), the Nigerian Educational Research and Development Council (NERDC), the Solid Minerals Development Fund/Presidential Artisanal Gold Mining Initiative (SMDF/PAGMI) and the New Partnership for Africa Development (NEPAD).…
