Prince Harry, one of the prominent members of the royal family in the United Kingdom, is being sued by Sentebale, which he founded, due to a legal matter related to defamation claims. Sentebale has filed its defamation claim against Prince Harry and another individual by the name of Mark Dyer. The lawsuit was officially filed […]
The mobile gaming industry continues to expand rapidly across Africa and two games in particular – Free Fire PUBG popularity in Nigeria Egypt recently. These games’ vast appeal stems from both the low cost and the strong sense of social connection among players. Smartphones vs Home Consoles Accessibility is one of the biggest factors contributing […]
Guinea-Bissau interim President Cipriano Cassama stepped down on security concerns, two days after he was sworn into the post. “An interim president needs to have all the security conditions to fulfill his duties,” Cassama told reporters in the capital Bissau Sunday. “Today my life’s in danger, my family’s life’s in danger, the population’s life’s in […]
Kiira Division Police, in Wakiso district, has arrested a 33-years-old woman for allegedly torturing her husband’s three-year old-niece identified as Anna Gabdiella. The Kampala Metropolitan deputy Police spokesperson, Luke Owoyesigyire, said they have preferred charges of aggravated torture vide CRB 154/2020, against Fortunate Badaru. He says, after visiting the scene, they picked the victim and […]
Turkey’s policy on Syrian refugees remains unchanged but it’s getting increasingly difficult to “hold” them, said Omer Celik, spokesman of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s ruling party, AKP. “Our refugee policy is the same but there is a situation at hand. We’re not in a position to hold the refugees anymore,” Celik was cited as saying […]
Turkey has decided to no longer stop Syrian refugees from reaching Europe by land and sea, a senior Turkish official told Reuters on Thursday, in anticipation of the imminent arrival of refugees from Syria’s Idlib where nearly a million have been displaced. Turkish police, coast guard and border security officials have been ordered to stand […]
Ramon Hood who began as a receptionist at FedEx has been named its newest CEO. The company announced on Wednesday, February that the former VP of operations, strategy, and planning is now CEO, bringing more than 28 years of company experience to her role. She will be overseeing the Custom Critical division. As the announcement […]
A small group of desert locusts has entered Congo, marking the first time the voracious insects have been seen in the Central African country since 1944, the UN Food and Agriculture Agency said Tuesday as UN agencies warned of a “major hunger threat” in East Africa from the flying pests. Kenya, Somalia and Uganda have […]
The African Union (AU) says despite the continent having only one confirmed case of coronavirus, the effects of the outbreak that have hit China the hardest will be felt in the continent owing to its strong trade ties with the Asian economic giant. There were 2,345 deaths reported mainly in China as at Saturday with […]
South Sudan’s president Salva Kiir on Friday appointed rebel leader Riek Machar as vice president, paving way for the formation of a unity government that seeks to end six years of war. “I President Salva Kiir Mayardit, president of South Sudan, do hereby issue a decree for the appointment of Dr. Riek Machar Teny as […]
South Africa will not send its Olympic football team to Japan to play a friendly in March because of concerns over the coronavirus outbreak. The two teams were due to play in Sanga on 27 March, four months before the start of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. There have been 85 confirmed cases of coronavirus in […]
Kwara state command of Nigerian Customs Service(NCS) has seized forty weight sacks of 3,593kg of Cannabis Saliva popularly called Marijuana worth N448M and other illegal items along with Bukuru town in Baruten local government council area of Kwara state. The State Controller of the Nigeria Customs Service, Mr. Hussain Ahmed disclosed this to journalists in […]
Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike said Nigeria has failed if her way to check corruption is by requesting Bank Verification Number (BVN) as a condition for obtaining the new e-passport. Wike, who spoke on Tuesday at the roll-out of the enhanced international e-passport in Port Harcourt, said he was shocked when he was informed that […]
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Tuesday re-arraigned six public officials over their alleged involvement in police pension scam to the tune of N64. 6 billion at the FCT High Court, Maitama . Those re-arraigned by the EFCC were Atiku Abubakar Kigo, Ahmed Inuwa Wada, Mrs. Veronica Ulonma Onyegbulam, Sani Habila Zira, Mrs. […]
The University of Ghana has suspended two lecturers for various periods without salary after they were filmed sexually harassing undercover reporters in a BBC documentary. The documentary exposed sexual harassment and misconduct by lecturers at prestigious institutions in West Africa. Professor Ransford Gyampo and Dr Paul Kwame Butakor, who were first suspended in October, were […]
The 2020 Africa Energy Forum (aef) (Africa-Energy-Forum.com) will welcome Chairwoman Damilola Ogunbiyi, CEO and Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Sustainable Energy for All (SEforALL) and Co-Chair of UN-Energy, to officiate the opening sessions. Mrs. Ogunbiyi said: “Africa is a region full of promise and economic opportunity. Yet as we begin the final decade […]
West African Health Ministers met in Bamako on Friday to discuss the threat of the coronavirus to their countries. They agreed to strengthen cooperation and to increase vigilance and surveillance at entry ports. Michel Hamala Sidibé, Minister of Health and Social Affairs of Mali said the meeting had been successful and countries have bolstered resolve […]
Members of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) are determined to find solutions to the ongoing unilateral border closure by Nigeria. ECOWAS’ fifteen member countries met on Saturday in Ouagadougou to find what they described as “realistic solutions” in the “short term”. “The closure of Nigeria’s land borders to goods is very worrying […]
The Ad Hoc Commission on the implementation of the Luanda Memorandum of Understanding between Uganda and Rwanda has kicked off in Kigali as the two countries attempt to normalise relations. The meeting, which is bringing together ministers and officials from both countries, is a follow up on the Luanda MoU signed by both countries in […]
