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Nigeria ready to host African Central Bank, prepare youths for 21st century economy, Tinubu tells AU leaders
President Bola Tinubu says Nigeria is ready to host the African Central Bank in line with the vision of the Abuja Treaty. Addressing...
Senegal’s President Sall backs down on postponed Feb. 25 presidential poll
By Paul Ejime Senegalese President Macky Sall has “taken note” of Thursday’s decision by the Constitutional Council to annul a presidential decree and...
Just in: Mauritania President Ghazouani emerges as new AU Chairman in 2024
The Heads of State and Government of the African Union (AU) have elected the President of Mauritania, Mr. Mohamed Ould Ghazouani as the...
Russian activist and Putin critic Alexei Navalny dies in prison
Russia’s most significant opposition leader for the past decade, Alexei Navalny, has died in prison inside the Arctic Circle, the prison service said....
Households cut spending as UK economy slips into recession
Official figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) have revealed that the UK has slipped into a technical recession after the economy...
Amid presidential poll postponement protest: Authorities ban mobile internet in Senegal
Mobile internet access in Senegal was suspended on Tuesday for the second time this month, the communications ministry said, after authorities banned a...
Three Sahel nations’ exit from ECOWAS: Tinubu sends delegation to Niger, Mali, Burkina Faso to return
In a bid to address the recent decision by the Republic of Niger, Mali, and Burkina Faso to withdraw from the Economic Community...
Bowing to pressure, Hungary’s President Novak quits
Hungary’s president has resigned amid outrage over her pardoning of a man convicted in a child sexual abuse case. President Katalin Novak has...
At least 600m Africans will remain without electricity by 2030 – World Bank
Nearly 600 million people in Africa are likely to remain without electricity by 2030 as the continent continues to grapple with electricity deprivation,...
King Charles III diagnosed with cancer: postpones public duties to receive treatment
Buckingham Palace on Monday, February 5, announced that King Charles has been diagnosed with cancer and will now be postponing his public duties...
Plane crashes into four homes in Florida, U.S., several people killed
Several people have been killed after a single-engine plane crashed into a waterfront mobile home park in Clearwater, Florida, United States, damaging four...
Japa: Nigerians react to Canadia’s two-year ban on foreign students’ visas
The government of the Canadian province of British Columbia recently imposed a two-year ban on the admission of international students, including Nigerians, into...
Nigerian-British minister faces suspension over comment on Israeli offensives in Gaza
A British-Nigerian minister, MP Kate Osamor, has been suspended by the United Kingdom’s Labour Party after she accused Israel of genocide on the...
King Charles discharged from hospital after three-night stay
Britain’s King Charles III has been discharged from a hospital in London after undergoing treatment for an enlarged prostate. Buckingham Palace disclosed in...
Biden slams ‘Iran-backed militant’ for deadly drone strike in Jordan
A drone attack on a military base in Jordan has killed three American troops, with President Joe Biden blaming Iran-backed militants for the...
Just In: Coup: Mali, Niger, Burkina Faso withdraw from ECOWAS over suspension
Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger have announced their immediate withdrawal from the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS). The military leaders of...
