Abdourahmane Tchiani, head of Niger’s presidential guard, has named himself head of a transitional government in the West African country, two days after his unit overthrew democratically elected President Mohamed Bazoum. He made the announcement on Friday on state-run television, saying he was the “president of the National Council for the Safeguard of the Homeland”….
Russian forces pounded a key village that Ukraine claimed to have recaptured in its grinding counteroffensive in the country’s southeast, while Moscow accused Kyiv of firing missiles at southern Russia and wounding 20 people. On Friday, Russia said it shot down two Ukrainian missiles over its southern Rostov region bordering Ukraine, with at least a…
Egypt’s president has urged Vladimir Putin to renew the deal allowing Ukraine to export grain at a summit the Russian president is hosting. Abdel Fattah al-Sisi said it was “essential” the deal be revived and called for an urgent solution to supply the poorest African countries. Russia quit the deal last week and has since…
Nigeria’s President Bola Tinubu urged Nigerian youths to exercise patience with his economic reforms under his administration. The President disclosed this on Thursday in a meeting with the All Progressives Congress (APC) National Youth Leaders from the 36 States and Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. Since his inauguration on May 29th, the Nigerian government has removed…
Two children lost their lives when a building collapsed on Ajao Street in the Ikorodu area of Lagos State.The incident happened on Saturday morning, the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) said. “The children aged nine and seven were trapped when the fence from the neighbouring house fell on their building during the day’s heavy downpour,”…
The Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) says it plans to generate a total of N25 trillion for the country in 2024. It also said it plans to generate N7.5 trillion in the second half of this year. This is contained in the presentation made by the FIRS Chairman, Muhammad Nami, at the meeting of the…
A viral video of President Bola Tinubu campaigning to reduce the price of fuel upon his assumption as president has surfaced online. Tinubu at his campaign rally in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital, on January 25, 2023, could be heard in the video promising the crowd an easier life under his leadership. The President spoke…
Guinea-Bissau’s government has ordered the suspension of teachers’ salaries to weed out fraudulent claims on the payroll from fictitious workers, according to a statement released on Thursday. The tiny West African country that depends largely on external aid to meet salaries in the education sector, has declared a war on ghost civil servants in order…
Delivering Judgement, Justice James Omotosho held that Mubarak’s name was fraudulently submitted to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) as NNPP’s governorship candidate. He further ordered that Hassan Abdullahi be restored as the party’s flag bearer having lawfully won the primary of the party conducted on April 16, 2023, with 303 votes while Mubarak came…
