Japa: Number of dependants down by 80% – UK PM, Sunak

By Adekunle Sulaimon The Prime Minister of United Kingdom has revealed that the recent action to mitigate the number of dependants in the country has experienced a “significant fall” as they have now... Read more »

Binance founder, Changpeng Zhao jailed in US, becoming richest prisoner

The founder of Binance, Changpeng Zhao, has been sentenced to four months in prison becoming the world’s richest prisoner with a personal fortune estimated at $43 billion. Changpeng “CZ” Zhao was sentenced... Read more »

Protests hit Canada, UK, others over Iranian rapper’s death sentence

Iranians in several European cities including London and Brussels in the UK and Belgium respectively, held protest rallies on Sunday in support for the 33-year-old Iranian rapper sentenced to death. Vanguard recalls... Read more »

Hamas delegation arrives Cairo for talks with Israel

A Hamas delegation arrived in Cairo, airport sources told newsmen, amid renewed negotiations for a ceasefire and prisoner exchange deal with Israel. The three-member Hamas delegation flew in from Doha to discuss the... Read more »

Kenyan police arrest Binance executive who escaped from Nigeria

By Abiodun Sanusi The Kenya Police Service has arrested fleeing Binance executive, Nadeem Anjarwalla, as the International Criminal Police Organisation moves to extradite him to Nigeria within the week. Government sources familiar with... Read more »

IMF: Why we asked Nigeria to remove fuel subsidy

*What’s heartbreaking about Africa By Emma Ujah, Washington The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has explained why it advised Nigeria to remove fuel subsidies, adding that the subsidy regime was robbing the poor for... Read more »

Drug raid: South Africa police arrest eight Nigerians for attacking officers 

The South African Police Service (SAPS) have arrested eight Nigerians for allegedly attacking the operatives and damaging their vehicles during a drug raid.  The Northern Cape Provincial Commissioner, Lieutenant General Koliswa Otola,... Read more »

FULL LIST: South Africa tops Best African Airports 2024, Nigeria missing

By Ajisafe Olayiwola A UK-based airline and airport review and ranking site, Skytrax, has ranked the Cape Town International Airport in South Africa as the Best African Airport in 2024, BBC reports... Read more »

Breaking: Explosion heard inside Iran as Israel vows retaliation

An explosion has been heard over the northwest of Isfahan, a city in central Iran, the Iranian semi-official FARS news agency reported early Friday morning, citing local sources. The cause of this explosion... Read more »

US, UK unveil sweeping sanctions on Iran’s drone program

The United States and Britain announced widespread sanctions against Iran’s military drone program on Thursday, in response to its weekend attack against Israel. Washington is targeting “16 individuals and two entities enabling Iran’s UAV... Read more »