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Grant Shapps appointed new UK Defence Secretary

Nimot Sulaimon

3 years ago

Grant Shapps was appointed UK defence secretary on Thursday, succeeding Ben Wallace, who formally stood down after playing a significant…

Updated: 64 dead as fire ravages Johannesburg’s 5-storey building

PM NEWS Editor

3 years ago

The building, according to reports that had been abandoned at one stage, but people turned it into their homes.

10 quick ugly facts about ousted Ali Bongo’s family

Kazeem Ugbodaga

3 years ago

In 2003, Omr Bongo secured a change in the Constitution allowing him to seek re-election as many times as he…

Gabon’s military announces General Brice Oligui Nguema new leader

PM NEWS Editor

3 years ago

Ali Bongo who was toppled is now under house arrest in his palace, with his wife and son also detained…

Court orders Guiliani pay $133K for defaming Georgian election workers

PM NEWS Editor

3 years ago

U.S. District Judge Beryl Howell handed down the default judgment against Giuliani, who at the time served as an attorney…

Angolan President Lourenço invites Tinubu for urgent talk

Nimot Sulaimon

3 years ago

By Fortune Abang Angolan President João Lourenço on Wednesday invited his counterpart and Chairman of the Economic Community of West…

India bans drones, hot air balloons ahead of G20 summit

Nimot Sulaimon

3 years ago

Indian police have banned flying sub-conventional aerial platforms, including drones and hot air balloons, in Delhi ahead of the G20…

Sacked ANC scribe Magashule floats new party

PM NEWS Editor

3 years ago

Magashule said he has informed friends across the continent and BRICS countries about the new party. He also disclosed that…

Gabonese hail coup leader Lt. Col. Ulrich Madoumbi

PM NEWS Editor

3 years ago

Bongo was declared Tuesday night as the winner of a highly disputed election, which the electoral umpire claimed he won…

Help me make noise: Ousted Ali Bongo of Gabon seeks help from house arrest [Video]

PM NEWS Editor

3 years ago

"The people here have arrested me, my family. My son is somewhere. My wife is in another place," Bongo said…

Meta dismantles Chinese covert digital influence on its platforms

PM NEWS Editor

3 years ago

The report also noted that Chinese-linked users on Reddit pushed the conspiracy that former British Prime Minister Liz Truss was…

Faces of Gabonese soldiers who toppled Ali Bongo, their coup speech [Video]

PM NEWS Editor

3 years ago

The soldiers said they were annulling the results of Saturday's election, in which President Ali Bongo was declared the winner…

Breaking: Military Coup in Gabon, Ali Bongo toppled

PM NEWS Editor

3 years ago

Appearing on television channel Gabon 24, the officers said they represented all security and defence forces in the Central African…

Police name family of four found stabbed to death in New York, finger father as mastermind

Kazeem Ugbodaga

3 years ago

The family of four, including two children were found stabbed to death in a gruesome stabbing on Monday in their…

Confirmed: President Putin will not attend Prigozhin’s funeral

Michael Adesina

3 years ago

Investigators said on Sunday that genetic tests had confirmed that Prigozhin was among the 10 people killed in the crash.

Court suspends ex-Pakistani PM Khan’s sentence, orders his release

Nimot Sulaimon

3 years ago

The Islamabad High Court took action on Tuesday by suspending the sentence of former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan and…

Live worm found in woman’s brain, in world’s first

PM NEWS Editor

3 years ago

Scientists say the woman most likely caught the roundworm after collecting a type of native grass, Warrigal greens, beside a…

Faculty member killed in shooting at University of North Carolina, gunman arrested

PM NEWS Editor

3 years ago

The shooting, two days after the racially motivated one in Jacksonville Florida, triggered a campuswide emergency alert and a lockdown…

UN kicks against arrest of observers in Zimbabwe’s election

Michael Adesina

3 years ago

Citizens went to the polls on Wednesday but voting had to be extended into Thursday in some areas, including the…

Family of four found dead in New York fatal stabbing

Kazeem Ugbodaga

3 years ago

Emergency services found the father, 41, mother, 40, and daughter, three, and son, one, dead at the apartment.

Libya dismisses foreign minister Mangoush over talks with Israel

PM NEWS Editor

3 years ago

A Libyan official said Prime Minister Abdulhamid al-Dbeibah had asked Italy to arrange the meeting in the hopes of gaining…

Uganda charges 20 year-old man with ‘aggravated homosexuality’

PM NEWS Editor

3 years ago

He was charged on Aug. 18 with aggravated homosexuality after he "performed unlawful sexual intercourse" with a 41-year-old man, according…

Trump trial begins eve of Super Tuesday

PM NEWS Editor

3 years ago

US District Judge Tanya Chutkan set the trial to begin one day before Super Tuesday, when Republican voters in 15…

Russia has no date yet for funeral of Wagner boss Prigozhin

Michael Adesina

3 years ago

Officially, the cause of the crash has not yet been determined, but Western observers and many in Russia suspect Progozhin’s…

Macron: French ambassador to Niger not leaving despite junta’s ultimatum

PM NEWS Editor

3 years ago

France’s ambassador to Niger will stay put in the country despite an ultimatum from the junta to leave his post,…

Russia FSB detains U.S. ex-consulate worker

Nimot Sulaimon

3 years ago

If convicted of collaborating with foreign powers to harm national security, the suspect faces up to eight years in prison.

Victims of Jacksonville shooting identified as DOJ probes killing

PM NEWS Editor

3 years ago

The identification came as the U.S. Justice Department announced plans to investigate the shooting as a hate crime and an…

Florida braces for tropical storm Idalia

Nimot Sulaimon

3 years ago

Tropical Storm Idalia could intensify into a hurricane on Monday, bringing severe winds and storm surges to Cuba and Florida…

Strong winds stall launch of Japan H-IIA rocket

Nimot Sulaimon

3 years ago

Japan’s space agency on Monday cancelled a scheduled launch of a rocket carrying the country’s first spacecraft to land on…

Libya suspends foreign minister Mangoush for meeting with Israeli counterpart

PM NEWS Editor

3 years ago

Israel's statement on the meeting, in which it said the ministers had discussed possible cooperation, prompted small protests in Libya,…

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