Nearly two weeks after the military took over power in Niger, the coup plotters have named former economy minister Ali Mahaman Lamine Zeine as the country’s new prime minister.
A spokesman for the military junta made the announcement on television late on Monday…
The UK’s Electoral Commission, which oversees the country’s elections, announced on Tuesday that it had been hacked by “hostile actors” who had access to its system for more than a year.
“Today we announced that we have been the subject of a complex…
Paypal, a global online payment platform, has announced that it will launch its own US dollar-backed stablecoin a digital currency that is pegged to a fiat currency or a basket of assets, PYUSD in partnership with Paxos Trust Company, a regulated and…
The second-highest US diplomat said Monday she had met with Niger’s military leaders but made no immediate headway in reversing a coup.
Victoria Nuland, the acting deputy secretary of state, said she met for more than two hours with Niger’s senior military leaders…
The British Deputy High Commission Lagos on Monday unveiled the appointment of Mr. Jonny Baxter as the British Deputy High Commissioner (DHC) in the state.
He takes over from Ben Llewellyn-Jones OBE who recently concluded three years as Deputy High Commissioner in Lagos,…
England scraped into the quarter-finals of the Women’s World Cup when they beat Nigeria 4-2 on penalties in Brisbane on Monday.
Despite Nigeria having the better of the chances throughout, the European Champions — reduced to 10 players after 87 minutes — snuck…
Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, said yesterday that he withdrew the case against President Bola Ahmed Tinubu at the Circuit Court of Cook County, Illinois County, in the United States of America because he filed a fresh case against…
At least 15 people were killed when a train derailed in southern Pakistan on Sunday, according to local media.
“The Hazara Express was travelling from Karachi to Abbottabad, eight coaches have derailed,” Mohsin Syal, a railway official, told HUM News.
At least 15 people…
Former US president Donald Trump said Sunday he will petition to have a different judge oversee his historic criminal trial and for the case to be moved out of Washington.
The twice-impeached Republican has unleashed a stream of invective against those prosecuting him…
Elon Musk said Sunday that the “cage match” he and Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg have seemingly agreed to as a fund-raiser will be carried live on X, formerly known as Twitter, which he owns.
“Zuck v Musk fight will be live-streamed on X,”…