US TV networks halt Trump pool coverage over White House media ban
ABC, CBS, Fox News, CNN and NBC have suspended their shared television pool coverage of US President Donald Trump following the White House’s decision to bar three media organisations from…
Mambilla: How Nigeria defeated Sunrise Power’s $2.35bn arbitration claim — Ex-presidential spokesperson
Sunrise Power and Transmission Company Limited and its promoter, Leno Adesanya, have lost their long-running arbitration dispute with the Federal Government of Nigeria over the Mambilla Hydroelectric Power Project, after…
Why Trump banned CNN, Politico, MS NOW from White House
US President Donald Trump has announced the immediate ban of CNN, MS NOW and Politico from the White House, accusing the outlets of repeatedly publishing what he described as “fiction…
$500,000 transfer to Atiku’s then wife linked to Mambilla deal — Tribunal
Leno Adesanya, promoter of Sunrise Power and Transmission Company Limited, told an International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) arbitration tribunal that he transferred $500,000 to Jennifer Douglas, then wife of former…
Mambilla hydro: Nigeria wins $2.35bn arbitration as tribunal dismisses Sunrise Power claim
Nigeria has secured a major victory in the long-running legal dispute with Sunrise Power and Transmission Company Limited over the Mambilla hydropower project, after an International Chamber of Commerce (ICC)…
Nigeria helps former Sierra Leone President Koroma return home
Nigeria has facilitated the safe and dignified return of former Sierra Leonean President Ernest Koroma to Freetown after more than two years of temporary relocation to Nigeria. Minister of Foreign…
UN backs map showing Africa’s true size
The United Nations General Assembly has endorsed a new world map aimed at providing a more accurate representation of the size of Africa and other continents. The resolution, led by…
ICC dismisses petition seeking probe into kidnappings in Nigeria
The International Criminal Court (ICC) has dismissed a petition seeking an investigation into alleged “systemic kidnappings” in Nigeria as crimes against humanity. The petition was dismissed on September 1 by…
Tinubu urges AU action on South Africa xenophobic attacks
President Bola Tinubu has called on the African Union (AU) to take collective action against recurring xenophobic and Afrophobic attacks targeting Africans and other foreign nationals in South Africa. Tinubu…
Ekpa appeals terrorism conviction as Finland seeks longer jail term
Simon Ekpa, the pro-Biafra separatist campaigner, has appealed his terrorism conviction and six-year prison sentence in Finland. According to BBC Pidgin, the Finnish prosecutor handling the case has also appealed,…