President Muhammadu Buhari in Niamey, Niger Republic, signed the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) agreement, making Nigeria the 53rd state on the continent to append its signature to the document. Reports reaching the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja, indicated that the president signed the agreement at exactly 10.47 am local time. The […]
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The Trump administration has been labelled “inept”, insecure and incompetent in leaked emails from the United Kingdom ambassador to Washington. Sir Kim Darroch said that the White House was “uniquely dysfunctional” and “divided” under Donald Trump. But he also warned that the US president should not be written off. The leaked files date from 2017 […]
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MacKenzie, the ex wife of the world’s richest man, Jeff Bezos, is now the 22nd richest person in the world after her huge divorce settlement and has promised to donate half of it to charity. Under the agreement, MacKenzie, 49, will receive 4% stake in Amazon.com shares and its valued at $38.3 billion, while Jeff, […]
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Three years ago, Anthony, then 11, showed signs of stunted growth as observed by African Development Bank (www.AfDB.org) President Akinwumi Adesina during a visit to Madagascar’s Bas Mangoky region. To the Bank chief, the boy looked no more than 5 years of age. “I was transfixed by one of the children attracted by my helicopter […]
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According to CNN, Boeing, aircraft manufacturer, has set aside $100 million to support families of those who died in two 737 Max crashes. Recall that Boeing’s 737 Max jets were grounded worldwide after one of its aircraft flown by Ethiopian Airlines crashed shortly after takeoff in March. Two Nigerians, Pius Adesanmi, renowned writer, and Biodun Bashua, a former UN […]
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The death toll in the latest outbreak of Ebola in the Democratic Republic of the Congo has risen to 1,540, according to the World Health Organisation (WHO). In an update on Friday, the world health body said 2,284 people had been infected since the outbreak in the country’s Ituri and North Kivu provinces nearly 11 […]
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Thousands of schools have been closed and sporting events cancelled on Friday as France records its highest-ever temperature, 44.3 degrees in heat wave. The high temperature was recorded in Carpentras, near the Rhone Valley city of Avignon, and in one of four French departments that are on the country’s first-ever official red alert for dangerous […]
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About 36 miners have died in the mineral-rich south-east of the Democratic Republic of Congo after an accident at a copper mine, rescuers have said. According to the Governor of Lualaba province the accident occurred at an open pit mine. The area is known to be unstable and the miners were working illegally without proper […]
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The suspected ringleader of Saturday’s failed coup attempt in Ethiopia’s Amhara region has been shot dead by police, the country’s state media reports. Brigadier General Asaminew Tsige was killed on the outskirts of Amhara’s capital, Bahir Dar, the report added. Ethiopia’s Chief of Army Staff, General Seare Mekonnen, was killed while trying to foil the […]
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Binali Yildirim, the ruling party candidate in the controversial re-run of Istanbul’s mayoral election, conceded defeat on Sunday. Initial results from the state-run Anadolu news agency showed opposition candidate Ekrem Imamoglu leading with 53.69 per cent to Yildirim’s 45.4 per cent with more than 95 per cent of ballots counted. “According to the result as […]
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