Jack Ma Foundation will recognize 100 African entrepreneurs over the next 10 years focused on grassroots innovation, economic empowerment of women and small businesses. The Netpreneur Prize – named for empowering a new generation of entrepreneurs, and focusing on small business growth,…
Thibaut Courtois: moves to Madrid Chelsea are splashing a world record 80 million euro or $92m on Athletic Bilbao’s goalkeeper Kepa Arrizabalaga after they agreed terms with Real Madrid for the transfer of Belgian goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois. No fee was revealed for…
There are a lot of actors who could play 007 once Daniel Craig retires from the role he despises: Tom Hardy, Michael Fassbender (even though he’s Irish), Tom Hiddleston (of Hiddleswift fame), David Oyelowo (who actually voices the character in the audiobooks). Hell, even controversially-mustached human…
The Prime Minister of Georgia, Giorgi Kvirikashvili has resigned his position following a misunderstanding between him and the ruling party’s Chairman, Bidzina Ivanishvili. “I tried to be the prime minister for every citizen. “I was and I remain a team player. Based…
Two Norwegian lawmakers have nominated President Donald Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize after the Singapore summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. Christian Tybring-Gjedde and Per-Willy Amundsen, lawmakers with the populist Progress Party, told Norwegian news agency NTB on Wednesday…
North Korea’s Kim Jong Un has brought with him his own portable toilet to Singapore ahead of the Tuesday summit with U.S. president Donald Trump. President Trump and North Korea’s Kim Jong Un are both in Singapore for their highly anticipated summit,…
New York/—The Committee to Protect Journalists welcomes the launch of a complaints mechanism for media representatives and human rights defenders ahead of the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia, which will enable journalists covering the World Cup and other official events to…
São Tomé and Príncipe, June 5, 2018 – The first President of the African Development Bank group to set foot on São Tomé and Príncipe, Akinwumi Adesina has arrived in the country for a five-day official visit to strengthen alliances between his…
A British judge ruled on Thursday that Bodo community in the Niger Delta region, which has been involved in a protracted legal battle with Shell over the clean-up of two 2008 oil spills, should retain the option of litigation for another year….
**Two injured journalists taken to hospital Government officials, journalists and elated residents of Ogembo (a small farming town in Kenya), were shocked as the Governor of Machakos County, Alfred Mutua; and others plunged into the river while taking a tour of a…
Only three persons survived when a Cuban plane with 110 passengers and crew on board crashed shortly after taking off from Havana on Friday, officials confirmed. Cuban state media reported that three women had been pulled alive from the mangled wreckage and…
The European Investment Bank and the African Development Bank have agreed to support the creation of the new Development Bank of Nigeria to strengthen lending for business and agriculture investment in the country. The European Investment Bank has finalized a US $20-million…
*By Reverend Jesse L. Jackson, Sr CHICAGO, United States of America/ — Finally, the world met in Geneva on Friday 13th of April to gather the necessary financing to bring relief aid to desperate people of DRCongo. And this, subsequently to the…
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un met in secret with China’s Xi Jinping this week in Kim’s first trip abroad since assuming power, Chinese state news reported Wednesday. The news confirms widespread rumors that Kim had unexpectedly traveled to China via an…
Iceland announced Monday it will stage a diplomatic boycott of the football World Cup in Russia over the poisoning of a former double agent in Britain. “Among the measures taken by Iceland is the temporary postponement of all high-level bilateral dialogue with…
Sierra Leone’s presidential election run-off will now hold on March 31, four days later than planned, the Supreme Court ruled on Monday. The court made the ruling after receiving a request for a postponement from the National Electoral Commission (NEC). The NEC…
Russian businessman, Sergei Mavrodi, whose MMM pyramid scheme deprived millions of Russians and money enthusiasts all over the world of their savings in the 1990s, has died of a heart attack, according to Russia media. According to reports, the 62-year-old was rushed…
Indian authorities have seized a solar power plant and some 134 acres of land belonging to billionaire jeweller Nirav Modi in connection with the country’s biggest-ever bank fraud of 1.8 billion U.S. dollars. “The Enforcement Directorate took possession of the land and…
Russia: President Vladimir Putin’s Landslide Re-election Victory Worries Opposition Russia’s opposition elements have queried the landslide victory of President Vladimir Putin in Sunday’s presidential election, which gave him another six years in power. Putin, who has ruled Russia for almost two decades,…
Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire – On Wednesday, March 14, 2018, the African Development Bank, rated Aaa/AAA/AAA (Moody’s/S&P/Fitch), priced a new US $2.0-billion 3-year Global Benchmark bond due 22 March 2021. This bond issue represents the Bank’s first public market deal of 2018. It…
