Joseph Oloyede had in April pleaded guilty to charges of fraudulently receiving funds from a programme meant to aid small businesses during the pandemic. A Nigerian monarch has been jailed for four years in the US for leading a scheme to exploit COVID-19 emergency loan programmes that were create...
Firaministan Faransa Fancois Bayrou na fuskantar barazanar rasa kujerarsa bayan ‘yan adawa sun haɗa kai wajen tunkarar gwamnati ta tsiraru a zaɓen watan gobe. Kimanin kashi 63 cikin 100 na mutanen Faransa suna son a rusa majalisar dokokin ƙasar tare da neman a sake sabon zaɓe, in ji ƙuri’ar jin r...
Flash floods have killed nine people in Sudan, a civil defence official said on Wednesday. Flash floods have killed nine people in Sudan, a civil defence official told AFP on Wednesday, after heavy seasonal rains triggered flooding in the Nile Valley. The official said the deaths occurred when a...
Israel claims it targeted "Hamas camera position" in double strike that killed 20 people, including five journalists. Palestinian officials reject the "false" claim, saying the camera belonged to Reuters journalist. An initial Israeli military inquiry has concluded that its forces struck what the...
KoBold Metals, the mining company backed by US billionaires Jeff Bezos and Bill Gates, has received seven separate exploration permits to search for lithium and other minerals in DRC, the firm said on Wednesday. KoBold Metals, the mining company backed by US billionaires Jeff Bezos and Bill Gates...
Washington's preferential treatment of white Afrikaners for resettlement into the United States is "apartheid 2.0", South Africa's Foreign Minister Ronald Lamola said on Wednesday. Washington's preferential treatment of white Afrikaners for resettlement into the United States is "apartheid 2.0",...
Les ambassades du Niger à Genève, Ankara et Moscou sont les seules autorisées à délivrer des visas d'entrée au Niger pour les ressortissants de certains pays européens souhaitant se rendre dans le pays. Le Niger va restreindre les lieux où les ressortissants de certains pays européens peuvent obt...
Israel targets Syrian army positions in the Damascus countryside, according to state-run Al-Ikhbariya TV. Israel has killed six Syrian army personnel in its drone strikes near the city of al-Kiswah south of Damascus, Syria's state-run Al-Ikhbariya TV reported. The broadcaster said on Tuesday that...
La Turquie a appelé à une pression internationale coordonnée sur Israël afin de mettre fin à la guerre sur Gaza et a souligné le soutien de l'OCI à une proposition de cessez-le-feu. Le peuple palestinien a besoin de "notre action collective", a déclaré lundi le ministre turc des Affaires étrangèr...
Uganda is being put forward as a possible location for high-profile detainee Kilmar Abrego Garcia, an El Salvador native who has been charged with human smuggling. Opposition figures and activists in Uganda on Tuesday criticized an agreement with the United States to receive deported migrants, qu...
Saudi Arabia and Egypt have called for an immediate end to Israel’s war on Gaza, with both nations urging stronger international pressure to secure a ceasefire. Saudi Arabia and Egypt have called for an immediate end to Israel’s war on Gaza, with both nations urging stronger international pressur...
"Any inappropriate and unjustified action on a diplomatic level will have a reciprocal reaction," says Iranian foreign ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baqaei. Iran has vowed reciprocal action after Australia expelled its ambassador over accusations that Tehran was behind anti-Semitic arson attacks in...