The President, Niger Delta Youth Association, NDYA, worldwide, Comrade Victor James, has called on the Federal Government to establish a Nigerian Consulate in Cardiff, to cater for the immediate and long term needs of Nigerians living in Wales. James, made the call in United Kingdom, UK, with some members of the wider Nigerian community in…
Jacob Zuma has resigned as the president of South Africa amidst numerous controversies surrounding his administration. BBC reports that Zuma announced his resignation in a televised address to the people on Wednesday, February 14. The ruling ANC party had asked the president to resign or face a possible vote of no confidence at the parliament…
A man is in critical condition after accidentally blowing himself up while allegedly trying to rob an ATM machine. The incident happened on Thursday night outside a row of shops on Glasgow Road, Clydebank. CCTV footage showed a man flying backwards from the force of the blast and then collapsing on the ground. Another man…
African Union ambassadors to the UN have demanded an apology from U.S. President Donald Trump for his racist remark on the people of Africa. Trump had at a meeting with American lawmakers described Africans and Haitians as people from ”shithole countries” The group of over 50 nations in a statement said: “the AU expressed its…
***Says Jail Term Awaits Those Who Remain The government of Israel has issued a notice for thousands of illegal African migrants to leave the country or face imprisonment, the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) has reported, adding that the country said the migrants would be given up to $3,500 for leaving within the next 90 days.…
A state lawmaker in Kentucky, U.S., Rep. Dan Johnson, has committed suicide after report emerged that he sexually assaulted a woman when she was 17. Reports say the 57-year-old lawmaker, a preacher and a Republican, shot himself on a bridge in Mt. Washington, southeast of Louisville. His body turned up on a riverbank near the…
Jerusalem – Israeli Holocaust survivor Yisrael Kristal, certified last year by Guinness World Records as the world’s oldest man, died on Friday aged 113, Israeli media reported. Since he was an observant Jew, his family could not be reached on Friday evening, the onset of the Jewish sabbath. “Yisrael Kristal… died on Friday a month…
President Kenyatta has thanked Kenyans for showing confidence in his administration by re-electing him for a second five year term. Uhuru was declared the winner of the highly contested August 8 elections with a total tally of 8,203,290 votes, representing 54.2 per cent of the total votes. His closest rival, Nasa’s Raila Odinga, came second…