US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has accused Russia’s Wagner mercenary group of “taking advantage” of instability in Niger over suggestions the coup leaders have asked for help from Wagner, which is known to be present in neighbouring Mali.
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The video communications company Zoom, whose name became synonymous with remote work particularly during the pandemic lockdowns, has ordered staff back to the office.
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Despite dominating their round of last 16 game against England, Nigeria’s Super Falcons have been edged out of the World Cup tournament following a tense penalty shootout.
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A Ghanaian student in the United States of America, Derrick Boadi Sakyi, has had his scholarship withdrawn following his involvement in hateful attacks against Ghanaian LGBTQ on Twitter.
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In line with the ECOWAS sanctions, Nigeria has cut its electricity supply to Niger, according to Nigerien Electricity Company (Nigelec).
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A real estate agent in Canada has been fined $15K after a home surveillance footage captured him drinking milk from a client’s fridge while waiting for a potential buyer’s viewing of the property.
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Leaders of ECOWAS, the bloc of West African nations, has the junta of last week’s coup in Niger seven days to reinstate its deposed leader, Bazoum, who is being held captive in Niamey by the presidential guards’ unit.
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A sixth grader has been kicked out of school after what the school principal, Susan Martin said was a ‘prayerful consideration’.
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A United Airlines pilot was arrested after turning up drunk for a flight from Paris to Washington, D.C. last Sunday.
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With the sustained protest at Swedish embassies around the world following the public burning of the Quran, Sweden’s Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson on Thursday said he was “very concerned” about the large number of applications for police permit for anti-Islam protests in the Scandinavian country.
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