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19, October 2016
President Putin to discuss Syria with Merkel and Hollande in Berlin 0
The French, German and Russian leaders are set to meet in the German capital to discuss the Syrian crisis, as a brief truce has been introduced by Russia and Syria for the embattled city of Aleppo. French and Russian presidents Francois Hollande and Vladimir Putin and German Chancellor Angela Merkel will meet in Berlin on Wednesday, […]
19, October 2016
What went wrong between Pogba and Cameroonian super model? 0
Neighbours have protested against the torrid sexual antics of French football star Paul Pogba and his Cameroonian girlfriend popularly known as Dencia. The sexual activities of the French international and Dencia whose real name is Reprudencia Sonkey, dubbed the African Lady Gaga, as reported by Yahoo ignited so much under-the-table talk around their neighbourhood. According […]
19, October 2016
70 Nobel Prize winners have thrown their support behind Hillary Clinton 0
A group of 70 Nobel Prize winners have thrown their support behind the US Democratic presidential nominee, endorsing Hillary Clinton for presidency in the run-up to the 2016 elections. In an open letter on Tuesday, the world’s leading experts in science, medicine and economics “strongly and fully” backed the former secretary of state, arguing that her […]
19, October 2016
Eto’o to pay 100,000 euros to a fan if Antalyaspor fails to end league in top 10 position 0
Samuel Eto’o Fils, star-player of Turkish club Antalyaspor has reportedly promised a fan of the club the sum of 100,000 euros (65 million FCFA) if the club fails to be among the top 10 in the Turkish league table this season. The angry fan had descended to the dressing room after a home game on […]
19, October 2016
Cameroon: A journalist with the Investigation newspaper arrested in Yaounde 0
Nestor Nga Etoga, a journalist and editor of a weekly newspaper The Investigation, was arrested on Tuesday the 18th of October 2016 at about 10 am, at the Nlongkak Roundabout in Yaounde by plain cloth police officers and is now being held in a cell at the Centre Regional Delegation for National Security. Cameroon Concord […]
18, October 2016
Nigeria: Widow of an Ogoni activist to sue Royal Dutch Shell in Holland 0
The widow of a Nigerian activist is planning to sue Royal Dutch Shell in the Dutch courts alleging the oil company was complicit in the execution of her husband by the Nigerian military in 1995, court documents filed in the United States last week show. Esther Kiobel has filed an application in New York to […]
18, October 2016
British bank to close down the accounts of Russian broadcaster RT 0
The British bank National Westminster has decided to close down the accounts of the Russian broadcaster RT without offering any explanation.“They’ve closed our accounts in Britain. All our accounts. ‘The decision is not subject to review.’ Praise be to freedom of speech!” the network’s Editor-in-chief Margarita Simonyan said in a tweet on Monday. In a […]
18, October 2016
Austria: Adolf Hitler’s birth house to be demolish 0
The Austrian government says the house where Adolf Hitler was born is to be torn down to stop it from becoming a shrine for neo-Nazis. The mansion will be replaced with a new building that has no association with the Nazi dictator and used by either a charity or the local authorities, according to Interior Minister Wolfgang Sobotka. The […]
18, October 2016
Trump says large-scale voter fraud is underway in America 0
US Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump has repeated his assertion that the 2016 election is rigged, saying a “large-scale voter fraud” is taking place. Over the last week, Trump has intensified his criticism of the American electoral system. He called the election process rigged, and said the media is colluding with Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton in order to […]
19, October 2016
Buhari’s row with wife Aisha signals frustration over Nigerian inertia 0
by soter • Breaking News, Editorial, Headline News
A row between Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari and his wife has brought cracks in the ruling party into the open as frustration grows over government inertia in trying to drag the country out of its first recession in 25 years. Aisha Buhari publicly criticised her husband’s record in office, saying she might not support him […]