Nigeria on Wednesday has accused South Africa of blocking a legal arms purchase and threatened retaliation against major South African companies, including telecom giant MTN Nigeria, if the row is not resolved. A top official in the office of Nigeria’s National Security Adviser told Agence France-Presse that the country had an agreement to buy $5.7 […]
By Kingsley Omonobi, Dapo Akinrefon, with Agency Reports ABUJA—Three weeks after South Africa confiscated $9.3m belonging to the Federal Government over an alleged illegal arms deal, the South African authorities have seized another $5.7m arms money from Nigeria. Last month, two Nigerians and an Israeli were arrested at Lanseria International Airport, Johannesburg, after they attempted […]
Jean-Claude “Baby Doc” Duvalier, who ruled Haiti from 1971 until he fled the country in 1986, has died of a heart attack aged 63. The death of Duvalier, who returned to Haiti in 2011 after 25 years of exile, was announced by Florence Guillaume Duperval, the nation’s health minister, on Saturday. President Michel Martelly, reacting on Twitter, called […]
Raising his arm, Yousef Ali hugs his elderly father in front of one of Islam’s holiest sites as they grin for a selfie — a craze that has hit this year’s hajj. But not everyone is happy about young pilgrims from around the world constantly snapping “selfies”, photographs taken of one’s self, as they carry […]
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A man from China’s Sichuan Province wants a mother so badly that he’s offering one million yuan the equivalent of US$160,000 to any woman willing to take on the role, according to Global Times. Kuan-Yin Tsui, who is in his mid 30s, has suddenly become an internet sensation in his native China following the bizarre proposition. […]
Veronica, one of the missing victims (inset) and a file photo of rescue workers at the site of the collapsedbuilding at the Synagogue Church of All Nations in Lagos Fresh information at the disposal ofSaturday PUNCH is that South Africa is not the only foreign country which lost its nationals in the collapse of a six-storey building […]
Harare – The Zimbabwe students union on Friday demanded the resignation of authorities at the country’s top university after it awarded a “miraculous” doctorate to President Robert Mugabe’s wife. The PhD was granted to Grace Mugabe, a 49-year-old former typist in the president’s office, two weeks ago — just months after she enrolled for the course. Mugabe’s wife […]
The African National Congress Youth League has called on the Jacob Zuma-led South African government not to issue a visa to the General Overseer of the Synagogue of All Nations, Pastor Temitope Joshua. Joshua had expressed on Sunday his desire to visit South Africa to commiserate with the families of 84 citizens of the country […]
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