INTERNATIONAL

The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) has approved a $15 million subordinated loan to Infrastructure Credit Guarantee Company Limited (InfraCredit) to strengthen its capital base and help close Nigeria’s infrastructure financing gap. The financing would enable InfraCredit leverage domestic…

The United Kingdom government has appointed Dr Richard Montgomery (CMG) as the new British High Commissioner to Nigeria to replace Catriona Laing, who recently concluded four years as High Commissioner in Abuja. According to a statement issued yesterday by Senior Communications and Public…

The Supreme Court sided with a photographer in a dispute with the Andy Warhol Foundation over the late artist’s use of her photos as the basis for his own series of portraits of Prince. The court’s ruling was closely watched by content creators, some of whom feared…

A French court of appeals on Wednesday upheld a prison sentence of three years, including two suspended, against former president Nicolas Sarkozy for corruption and influence peddling. The 68-year-old, president from 2007 to 2012, was also banned from public office for three years…

An appeal court in London, the United Kingdom, has sentenced a Nigerian man to three years in jail for physically abusing his nine-year-old son. The offender, 66, initially got away with 22 months imprisonment at the end of his trial at the Crown…

The United States Government has said that no American citizen was affected in a Tuesday attack on its Consulate staff convoy along Atani, Osamale Road in Anambra State, Nigeria. The US National Security Council Spokesperson, John Kirby said, “I just got informed about…

The United States has taken steps to impose visa restrictions on specific individuals in Nigeria for undermining the democratic process during the just concluded 2023 general elections. The US Secretary of State, Anthony Blinken, disclosed this on Monday. In a statement, Blinken said the…

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky met with Pope Francis and Italy’s prime minister on Saturday as part of a diplomatic tour also involving Germany, as Berlin unveiled a huge new weapons package ahead of an expected Ukrainian counteroffensive. “An important visit for (the) approaching victory…

Just days after anointing King Charles III, Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby was prosecuted in court for speeding, it emerged on Friday. The offence occurred on October 2, and the leader of the worldwide Anglican communion tried three times to pay the £300…

Detained former Pakistan Prime Minister, Imran Khan, is due to appear in court on Friday, after the Supreme Court ruled unlawful his arrest this week that triggered deadly clashes across the country. “Your arrest was invalid, so the whole process needs to be…