Nigeria’s former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, has levelled serious allegations against President Bola Tinubu, accusing him of gradually transforming Nigeria into his personal fiefdom. Abubakar, who contested against Tinubu in the 2023 presidential election under the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) platform, claims that the future of Nigerians has been effectively mortgaged to Tinubu, his…
A former police spokesperson in Lagos State, ACP Chike Oti, is battling kidney disease and has appealed to Nigerians for financial assistance to undergo a kidney transplant. Oti, in a statement made available to the News Agency of Nigeria on Thursday, August 22, in Lagos, said he was recently diagnosed with fifth-stage renal failure and…
The largest diamond found in more than a century has been unearthed at a mine in Botswana. The country’s president showed off the diamond to the world at a viewing ceremony on Thursday, August 22. The Botswana government says the huge 2,492-carat stone is the second-biggest ever discovered in a mine. It’s the…
Thailand has confirmed Asia’s first known case of a new, more dangerous strain of mpox, in a patient who recently traveled to an African country. The patient, a 66-year-old European, arrived in Bangkok on August 14 and was hospitalized after showing symptoms consistent with mpox. The Department of Disease Control announced on Thursday, August…
President Paul Biya of Cameroon is set to contest the country’s presidential election again at the age of 93. Biya, who is Africa’s longest-serving president, is currently 91 years old. He will contest in the 2026 Presidential Election to seek an eighth term, by which time he will be 93. Founder of…
