Ivory Coast’s president Alassane Ouattara on Monday said he would propose “modifications” to the country’s constitution, even as he rubbished claims by the opposition that he plans to sideline opponents from this year’s presidential elections. In ceremonies to mark the New Year, Ouattara said, “In the first quarter of the year, I will put to […]
More than 3,000 additional U.S. troops were headed for the Middle East on Monday to bolster defenses in case Iran makes good on its threat to retaliate for the Trump administration’s targeted killing of a top general. U.S. military commanders had not been in favor of killing Soleimani, on the grounds that Iran would feel […]
Donald Trump warned his Turkish counterpart that “foreign interference is complicating the situation in Libya”, after Ankara voted to send troops to the oil-rich North African state. President Trump spoke to Recep Tayyip Erdogan, the Turkish president, on Thursday after Turkey’s parliament approved a year-long mandate to dispatch armed forces to prop up the ailing […]
Super Falcons striker Asisat Oshoala has reacted after starting 2020 with a brace in Barcelona’s 3-1 away win against Athletic Bilbao in Sunday’s Primera Iberdrola. The 25-year-old Nigeria international who came in as a 60th-minute substitute, doubled her side’s lead in the 77th minute, nodding home from close range after Mariona Caldentey had put the […]
Rapper, Meek Mill has reacted to the killing of a top Iranian general, Qasem Soleimani, in an air attack by the United States government. Recall, rapper, Cardi B had also said she be filing for Nigerian citizenship while expressing her fears that the country is no longer safe. Joining the train, the “Going Bad” crooner […]
The Nigerian military will be withdrawing troops from parts of the country to enable the Nigeria Police Force to assume full security control. Despite fresh threats by the Islamic State in collaboration with Boko Haram, President Muhammadu Buhari has clarified the government’s decision, saying the troops should be removed as the nation is not at […]
President-elect of Guinea-Bissau, Umaro Sissoco Embalo, is a regional tour that has seen him visit Senegal and Nigeria in the space of two days. Dakar was his first stop since he was announced winner of the election rerun last week. He met with president Macky Sall in what the Senegalese presidency said was: “A sign […]
At least 2,500 people were arrested in 2019 in Rwanda for driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs, a senior police officer revealed Saturday in Kigali.According to the Commissioner of Police in charge of Traffic and Road Safety department, Rafiki Mujiji, the police has recorded 12,755 traffic violation tickets between Jauary and December last […]
Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni, is currently on the 195-Km Great Trek that kicked off yesterday in memory of the National Resistance Army (NRA) Bush War that ushered in the National Resistance Movement (NRM)regime in 1986.The Great Trek slated to end on 10th January 2020 is intended to celebrate freedom fighters and war veterans for their […]
South Africa’s struggling state power firm Eskom said on Sunday that it would extend electricity cuts until 5 a.m. local time (0300 GMT) on Monday. Eskom said late on Saturday that it would cut up to 2,000 megawatts (MW) from the national grid from 2000 GMT on Saturday until 0600 GMT on Sunday, after a […]
The al-Shabab extremist group attacked a military base used by U.S. and Kenyan troops in coastal Kenya early Sunday, with U.S. aircraft and vehicles destroyed, Kenyan authorities said. Kenya’s military said the pre-dawn breach was repulsed and at least four attackers were killed. A plume of black smoke rose above the base near the Somali […]
Zimbabwe was the only African country that voted against a United Nations General Assembly, UNGA, resolution on the Myanmar persecution of Rohingya Muslims. The resolution, “Situation of Rohingya Muslims and Other Minorities in Myanmar” was however passed overwhelmingly with 134 countries in favour as against nine in opposition and 28 abstentions. Others who voted against […]
Chad has withdrawn its 1,200-strong force who were on months-long mission fighting Boko Haram from Nigeria. Chadian Army’s spokesman also confirmed on Saturday that none of their personnel remain in Nigeria. “It’s our troops who went to aid Nigerian soldiers months ago returning home. They have finished their mission,” spokesman Colonel Azem Bermandoa said. “None […]
Cash-strapped Lesotho diplomats are allegedly reselling duty-free alcohol in South Africa and Lesotho, according to a report on Saturday. Lesotho’s Consul General Majoro Mohapi told EWN that due to shortages in staff salaries, some had resorted to reselling alcohol that they bought duty free. He added that these fraudulent activities – selling duty-free alcohol as […]
The US Navy has cancelled planned joint exercises with the Moroccan military amid raised tensions following the operation in Iraq that killed Qasem Soleimani, the head of Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps’ (IRGC) elite Quds Force, media reported on Saturday, Trend reports citing Sputnik . According to a US Navy statement seen by media outlet […]
Fourteen civilians, including many schoolchildren, died Saturday when a roadside bomb blew up their bus in northwestern Burkina Faso, a security source told AFP. Four people were seriously hurt in the blast in Sourou province near the Mali border, the source added, as children returned to school after holidays. “The vehicle hit a homemade bomb […]
A US non governmental group, the American Black Group for Democracy has revealed that the Nigerian President, Muhammadu Buhari’s government plunged $500Million (About N150Billion) into the failed Hillary Clinton electioneering campaign fund. They added that the donation may create a huge misunderstanding between Nigeria and the incoming Trump’s US government. The Nigeria integrity challenged President, […]
Egypt’s Foreign Ministry on Friday said it was following developments in Iraq with great concern and appealed against any further escalation. The statement came after a U.S. air strike that killed the commander of Iran’s elite Quds Force, Qassem Soleimani. “The Foreign Ministry is following with great concern accelerating developments in Iraq, which augur an […]
Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni on Saturday began a six-day walk in honor of the country’s fighters who won a five-year guerrilla war in 1986. Museveni flagged off the 195-km historic trek code-named “Africa Kwetu”, loosely translated “Our Africa”, The Great Sacrifice from Galamba in the central district of Wakiso. The president, dressed in full military […]
The commander of Libya’s east-based government, Khalifa Hafter said “men and women” would bear arms “to defend our land” after Turkey authorised the deployment of troops to support the UN-backed government in Tripoli, in the country’s west. On Friday, Khalifa Hafter said that his government, which is seeking to capture the capital Tripoli, would “declare […]