Nigeria’s High Court has convicted separatist leader Nnamdi Kanu on seven terrorism-related charges. At the trial in Abuja on Thursday, Judge James Omotosho ruled that prosecutors provided “incontroverted evidence” that Kanu’s broadcasts to the now-banned Indigenous People of Biafra, or Ipob, group incited deadly attacks on security forces and citizens in the country’s south east….
The Trump administration has announced a new fast-track system to help international fans enter the United States for next year’s World Cup. The initiative, called “FIFA Pass,” will allow travelers who have purchased official FIFA match tickets to receive expedited visa interview appointments, aiming to ease entry for millions of expected visitors while maintaining the…
The final funeral rites and burial of Her Excellency Nana Konadu Agyeman-Rawlings, former First Lady of the Republic of Ghana, have been officially scheduled for Friday, November 28, 2025. The announcement was made on Tuesday, November 18, 2025, by Oheneba Akwasi Abayie, the Abusua Panyin of the family, during a press briefing. He confirmed that…
At least six people have died during a crowd crush at a military recruitment event in a stadium in Ghana. Wednesday’s “tragic” crush appeared to have been caused by “an unexpected surge of applicants who breached security protocols and rushed into the gates,” said a statement from Ghana’s armed forces. Twenty-two others were injured, including…
President Donald Trump threatened to sue the BBC for $1 billion for allegedly trying to “interfere in the presidential election” last year by editing one of his speeches. A letter sent to BBC Chairman Samir Shah at Television Centre by his legal team in Florida says: ‘President Trump will be left with no alternative but…
The Government has announced that a state funeral will be held in honour of the late former First Lady, Mrs. Nana Konadu Agyeman-Rawlings, on Friday, November 28, 2025. The ceremony, to be held at the Independence Square in Accra, will take place under the auspices of President John Dramani Mahama. According to a statement issued…
Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu Hassan has secured a landslide re-election victory, winning 97.66 percent of the vote, according to official results announced by the Tanzanian electoral commission on state television on Saturday, November 1. The result came after a highly controversial election marked by the jailing or disqualification of key opposition candidates, widespread violence, and…
President John Dramani Mahama of Ghana and French President Emmanuel Macron held extensive bilateral talks at the Élysée Palace on Thursday, discussing security cooperation, economic development, and regional stability on the sidelines of the 2025 Paris Peace Forum. The meeting opened on a solemn note, with President Macron offering condolences for the recent passing of…
Britain’s Prince Andrew, the second son of the late Queen Elizabeth, will have his royal titles formally removed and will have to move out of his home in Windsor, Buckingham Palace said Thursday, Oct. 30. This comes as the royal faces growing pressure over his ties to the later s£x offender Jeffrey Epstein. Buckingham Palace…
The US government has permanently revoked the visa of Nobel laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka. Leadership reports that Soyinka disclosed this at a media parley held in Lagos on Tuesday, October 28. He said that he received the letter of Visa revocation last Thursday, October 23, and that the development seemed like being witch-hunted because of…
