Written by Heavy gunfire was heard on Wednesday outside Guinea-Bissau’s presidential palace, just three days after the country’s presidential and legislative elections. Both major candidates in the elections had claimed victory, an AFP journalist on the scene witnessed. READ ALSO: Several Guinea-Bissau Officers Arrested Over ‘Subversion’ Attempt — Army An official from the National Electoral Commission … Continue reading “Gunfire Heard Near Guinea-Bissau Presidential Palace”
The Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Festus Keyamo, has disclosed that the Federal Government may recover and sell the assets of Dana Air to refund passengers and travel agents whose funds remain trapped following the suspension of the airline’s operations. The Minister disclosed this in Abuja on Tuesday at the Ministry’s fourth quarter … Continue reading “FG May Seize Dana Air Assets To Refund Passengers, Travel Agents — Keyamo”
Overwhelmed health workers rushed from patient to patient in makeshift tents in Sudan, trying to help even though they too had barely escaped the fall of El-Fasher to paramilitary forces. “We’re not in good shape,” said Ikhlas Abdallah, a general practitioner who arrived from the western Darfur city now in the hands of the … Continue reading “Sudan’s Displaced And Exhausted Doctors Treat Fellow El-Fasher Survivors”
Operatives of the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) have arrested and repatriated a 61-year-old Turkish national, Acar Huseyin, who fled his country after being convicted of fraud earlier this year. Force spokesman, Benjamin Hundeyin, disclosed this in a statement on Tuesday, saying Huseyin, who was convicted for fraud by the Istanbul Anadolu high criminal court … Continue reading “Police Arrest, Repatriate Turkish National Convicted Of Fraud”
The National Chairman, Grassroots for Peace and Good Governance, Usman Anache, says the rescue of the abducted Kebbi schoolgirls has brought happiness to the people of the state. Anache spoke on Wednesday, hours after the kidnapped students were returned and handed over to Governor Nasir Idris of Kebbi State. “We are very grateful to … Continue reading “Rescue Of Abducted Kebbi Schoolgirls Brings Great Relief To Residents — Community Leader”
Heightened market exuberance around artificial intelligence and eye-popping levels of government debt could pose risks to eurozone financial stability, the European Central Bank warned Wednesday. “Financial markets, notably equity markets, remain vulnerable to sharp adjustments due to persistently high valuations,” the ECB said in its regular review of the single currency area’s financial stability. … Continue reading “ECB Warns Of Stretched AI Valuations, Sovereign Debt Risks”
Enzo Maresca on Tuesday played down comparisons between Estevao and Lionel Messi after Chelsea’s wonderkid scored a spectacular solo Champions League goal in a thumping 3-0 win against Barcelona. The 18-year-old Brazilian emphatically won the battle of the teenage prodigies against Lamine Yamal as the London club won their third match out of five … Continue reading “Maresca Warns Against Messi Hype After Estevao Wonder Goal”
Twenty-four students of Government Girls Comprehensive Secondary School (GGCSS) Maga, who were abducted by bandits and subsequently rescued, have been handed over to the Governor of Kebbi State, Nasir Idris. The handover was performed by the Theatre Commander, Major General Idris Warrah, on Tuesday night in Birnin Kebbi, acting on the directive of the … Continue reading “Military Hands Over 24 Rescued Maga Schoolgirls To Kebbi Gov”
France’s top appeals court on Wednesday ruled in a case of alleged illegal campaign financing against former president Nicolas Sarkozy — his last chance to escape adding a second definitive conviction to his growing rap sheet. The Court of Cassation in Paris will rule on whether a lower court was right to convict him … Continue reading “French Ex-President Sarkozy Risks Second Final Conviction”
US prosecutors asked a judge on Tuesday to re-try the main suspect in the infamous New York kidnap and murder of a six-year-old boy 46 years ago. In a case that still haunts US parents and forever changed the handling of child abductions, Etan Patz vanished on May 25, 1979, after leaving his parents’ … Continue reading “US Seeks Retrial Of Main Suspect In 1979 Murder Of Six-Year-Old”