Saudi Arabia said the Ramadan fasting will begin on Thursday across the globe, the official Saudi news agency SPA reported yesterday. The new moon of Ramadan was not spotted on Tuesday evening and Wednesday will mark the last day of…
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SUDAN: KILLER OF NIGERIAN DIPLOMAT ARRESTED
The Sudanese authorities have announced the arrest of a woman accused of killing an Immigration Attaché at the Nigerian embassy in Khartoum. Habibu Almu, Assistant Comptroller of Immigration, was found stabbed to death at his home in the Sudanese capital…
NIGERIAN DIPLOMAT ‘ASSASSINATED’ IN SUDAN
A Nigerian diplomat has been found dead inside his home in Khartoum, capital of Sudan, in a tragedy that is now being reported as an assassination. Although the name of the diplomat was not revealed, NAN quoted two security sources…
QUEEN OF ENGLAND NAMES HEIR TO THE THRONE
For 91 years, the Queen of England never actually named her successor leading to fears that she might die before this was made possible. That’s no longer the case as she has finally endorsed her son, Prince Charles as her…
23 BRITISH DIPLOMATS TO BE EXPELLED WITHIN A WEEK
Russia said on Saturday it would expel 23 British diplomats and close a British consulate following London’s “provocative” measures over the poisoning of a double agent that has triggered an escalating war of words. And it also said it would…
MUGABE GIVES FIRST TV INTERVIEW
Former Zimbabwean leader Robert Mugabe gaves his first TV interview since he was ousted from power in November, claiming he was removed through military force. Speaking to South African broadcaster SABC, he also criticised the country’s new leader, Emmerson Mnangagwa,…
BREAKING NEWS: U.S. SECRETARY OF STATE FIRED
US President Donald Trump has sacked Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, replacing him with the director of the CIA, Mike Pompeo. Thanking Mr. Tillerson for his service on Twitter, Mr. Trump said the new state secretary would do “a fantastic…
U.S SECRETARY OF STATE SET TO VISIT NIGERIA TODAY
The United States Secretary of State, Rex Tillerson, will arrive Nigeria today as part of his one week tour of some African countries. He would be received on arrival by the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador, Olukunle Bamgbose,…
HELP UNRAVEL THE MYSTERY OF UNENDING MINDLESS KILLINGS IN NIGERIA- FAYOSE URGES INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY
Ekiti State Governor Ayodele Fayose on Wednesday called on the international community to step in and help unravel the mystery of the unending mindless killings in Nigeria. He claimed that President Muhammadu Buhari-led administration is not swift and practical in…
NIGERIAN IT ENTREPRENEUR BECOMES ITALY’S FIRST BLACK SENATOR
Toni Iwobi, a Nigerian IT entrepreneur who has spent 38 years in Italy, has become the first black senator in the European country. He was elected in the industrial city of Brescia in northern Italy. “Friends, it is with great emotion that…