Shinawatra Heiress takes office as Thailand’s PM, vows to boost economy
AFP Thailand’s new Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra, the daughter of controversial billionaire ex-premier Thaksin, vowed to boost the kingdom’s sluggish economy as she formally took office on Sunday. Paetongtarn, at…
Harris in campaign dash before protest-shadowed convention
AFP Kamala Harris takes her surging US presidential campaign on a battleground bus tour Sunday, before heading to the Democratic National Convention for a star turn that will be shadowed…
Abducted monarch in Nigeria’s Sokoto State begs for help from captivity
For more than a decade, civilians in Nigeria have faced multiple security threats and risk of atrocities as result of attacks, kidnappings and extortion by various non-state armed groups Matthew…
President Tinubu’s government turning Nigerians into beggars, promoting intense poverty, according to senior lawyer, Afe Babalola
Nigeria is facing its worst economic crisis in decades, with skyrocketing inflation, a national currency in free-fall and millions of people struggling to buy food Olayomi Koiki Afe Babalola, a…
Nigeria presidential jets: Former Ogun State governor, Ibikunle Amosun confesses he mistakenly signed away Ogun multibillion-naira trade zone to dubious Chinese investors
Ibikunle Amosun, the former governor of Nigeria’s Ogun State, said Saturday – he was deceived into handing over a free trade facility in the southwestern state to an investment group…
Nigeria police, vigilantes, hunters engage armed kidnappers in gun duel in Kwara State, secure the release of 20 abducted travellers
For more than a decade, civilians in Nigeria have faced multiple security threats and risk of atrocities as result of attacks, kidnappings and extortion by various non-state armed groups Olayomi…
From Russia to Malta: How Matrix Energy – owned by Tinubu’s economic council member – imports dirty petrol to Nigeria
Leaked documents and extensive interviews with sources have unveiled how Africa’s biggest oil-producing country has been importing substandard petroleum products from Malta, a country with no known oil refineries. The…
Gunmen kidnap 20 medical students in Nigeria’s Benue State, demand ₦50 million; police chief orders ‘rescue operation’
For more than a decade, civilians in Nigeria have faced multiple security threats and risk of atrocities as result of attacks, kidnappings and extortion by various non-state armed groups Morakinyo…
Terrorists locally dubbed as bandits in Nigeria raid community in Zamfara State, kidnap at least 10 residents
A patient receiving medical treatment was among the abducted victims Olayomi Koiki ZAMFARA, Nigeria – At least ten people have been taken hostage by terrorists in an attack on Matusgi…
Kosovo man braves wildfires on motorbike to deliver water to firefighters
Reuters PREVALLE, Kosovo – As firefighters in southern Kosovo prayed for rain in their battle against wildfires in the Sharr Mountains National Park, a young man on a motor-bike approached…