Haiti Prime Minister Henry, Sacks Prosecutor Who Accused Him of Links To President Moise’s Assassination
Haiti’s political crisis has worsened after Prime Minister Ariel Henry on Tuesday sacked the chief public prosecutor who had accused him of links to the assassination of President Jovenel Moise on July 7. Henry’s decision to fire prosecutor Bed-Ford Claude has exposed the infighting at the highest levels of what is left of Haiti’s government, […]
California Gov. Gavin Newsom Beats Back GOP-led Recall
California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Tuesday emphatically defeated a recall aimed at kicking him out of office early, a contest the Democrat framed as part of a national battle for his party’s values in the face of the coronavirus pandemic and continued threats from “Trumpism.” Newsom bolted to a quick victory boosted by healthy turnout […]
COVID-19: Nigeria Infection Rate Crosses 200,000, Records 519 Fresh Cases, 18 Deaths On Tuesday
On Tuesday, Nigeria’s total infection from the coronavirus pandemic crossed 200,000 as the country also recorded additional 18 deaths. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) gave the figures on its Facebook page on Tuesday night, saying the additional 18 deaths have increased the nation’s death toll to 2,637 while the total infection figure now […]
NINAS Group Urges UN To Intercede In Nigeria
The Nigerian Indigenous Nationalities Alliance for Self-Determination (NINAS) group has asked the United Nations (UN) to intercede in Nigeria, saying the nation is brutally crumbling. NINAS alludes to itself as a “multi-ethnic coalition of the native people groups of the Middle Belt (part of the previous Northern Region), Ilana Omo Oodua (the previous Western Region) […]
Weekly Sit-at-home On Mondays Cease To Exist – IPOB
The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has released a press statement signed by the Media and Publicity Secretary of the IPOB, Comrade Emma Powerful. In the statement the IPOB clearly stated disassociating itself from further observation of sit-at-home order after yesterday, saying any contrary order or assumptions to this should be ignored. This statement was […]
Cybercrime: EFCC Warns Hoteliers Against Internet Fraudsters, Arrest 56 In Abeokuta
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has warned hotel owners across the country to be wary of harboring internet fraudsters in their facilities. The Commission gave the warning on Tuesday with a press release stating the names of the arrested fraudsters. A total of 56 suspected internet fraudsters were apprehended in Abeokuta, the Ogun […]
Blinken Defends Afghan Withdrawal At Testy US Congressional Hearing
Secretary of State Antony Blinken beat back criticism of the withdrawal of US troops from Afghanistan on Monday at a contentious congressional hearing where at least two Republicans called on him to resign. In five hours of often testy exchanges with lawmakers, Blinken defended President Joe Biden’s decision to pull out and pushed back on […]
Rwandan Businessman Shot Dead In Mozambique
Revocant Karemangingo, a Rwandan businessman has been shot dead in Matola municipality, a few kilometres outside the Mozambican capital, Maputo. Mr Karemangingo was shot about 50m from his residence in the Liberdade neighbourhood on Monday afternoon. He was reportedly confronted by gunmen on three vehicles who intercepted his car before they fired a hail of […]
Hurricane Nicholas Makes Landfall On The Texas Coast
Hurricane Nicholas made landfall along the Texas coast on Tuesday, bringing the threat of up to 20 inches of rainfall to parts of the Gulf Coast, including the same area hit by Hurricane Harvey in 2017 and storm-battered Louisiana. Nicholas touched down on the eastern part of the Matagorda Peninsula, about 10 miles (17 kilometers) […]
COVID-19: Lagos Hits 608 Death
Lagos State Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi, has revealed that the state has tallied 233 COVID-19 related deaths during the third wave of the pandemic thereby bringing total deaths from the pandemic to 608. Abayomi who announced this on his Facebook account admitted that as of 12th of September, 2021, the state recorded eight […]
