The junta in Niger Republic is in a serious dilemma even as it has agreed to release the ousted president of the country, Mohamed Bazoum, and his wife, Khadija. Multiple sources in Nigeria and the neighbouring Niger, have confirmed plans by the military government to release the ousted president before or within the few […]
Chad’s junta-appointed prime minister on Sunday said he would contest May 6 presidential elections, eight days after incumbent Mahamat Idriss Deby Itno announced his candidacy. Former opposition leader Succes Masra returned from exile and signed a reconciliation deal with Deby Itno before becoming premier this year. The opposition says his candidacy is a […]
Sweden on Thursday became the 32nd member of NATO with the handover of documents at a ceremony in Washington, a historic move that Secretary of State Antony Blinken said marked a “strategic debacle” by Russia. “Good things come to those who wait,” Blinken said as he accepted the accession documents from Sweden’s prime minister, […]
Meta’s Facebook, Messenger and Instagram are down worldwide, leaving users unable to access the social media platforms. It was gathered that Meta’s internal systems were also down which may have led to Tuesday’s outage. Facebook and Messenger glitches surfaced when users noticed they were kicked out of their accounts and unable to log back […]
French lawmakers have approved the bill to make abortion a constitutional right for women in the country. The parliamentarians, on Monday, voted 780-72, making France the first country in the world to “guarantee freedom” of women to abortion. President Emmanuel Macron has been pushing for the enshrining of abortion as a women’s right in […]
The British Council in Nigeria has increased the fee for the academic international English language testing system (IELTS) examinations. This is the second time the council will be hiking the examination fee this year. Last month, the price was increased by 29 percent from the N107,500 that was being paid for the test. IELTS […]
The United States has frowned on the new anti-LGBTQ law in Ghana. On Wednesday, Ghana’s parliament passed a new bill opposing the rights of queer persons, and proposing a prison sentence of up to five years for the “wilful promotion, sponsorship, or support of LGBTQ+ activities”. The bill also proposes a jail term of […]
The Ghana Parliament, on Wednesday, passed the bill on human sexual rights and family values, commonly referred to as the anti-LGBTQ bill. The bill, called the Promotion of Proper Human Sexual Rights and Ghanaian Family Values Bill, was introduced by Sam Nartey George, the MP for Ningo-Prampram. GhanaWeb reports that the bill was a […]
Niger has not reopened its border with Benin two days after a West African bloc lifted coup-linked sanctions on the landlocked nation, including border closures, local officials said Monday. The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Saturday said it was lifting sanctions imposed after last year’s military coup, including a no-fly zone, border […]
Pope Francis has accepted the resignation of a Polish archbishop accused of covering up the sexual abuse of minors, a Vatican statement said on Saturday. Andrzej Dziega, the 71-year-old archbishop of Szczecin, in northwest Poland, will “take his retirement”, said the statement from the apostolic nuncio or diplomatic envoy representing the Holy See. Polish […]
