Nigeria’s EFCC operatives raid Kogi government lodge in Abuja
Olayomi Koiki Abuja – Operatives of Nigeria’s Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), on Wednesday, besieged the Kogi State Government Lodge in the nation’s capital Abuja – in an attempt…
Venezuelan opposition candidate says letter conceding election was coerced
AFP Venezuela’s opposition candidate Edmundo Gonzalez Urrutia said Wednesday he had been coerced into signing a letter distributed by Venezuelan authorities in which he supposedly conceded election defeat to strongman…
Canada further tightens rules on temporary workers, students
Reuters TORONTO – Canada is further reducing the number of study permits it will grant to foreign students and tightening eligibility for work permits in a bid to cut down…
Haiti creates council to hold first elections since 2016
Reuters Port-au-Prince – Haiti’s government on Wednesday created a provisional electoral council, an initial step needed to hold the Caribbean nation’s first general elections since 2016. Haiti’s transitional presidential council…
Nigeria flags flood risk in 11 states as Cameroon releases dam water
Reuters Nigeria’s hydrological services agency has warned of potential flooding in 11 states after neighbouring Cameroon said it was starting to release water from one of its largest dams following…
Tunisian court sentences presidential candidate Zammel to 20 months in prison
Ayachi Zammel has been sentenced to 20 months in prison for “falsifying voter signatures.” Reuters TUNIS – A Tunisian court on Wednesday sentenced presidential candidate Ayachi Zammel to 20 months…
Seven nabbed for selling human parts in southwestern Nigeria
Three others were also arrested and charged to court for urging people to support the call for a sovereign Yoruba Nation, despite the fact that right to self-determination is a…
12-year-old boy stabs and injures six children at a school in Portugal
Associated Press LISBON – Portugal was shaken Tuesday when a 12-year-old boy stabbed and injured six other children in a rare episode of violence inside a school. Portuguese national police…
Shots fired outside Norway school, suspects apprehended, police say
Reuters OSLO, Norway – Several shots were fired outside a school in Oslo on Wednesday and three suspects have since been apprehended, Norwegian police said. Investigators believed one person may…
US sues owner of cargo ship that destroyed Baltimore bridge over cleanup costs
Reuters The U.S. Justice Department on Wednesday filed a civil claim seeking more than $100 million from the owner and operator of the container ship that destroyed the Francis Scott…