The US Central Intelligence Agency has concluded Saudi Arabia’s powerful Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman was behind the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, US media reported Friday, citing people close to the matter. The US assessment directly contradicts the conclusions…
South Africa’s Zuma seeks to have corruption case scrapped (Punch)
South Africa’s former president Jacob Zuma on Friday lodged a court application to try to have quashed $2.5-billion corruption case linked to a 1990s arms deal, state prosecutors said. Zuma has been charged with 16 counts of fraud, racketeering and…
British PM backed in Brexit battle (Guardian)
British Prime Minister Theresa May received the backing of the last remaining pro-Brexit heavyweights in her cabinet on Friday as she battled to salvage her EU divorce deal and her job. After a tumultuous Thursday in which four ministers resigned,…
Man gets 14 years in prison for chopping off wife’s hands (Guardian)
A Russian man, who chopped off both of his wife’s hands with an axe after accusing her of infidelity, was sentenced on Thursday to fourteen years in prison following a huge outcry in Russia. Last December, after dropping off their…
Xi arrives in Papua New Guinea ahead of APEC summit (Guardian)
President Xi Jinping arrived in Papua New Guinea on Thursday for a much-vaunted state visit ahead of an Asia-Pacific summit he is expected to dominate. Xi touched down in Port Moresby, where he was greeted on the tarmac by tribesmen…
Electronic fraud in banking hits N6.1trn by 2021 – CBN (Guardian)
Mr Sunday Salam-Alada, Director, Consumer Protection Department, Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has said electronic fraud losses in the banking system are projected to reach N6.1 trillion by 2021. Salam-Alada disclosed this at the ongoing workshop for Business Editors and…
African swine fever spreads in China (Guardian)
African swine fever has spread rapidly to more than half of China’s provinces despite measures to contain it, the government said, warning that a situation previously described as under control had become “very serious.” The disease has already caused a…
Raab resigns as Britain’s Brexit minister (Guardian)
British leader Theresa May suffered a huge blow on Thursday when a series of ministers including her Brexit secretary quit as she tried to sell her proposed EU withdrawal agreement to a divided parliament. Dominic Raab resigned from his role…
Real confirm Solari as coach until 2021 (Guardian)
Real Madrid’s Argentinian coach Santiago Solari applauds from the sideline during the Spanish league football match between RC Celta de Vigo and Real Madrid CF at the Balaidos stadium in Vigo on November 11, 2018. (Photo by MIGUEL RIOPA /…
House of Reps adjourns plenary over faulty microphones (Guardian)
Nigeria’s House of Representatives on Wednesday h adjourned its plenary session for the day over faulty microphone system. The House had on Tuesday adjourned plenary to Wednesday due to the same reason. Speaker of the House, Yakubu Dogara, said the…