Category: World
Gabon junta chief declares bid for presidency
Gabon's military leader Gen Brice Oligui Nguema has announced his intention to run for president in next month's election.
Nguema seized power in 2 [...]
Ukraine still ‘ready’ to sign US minerals deal, Zelensky tells BBC
Volodymyr Zelensky has said he is still "ready to sign" a US-Ukraine minerals deal after leaving the White House without it being agreed.
Ukraine's [...]
Trump could meet King Charles in Scotland to plan state visit
US President Donald Trump has been invited to meet King Charles in Scotland to discuss an unprecedented second state visit to the UK.
Prime Ministe [...]
Grammy-winning singer Roberta Flack dies at 88
Roberta Flack, the Grammy-winning singer and pianist whose intimate vocal and musical style made her one of the top recording artists of the 1970s [...]
Pope Francis recovers from double pneumonia
Pope Francis, the head of the Catholic Church, has spent a ninth consecutive night at Rome's Gemelli hospital, where he is being treated for double pn [...]
Donald Trump sacks US military commanders
In a shocking move, President Donald Trump has fired Air Force General C.Q. Brown, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and ousted five other to [...]
Ghana ranked Africa’s Largest Producer of Gold in 2024
Gold production sustains economies, there is no two ways about that. China, Russia, Australia, Canada, Ghana, South Africa, USA are some of [...]
Nigeria to ban 60,000-litre petrol tankers as accidents claim 3,500 lives
Nigeria’s federal government has announced plans to ban petroleum tankers with capacities of 60,000 and 45,000 litres.
The Nigerian Midstream and D [...]
Even in his final seconds of life, first gay imam pushed boundaries
The execution-style killing of an openly gay imam, Muhsin Hendricks, in South Africa has left people in the LGBTQ+ community fearful for their safet [...]
‘Missing’ Osun monarch found in FBI custody over $4.2 million fraud allegations
In a shocking turn of events, the Apetu of Ipetumodu, Oba Joseph Oloyede, who mysteriously went missing in March 2024, has been discovered in the cust [...]