Having been ousted from power and taken to the Kobar maximum security prisons for various violations including the death of protesters during his reign, former Sudanese president Omar Al Bashir is facing fresh charges of money laundering. This was after US 130 million dollars was found at his home, according to prosecutors. A source in […]
Nigeria’s Rivers state Governor, Nyesom Wike, says he would not contest for a third term even if the constitution permitted him. Governor Nyesom Wike says he is tired of being a governor after the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) presented him his certificate of return as the re-elected governor of Rivers state. The Rivers state […]
Africa’s richest man, Aliko Dangote has described president Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo as a visionary leader, whose type Africa needs to progress. Speaking at a forum organized by the Africa Center for Economic Transformation (ACET), the Executive Chairman of the Dangote Group said the continent needs the likes of president Akufo-Addo to get out of […]
A picture of Pope Francis kissing the feet of the president of South Sudan, Salva Kiir has gone viral on social media with many unable to hide their admiration for the humility of the Head of the Catholic Church. The Pope during the meeting with the protagonists from South Sudan impressed upon them to reject […]
Omar Al-Bashir, a political hardliner and controversial leader of Sudan, has stepped down after 30 years in power, reports said on Thursday. United Arab Emirates-based Al-Arabiya network reported that Mr Al-Bashir resigned his position with immediate effect. The 75-year-old has reportedly handed over to the country’s supreme military council controlled by the armed forces. His […]
“Our factory in Nigeria is only 28km into the Republic of Benin but the Republic of Benin, does not allow us to take cement into the Benin Republic, but they import from China”, the owner of Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote has said. According to him, it is not a matter of the Dangote cement being […]
Twenty Technical and Vocation Education and Training (TVET) providers from eight Africa countries stand the chance of benefiting from a €60 million fund under the Skills Initiative for Africa (SIFA) project. Each of the lucky beneficiaries to be selected will receive a grant up to €3 million. Grantees will be required to make a counterpart […]
A selfless act by a 71-year-old woman has caught the attention of Zimbabwe’s richest man, who called the grandmother’s several-mile trek while carrying clothing and household items for cyclone survivors “one of the most remarkable acts of compassion I have ever seen.” Plaxedes Dilon is being praised in Zimbabwe and beyond after she lugged the […]
A fake lawyer identified as Beatrice Nnamuoh who has been practicing the profession without a license and won several high profiled cases for five years has been arrested by the Lagos State Police. According to the source, Beatrice confirmed that indeed she has no law background because she offered sociology at the tertiary level but […]
In 1992 at just age 25, Captain Valentine Strasser had seized power from His former boss President Joseph Momoh and had become Sierra Leone’s Head of State making him the youngest ever in West Africa. Strasser sat on wealth and many opportunities but he soon allowed his youthful exuberance to be his waterloo .He engaged […]
After rejecting a mouth-watering 420 thousand US Dollars as bribe from smugglers of Tramadol, a customs officer in Nigeria has earned a promotion. Comptroller Bashir Abubakar of Apapa Area Command has been promoted to an Assistant Comptroller General (ACG), by the Comptroller General of The Nigerian Customs Service, Col. Hameed Ali (rtd). Mr Abubakar rejected […]
A Nigerian Police officer who was captured by kidnappers in the Rivers State is counting his blessings and thanking his rescuers who happen to be a local vigilante group. The policeman, along with other victims were rescued by ONELGA Security, Planning and Advisory Committee (OSPAC) in Rivers State who also arrested a young suspect in […]
