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Nigerian Man Arrested For Murder Of Wife In UK

A Nigerian woman, who was a nurse and mother of three, Taiwo Owoeye Abodunde, met a tragic end on Tuesday morning at Newmarket, Suffolk, the United Kingdom (UK). The circumstances surrounding her death unravelled a tale of marital discord, domestic turbulence, and a…

07/12/2023

UK Signs New Migration Treaty With Rwanda

Britain and Rwanda signed a new treaty on Tuesday in a bid to revive a controversial proposal by London to transfer migrants to the East African country. The agreement was signed by Rwandan Foreign Minister Vincent Biruta and British interior minister James Cleverly,…

06/12/2023

ECOWAS Court Orders Benin Republic to Pay Sunday Igboho 20m CFA

The Government of Benin Republic has been ordered to pay Yoruba Nation agitator, Sunday Adeyemo, popularly known as Igboho, 20 million CFA. The Community Court of Justice of the Economic Community of West African States, ECOWAS, sitting in Abuja ruled that the sum…

06/12/2023

UK Announces Limits On Regular Migration

Britain’s embattled Conservative government unveiled a raft of measures Monday aimed at cracking down on record levels of migration — a key battleground in a general election expected next year. The UK announced it would raise the minimum salary threshold for a skilled…

05/12/2023

Guinea-Bissau President Dissolves Parliament After Foiled Coup Attempt

President of Guinea-Bissau, Umaro Sissoco Embalo, has dissolved the West African nation’s parliament, according to a presidential decree issued on Monday that cited last week’s shootout which the government said was a failed coup attempt. “The date for holding the next legislative elections…

05/12/2023

US Appeals Court Says Trump Must Face Lawsuits Over US Capitol Attack

A U.S. appeals court on Friday ruled that Donald Trump must face civil lawsuits over his role in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol by his supporters, rejecting the former president's claim that he is immune. A panel of the U.S.…

01/12/2023

Kenya Bans Wearing of Traditional African Attire in Parliament

Kenya’s parliament has banned the wearing of a suit called the Kaunda suit which was named after the late Zambian President Kenneth Kaunda, within the building. The Speaker of Parliament, Moses Wetangula said Kaunda suits, as well as traditional African clothes, were not…

01/12/2023

Henry Kissinger, ex-US Secretary of State Dies at 100

Henry Kissinger, a former US secretary of state and national security adviser who escaped Nazi Germany in his youth to become one of the most influential and controversial foreign policy figures in American history, has died. He was 100. Kissinger died Wednesday at his home…

30/11/2023

Niger Junta Sues ECOWAS

Niger Republic junta led by General Abdourahmane Tchiani has sued authorities of the Head of State and Government of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) over sanctions levied by the West African bloc on the country following the takeover of…

24/11/2023

Niger Coup Leader Visits Mali Counterpart In First Foreign Trip

Niger’s military ruler General Abdourahamane Tiani on Thursday arrived in Mali to meet his counterpart Colonel Assimi Goita in his first international visit since seizing power in July, an AFP journalist noted. Niger’s neighbours, Mali and Burkina Faso — which are ruled by…

23/11/2023