The UN Security Council has asked outgoing Gambian President Yahya Jammeh to carry out a peaceful and orderly transition of power to the President-elect, Mr Adama Barrow. In a press statement issued on Saturday, the 15-member Council “strongly condemned the outgoing Gambian President’s rejection of the official election results proclaimed by the country’s Independent Electoral […]
Continue ReadingTwo explosions near a football stadium in the heart of Turkey’s biggest city, Istanbul, have killed 29 people and injured 166, the government says.The explosions, believed to be a car bomb and a suicide bomb, targeted police officers near the stadium, officials say. Witnesses heard gunfire after the attack, which came two hours after fans […]
Continue ReadingThe CIA has confirmed that Russia intervened in the 2016 election to help President-elect Donald Trump win the US election. The intelligence agency said the intervention was not only to help Trump win, but also designed to undermine confidence in the U.S. electoral system. U.S. intelligence agencies believed that as the 2016 presidential campaign drew […]
Continue ReadingThe Independent Electoral Commissioner in charge of South South, Dr Lecky Mustapha has said that the commission is ready to conduct free and fair polls on Saturday. Mustapha said this while supervising electoral materials in Port Harcourt Local Government Area (Phalga) Friday evening. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the rerun elections will […]
Continue ReadingTime Magazine on Wednesday announced US President-elect Donald Trump as the 2016 Person of the Year which its editor described as a “straightforward’’ choice. According to the Magazine, Trump was named due to the way he has shaken up US society before taking office. The cover of the new edition shows Trump looking over his shoulder […]
Continue ReadingAuthorities in Ghana have busted a fake U.S. embassy in the capital Accra, run by a criminal network that had issued visas illegally for one decade, the U.S. State Department said in a statement. The statement noted that until its shutdown this summer, the sham embassy was housed in a run-down, pink two-storey building with […]
Continue ReadingItalian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi is resigning today after suffering a heavy defeat in a referendum over his plan to reform the constitution. In a late-night news conference, he said he took responsibility for the outcome. He said the No camp must now make clear proposals, the BBC reports. An exit poll for state broadcaster […]
Continue ReadingJohn Key the Prime Minister of New Zealand has announced a shock resignation because of family pressure. Key made the announcement at his weekly press conference on Sunday afternoon. According to New Zealand, The Herald, the prime minister bowed out because his wife Bronagh asked him to do so. Key, his voice shaking with emotion, […]
Continue ReadingNigerian-born Adebayo Ogunlesi, who is the chairman of Global Infrastructure Partners, a private equity firm and one of Fortune 500 companies, has been named a member of an economic advisory forum to US president-elect Donald Trump. The 63 year-old Nigerian is the only African face in the 16-man team, which has Steve Schwarzman, CEO of private-equity giant […]
Continue ReadingThe King of Morocco, His Majesty King Mohammed VI, is on an Official Visit to Nigeria. The king was received at the presidential villa in Abuja by vice president Yemi Osinbajo and will be received by President Muhammadu Buhari today at the State House.
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