INTERNATIONAL

Rubiales Arrested At Airport Over Alleged Federation Graft Scandal

Spanish police on Wednesday briefly arrested disgraced ex-football chief Luis Rubiales Wednesday in connection with an alleged graft scandal at the RFEF football federation when he was president. The 46-year-old was detained at Madrid’s Barajas airport shortly after flying in from the Dominican…

03/04/2024

Faye Names Sonko As Prime Minister

Left-wing pan-Africanist Bassirou Diomaye Faye on Tuesday became Senegal’s youngest president, pledging systemic change after years of deadly turmoil and announcing his mentor, opposition figure Ousmane Sonko, as prime minister. Faye, 44, has never previously held an elected office. He swept to a…

03/04/2024

Bassirou Faye Sworn In As Senegal’s Youngest President

Bassirou Diomaye Faye, a left-wing pan-Africanist, was sworn in Tuesday as Senegal’s youngest president after sweeping to a first-round victory on a pledge of radical reform 10 days after he was released from prison. The 44-year-old has never before held an elected office…

02/04/2024

South Africa’s Zuma Files Appeal Against Exclusion From May Vote

South Africa’s former president Jacob Zuma on Tuesday filed an appeal against a decision by electoral officials barring him from running in elections as tensions mount ahead of the May polls. The electoral commission last week excluded the 81-year-old politician, who is campaigning for…

02/04/2024

Indian Police Arrest Three Nigerians for Drug Trafficking

The Chandigarh Police Crime Branch in India said it busted an international drug syndicate, arrested three foreign nationals, and seized 204.8 grams of crystal methamphetamine popularly known as ice. According to the Times of India on Tuesday, the suspects Frank Nwokeji, Loua, and…

02/04/2024

Florida Supreme Court Allows State to Ban Abortion

The Florida Supreme Court issued two decisions on abortion today: The first, following the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to overrule Roe v. Wade, reinterpreted the Florida Constitution to permit the state to ban abortion. The second allows Florida voters to decide in November whether to amend the…

02/04/2024

Angola Set to Open Visa Centre in Port Harcourt

The Embassy of Angola in Nigeria has announced plans to inaugurate a visa application centre in Port Harcourt, Nigeria, on Tuesday. This will eliminate the necessity for applicants to travel to Abuja or Lagos. In a statement released on Sunday, the embassy disclosed that the…

01/04/2024

Pope Francis Pleads For Peace In Easter Message

Pope Francis urged the world to resist “the logic of weapons” in his Easter message at the Vatican on Sunday, easing growing health fears as he greeted thousands of Catholics. The 87-year-old’s “Urbi et Orbi” (To the City and the World) blessing came…

31/03/2024

UN Security Council Needs Serious Reforms – Guterres

The United Nations (UN) Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres has said the world body’s security council needs a serious reform of its composition and working methods as the organisation often finds itself at an impasse. Guterres who stated this at the opening session of the…

31/03/2024

South Africa’s Electoral Umpire Bars Ex-President Zuma From May Election

South Africa’s electoral commission said on Thursday it had excluded former president Jacob Zuma from standing in the May 29 general election. “In the case of former president Zuma, yes, we did receive an objection, which has been upheld,” commission president Mosotho Moepya…

30/03/2024