Category: World
Burkina Faso’s junta to dissolve independent election commission
Burkina Faso's junta has announced plans to scrap its Independent National Electoral Commission, citing high costs and concerns over foreign influence [...]
‘Horrific fire’ kills at least 61 at Iraq shopping mall
A fire ripped through a shopping mall in eastern Iraq and killed at least 61 people, including children, according to local officials, who blamed the [...]
US deports five ‘barbaric’ migrants to Eswatini
The US has deported five people who it described as "criminal illegal aliens" to the southern African kingdom of Eswatini.
On board the flight were [...]
Ghanaian High Commission staff dies after being kidnapped in Abuja
Freda Arnong, a Ghana High Commission employee in Nigeria, was brutally attacked by alleged "one-chance" criminals after getting into a commercial cab [...]
Copyright clash: Medikal refuses to pay DJ Azonto $100m
Ghanaian rapper Medikal is embroiled in a heated dispute with singer and hype man DJ Azonto over alleged copyright infringement.
The controversy be [...]
Uganda: Court declares Polygamy legal
The Ugandan top court has announced that polygamy is legal in the country. The practice was very common in Africa in the olden days, with education ha [...]
Is the world shutting its door to Nigeria? By Dakuku Peterside
For years, Nigerians have walked through the world with a quiet pride, knowing that their talent, resilience, and creativity were respected far beyond [...]
Trump threatens Russia with tariffs while unveiling new Ukraine weapons plan
US President Donald Trump has announced the US will send "top-of-the-line weapons" to Ukraine via Nato countries, while also threatening Russia with s [...]
Body of former Nigerian leader Buhari to be flown home for simple burial
The body of Nigeria's former President Muhammadu Buhari, who died aged 82 in a London clinic on Sunday is being flown home to be buried in his hom [...]
Nigeria has ‘enough problems’ and can’t take deportees from US, minister says
Nigeria will not bow to pressure from the Trump administration to accept Venezuelan deportees or third-country prisoners from the US, foreign minister [...]