Africa Eight Nigerians arrested for attacking police officers during drug raid in South Africa by admin April 19, 2024
Africa Bank of Ghana suspends FX trading licences of GTBank, First Bank for ‘regulatory breaches’ March 5, 2024 - Updated on March 6, 2024
Asia American ex-priest sentenced to 12 years in prison for child molestation by Akinwande Soji-Ojo December 21, 2021 0 A defrocked American priest in East Timor has been sentenced to 12 years in prison after being found guilty of sexually abusing... Read more
Middle East Dubai becomes world’s first paperless government by Akinwande Soji-Ojo December 20, 2021 0 Officials of Dubai Government in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) have acknowledged that the emirate has become the world’s first paperless... Read more
Europe Brexit negotiator, David Frost resigns from Boris Johnson’s cabinet by Akinwande Soji-Ojo December 19, 2021 0 British Cabinet Minister, David Frost, who led Brexit negotiations under Prime Minister Boris Johnson, has resigned from the government, The Mail... Read more
Americas Trump supporter sentenced to five years in prison over assault on US Capitol by Akinwande Soji-Ojo December 18, 2021 0 A Donald Trump supporter was sentenced to five years in prison for assaulting police officers during the attack on the... Read more
Europe UK reports record 78,610 COVID-19 infections, highest daily total since pandemic by Akinwande Soji-Ojo December 15, 2021 0 The United Kingdom has hit a record number of coronavirus cases with 78,610 people testing positive for the disease in... Read more
Africa South African President tests positive for COVID-19 after West African trip by Akinwande Soji-Ojo December 13, 2021 0 South African President, Cyril Ramaphosa, has tested positive for COVID-19. According to a statement issued by Office of the President... Read more
Europe UK Prime Minister, wife welcome second child by newspeak December 9, 2021 0 By Emmanuel Adeleke British Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, and wife, Carrie Symonds, have welcomed a baby girl. Carrie gave birth... Read more
Americas Prosecutors ask US Supreme Court to review Bill Cosby’s acquittal in sexual assault case by Akinwande Soji-Ojo November 30, 2021 0 Prosecutors have asked the United States Supreme Court to review comedian Bill Cosby’s overturned conviction for drugging and sexually assaulting... Read more
Africa How IITA Director General is using growth initiatives in agriculture to create wealth, tackle unemployment in Africa by Akinwande Soji-Ojo November 27, 2021 - Updated on December 2, 2021 0 When Dr Nteranya Sanginga, a soil microbiologist, assumed office as the Director General(DG) of the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture... Read more
Africa BREAKIING: South Africa’s last apartheid president, FW de Klerk, dies at 85 by Akinwande Soji-Ojo November 11, 2021 0 South Africa's last white president, Frederik Willem (FW) de Klerk, is dead. The 85-year hold re Klerk died on Thursday... Read more
Africa Diplomats, citizens flee as rebels close in on Ethiopian capital by Akinwande Soji-Ojo November 3, 2021 0 Foreigners, diplomats and citizens are said to be fleeing Addis Ababa, as rebel forces close in on the Ethiopian capital.... Read more
Americas Michelle Wu elected Boston’s first female, person of colour mayor by Akinwande Soji-Ojo November 3, 2021 0 Boston voters have elected City Councilor, Michelle Wu, as Mayor, the city's first woman and person of colour elected to... Read more
Americas First Black US Secretary of State, Colin Powell, dies of COVID-19 complications by Akinwande Soji-Ojo October 18, 2021 0 Colin Powell, a United States war hero and the first Black Secretary of State, has died of COVID-19 complications. “We... Read more
Europe British lawmaker stabbed to death during ‘constituency surgery’ by Akinwande Soji-Ojo October 16, 2021 0 Conservative Member of Parliament(MP), Sir David Amess, has died after being stabbed multiple times at his constituency surgery in Essex,... Read more
Europe Nigerian awarded €30,000 for being called ‘chimpanzee’ by boss in Ireland by Akinwande Soji-Ojo October 15, 2021 0 An Irish company, CPL Solutions Ltd, has been ordered to pay €30,000 a Nigerian employee, Victor Kings Oluebube, over racist discrimination... Read more