China’s parliament has successfully removed presidential term limits from its Constitution, allowing President Xi Jinping to remain in office indefinitely, after it almost unanimously passed a series of constitutional amendments on Sunday. The announcement of the vote, witnessed by reporters in the…
Mauritian President Ameenah Gurib-Fakim and africa’s only female head of state, is to quit office over a financial row, having been accused of using a bank card provided by a charity to make personal purchases worth tens of thousands of dollars. She…
“South Africa must come first in everything that we do.” Cyril Ramaphosa has taken over from Jacob Zuma as the President of South Africa. This followed his selection on Thursday by the country’s lawmakers after the resignation of Zuma on Wednesday. Zuma had been in…
South Africa’s embattled President Jacob Zuma has resigned his office with immediate effect. He made the announcement in a televised address to the nation on Wednesday evening. Earlier, Mr Zuma’s governing ANC party told him to resign or face a vote of no confidence…
Palestine is considering legal options in case Israel and the U.S. choose to derail negotiations on the Israel-Palestine settlement, Foreign Minister Riyad Maliki told Sputnik in an interview. Palestine has been seeking a new format of peace talks with broader mediator participation…
South African President Jacob Zuma on Tuesday agreed in principle to resign within a time frame of three to six months, said ANC secretary general on Tuesday. ANC secretary-general Ace Magashule said this when briefing the media in Johannesburg about ANC’s NEC…
Fidelito, the 68 year-old eldest son of late Cuban revolutionary leader Fidel Castro, committed suicide on Thursday after being treated for months for depression, Cuban state-run media reported. The nuclear scientist’s full name is Fidel Castro Diaz-Balart, but he was fondly called…
Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh, a spiritual leader in India, has been charged for forcing more than 400 followers to undergo castration. He was charged by Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI). “The charge sheet against 50-year-old Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh was filed by…
The Kenyan government has declared the opposition coalition’s National Super Alliance (NASA)’s wing, the National Resistance Movement (NRM), as an organized criminal group. Interior Cabinet Secretary Fred Matiang’i, in a gazette notice dated January 30, outlawed the movement as per the Prevention of Organised…
Kenyan opposition leader, Raila Odinga, has risked being charged for treason, an offence punishable by death as he defied government’s warning and sworn-in himself as “the people’s president”. Despite President Uhuru Kenyatta’s government warning that he could be charged for treason, an…
Cameroonian separatist leader, Julius Ayuk Tabe and 46 others, some of whom were arrested in Abuja earlier this month have been deported by Nigerian authorities to Cameroon. Ayuk and the others were deported on Friday to Yaounde, Ayuk’s lawyer, Abdul Oroh, a…
Monrovia, the Liberian capital, will be agog today Monday, January 22, 2018 as former football star, George Weah, will be inaugurated as the President of Liberia. Weah defeated incumbent Vice President Joseph Boakai in the delayed presidential runoff election on December…
LAGOS/Nigeria: Committee for the Defence of Human Rights, CDHR has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to release detained Cameroonian freedom fighters without any further delay. The right group also warned the federal government against releasing the freedom fighters to Cameroonian President, Paul…
Nigeria (Blank NEWS Online) –: Zimbabwe’s former vice president, Emmerson Mnangagwa has been sworn in as president of Zimbabwe, bringing the final curtain down on the 37-year rule of Robert Mugabe. Taking his oath of office, the 75-year-old known as the Crocodile…
Nigeria (Blank NEWS Online) –By Albert OGRAKA, With Agency Reports: The global community have expressed concerns over Zimbabwe’s military leaders seizure of control of the impoverished southern African nation, placing longtime leader Robert Mugabe under house arrest and deploying armored vehicles to…
Nigeria (Blank NEWS Online) –: The Trump administration ordered Russia to close three diplomatic facilities in the U.S., the latest move in a series of escalating diplomatic slights between the two countries. The U.S. is requiring Russia to shutter its consulate general…
Nigeria (Blank NEWS Online) –: Kenya’s Supreme Court on Friday nullified President Uhuru Kenyatta’s election win citing irregularities and ordered a new poll within 60 days, a rare move in Africa where judicial power is often seen as an extension of government….
Nigeria (Blank NEWS Online) –: The American military is ready with a plan to strike North Korean missile sites in a preemptive attack if Donald Trump decides to do so. The plan involves flying a B-1B heavy bomber from Andersen Air Force…
Nigeria (Blank NEWS Online) –: The fanfare of celebrating the triumphant entry of Jesus Christ into Jerusalem turned bloody, Sunday April 9, 2017, when two Egyptian churches werebombed, killing at least 38 people and many seriously wounded. The Islamic State group claimed…
Nigeria (Blank NEWS Online) –: The Ghanaian people give thanks to Almighty God for the blessings, favour and grace He continues to bestow on them. Exactly a month ago, that is 7th December last year, 2016, we, the people of Ghana, in…
