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Burundi President Calls for Publicly Stoning Of Gay Couples

Evariste Ndayishimiye, the president of Burundi, declared on Friday that same-sex couples ought to be publicly stoned in a vicious anti-gay tirade. In 2009, homosexuality was made a crime in Burundi, an East African nation of conservative Christian beliefs. Consensual same-sex acts can result…
31/12/2023

Naira Set for Worst Year Since 1999 – Bloomberg Report

Naira has been rated among the world’s worst performing currencies in 2023. This is according to Bloomberg in its latest report. It said the currency is poised for its worst year since the return to democracy in 1999, with analysts predicting further depreciation in…
30/12/2023

Ex-Nigeria Envoy Drags Onyeama to US Court Over Libel

A former Nigerian Ambassador to Namibia, Lilian Onoh, has filed a libel suit at the US District Court for the Northern District of Texas against a former Nigerian Foreign Affairs Minister, Geoffrey Onyeama. The suit filed by Ms Onoh’s lawyer, Steven Thornton, on…
28/12/2023

Apple To Fight Patent Ruling

Apple Inc. (AAPL) is pushing back against a ban on some of its smartwatches after President Joe Biden's administration chose not to wade into the dispute. The U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) issued the original order to block sales of the Apple…
27/12/2023

Bomb Threat: Nigerian Student Jailed 40 Months in UK

A 26-year-old Nigerian Master’s student at Dundee University, Scotland, Somtochukwu Okwuoha, has been sentenced to 40 months in prison for making terrorist threats against staff and students of the school. According to a BBC report, Okwuoha, an international energy studies student, would also be deported…
24/12/2023

France Toughens Immigration Laws

In a recent move, the French parliament has approved a law tightening immigration policies, restricting the ability of migrants, including Nigerian students, to bring their families into the country. The law, supported by President Emmanuel Macron’s centrist Renaissance party and the far-right National…
23/12/2023

France Closes Embassy In Niger

France will close its embassy in Niger, where anti-French sentiment has grown since a July coup, because a staff exodus following an attack left it unable to function, diplomatic sources said Thursday. “After the attack on our embassy July 30, and the setting…
22/12/2023

Nigeria Wins Again As London Court Denies P&ID’s Appeal

The Process and Industrial Development (P&ID) has lost its final appeal against Nigeria in an eleven-billion-dollar arbitration case. The P&ID sought to overturn an October judgement by a London High Court that halted the enforcement for damages over a failed gas processing project. The…
21/12/2023


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