South African court freezes ex-President Zuma’s account
A South African bank said on Wednesday that a court had ordered a halt to outgoing payments from ex-president Jacob Zuma’s accounts in a dispute over…
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News from across Africa and the world that matters to Nigerians: ECOWAS, the African Union, diplomacy and global events.
King Charles III breaks silence, debunks death rumors with public appearance
In what was his first public appearance since reports of his death started spreading online, United Kingdom’s King Charles III hosted Korean War veterans at Buckingham…
JUST IN: Ghana High Commissioner to Nigeria is dead
Ghana High Commissioner to Nigeria, Ambassador Rawhide Bawa, has been confirmed dead. He was 65 years old. Leading reporters understands that Bawa died in Abuja, Nigeria’s…
JUST IN: US House bans TikTok
The US House of Representatives massively voted to approve a bill on Wednesday that would force TikTok to divest from its Chinese owner or get banned…
BREAKING: FG opens land, air borders with Niger Republic
President Bola Tinubu has directed the opening of Nigeria’s land and air borders with the Republic of Niger. He also directed the lifting of other sanctions…
China warns US as Biden vows to ban tiktok
Beijing warned on Wednesday that a proposed ban on Chinese-owned video-sharing app TikTok would “inevitably come back to bite the United States”. The US House of…
Just in: Putin Says He Prefers Biden Over Trump
Russian President Vladimir Putin described US counterpart Joe Biden on Wednesday as more “predictable” than Donald Trump but said the Kremlin was prepared to work with…
JUST IN: President Tinubu set to depart Abuja for AU Summit in Ethiopia
President Bola Tinubu is scheduled to leave Abuja on Thursday, February 15, to participate in the 37th Ordinary Session of the Assembly of Heads of State…
US President Joe Biden Joins Tiktok ahead of 2024 Election
US President Joe Biden belatedly joined TikTok on Sunday, marking his debut on the social media platform with a 26-second video. The move comes after fierce…
BREAKING: Namibia’s President Hage Geingob dies at 82 after suffering from cancer
Namibia’s President, Hage Geingob, has died in a hospital in Windhoek, the presidential office said in a statement. A presidential release on Sunday confirmed his demise.…