[ad_1] The police command in Anambra has arrested 16 notorious cultists and declared 21 others wanted following intensified efforts to end the resurgence of cult-related killings in Awka, the state capital. This is contained in a press release made available to journalists in Awka on Saturday by the command’s Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Tochukwu […]

[ad_1] Shareholders of Zenith Bank Plc unanimously approved the restructuring of the Bank to a holding company during a court-ordered extraordinary general meeting (EGM) held virtually from Zenith Heights, Zenith Bank Plc, Victoria Island, Lagos, on Friday. By the Scheme of Arrangement dated March 28, 2024, under Section 715 of the Companies and Allied Matters […]

[ad_1] Portuguese President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa had called for Lisbon to find ways to compensate its former colonies, including canceling debt. The government says it has not initiated any process to that effect. Lisbon is not planning to pay reparations for trans-Atlantic slavery and colonialism, Portugal’s government said on Saturday. The statement comes in […]

[ad_1] The President of the Republic of Liberia, His Excellency Joseph Nyuma Boakai, Sr., has sent separate messages of congratulations to the Governments and peoples of the Republics of Togo and Sierra Leone, on the occasion marking their 64th and 63rd Independence Anniversaries, respectively. Togo gained its independence from France in 1960; while Sierra Leone […]

[ad_1] April 29 (Reuters) – Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov said on Sunday that he named his teenage son, who was shown beating a prisoner in custody last year, a trustee of the Russian University of Special Forces named after President Vladimir Putin. Adam Kadyrov, who turned 16 in November, was appointed last year as his […]

[ad_1] “We are exploring corrective administrative action to be taken in that person’s case,” he said, speaking during the daily press briefing in New York. Meanwhile, eight staff remain under investigation by the UN’s internal oversight body, OIOS, which also suspended three cases “as the information provided by Israel is not sufficient for OIOS to […]

[ad_1] Telsa CEO’s unannounced visits comes as Chinese carmakers are promoting rival models at the Beijing Motor Show. Tesla CEO Elon Musk has met with China’s No 2 official on an unannounced visit to Beijing. Musk’s meeting with Chinese Premier Li Qiang comes as Chinese carmakers are promoting their latest electric vehicles at the Beijing […]

[ad_1] Thirty years ago, the South African miracle came true. Millions voted in the country’s first democratic elections, seemingly delivering a death blow to apartheid. The African National Congress rose to power under the leadership of Nelson Mandela and used the Freedom Charter, a decades-old manifesto, as a guide to forming a new nation. The […]

[ad_1] However, on 25 April, at celebrations in Lisbon to mark the 50th anniversary of the coup that ended decades of dictatorship, Mr de Sousa did not return to the subject at an event attended by presidents of the former colonies whose path to independence was eased by the 1974 Revolution. In their own speeches, […]

[ad_1] Governor Babagana Zulum of Borno State has approved the automatic employment of 15 persons living with disability, who have undergone formal educational system and obtained degree certificates, NCE, diploma and vocational training certificates. The governor gave the approval in Maiduguri on Saturday at the Government House when he met with members of the Association […]