Slavery reparations backed by all candidates vying for Commonwealth boss
Reuters LONDON – All three candidates running to become the next secretary-general of the Commonwealth, a 56-nation club headed by Britain’s King Charles, said on Wednesday they supported reparations for…
Exclusive: Samsung Electronics plans global job cuts of up to 30% in some divisions
Reuters Samsung Electronics, the world’s top maker of smartphones, TVs and memory chips, is cutting up to 30% of its overseas staff at some divisions, three sources with direct knowledge…
US bans European charter flight officials over migrant trips
Reuters WASHINGTON – The U.S. has imposed visa restrictions on senior officials at a European charter flight company for “facilitating irregular migration” through Nicaragua as the Biden administration seeks to…
Nigerian prophet charges Ooni of Ife, Pastor Adeboye, other South-West stakeholders to speak up over prevailing hardship in the country, and to tell President Bola Tinubu the “hard truth” about the current hardship being faced by Nigerians
Morakinyo Akinosun A Nigerian prophet, Sam Olu Alo has charged South-West leaders to tell President Bola Ahmed Tinubu the “hard truth” about the current hardship being faced by Nigerians. Prophet…
Bola Tinubu-led Nigerian government sliding into fascism: Afenifere
Opeyemi Olamilekan Lagos – A Yoruba socio-cultural organisation, Afenifere has accused Nigerian President Bola Tinubu of sliding into fascism reminiscence of Gen. Sanni Abacha’s days. This is as the group…
UK court jails Nigerian nurse for leaving her 10-week-old baby to die
MANCHESTER – A Nigerian woman working as a nurse in the United Kingdom has been sentenced to three years in prison for neglecting her ten-week-old baby, who died while she…
Nigerian court sentences American businessman Marco Ramirez to 68 years in prison for $1.2 million visa fraud, convicts him for a separate $368,698.24 fraud
LAGOS, Nigeria – Justice Mojisola Dada of the Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos, South-West Nigeria – on Tuesday, convicted an American businessman, Marco Antonio Ramirez, for $1.2 million…
Tunisia arrests 4 after state firm flies Turkey flag in error
Agency Report Tunisian authorities arrested four people after the state railway company mistakenly flew the Turkish flag instead of the national one, as efforts are stepped up to enforce ultra-patriotic…
Britain orders public inquiry into 1989 murder of Northern Irish rights lawyer
Reuters BELFAST – Britain announced on Wednesday a public inquiry into the 1989 murder in Northern Ireland of human rights lawyer Pat Finucane, whose death remains a lightning rod for…
Nigeria police arrest man in Delta State for killing mum, burning corpse
Matthew Onocheta DELTA, Nigeria – A 25-year-old man has been arrested in Nigeria’s Delta Sate for allegedly killing his mother with an axe and setting her body on fire, police…