The court ordered that Sarkozy should be placed in custody at a later date, with prosecutors given one month to inform the former head of state when he should go to prison. This makes him the first president in the history of modern France to be jailed. The 70 year old was also fined 100,000 […]
JICA disclosed the cancellation in a statement on its website, weeks after reports claimed Japan would create a special visa category for Nigerians who wished to relocate to Kisarazu, a city designated as “hometown” to Nigerians and other Africans under the scheme. According to reports, the Japanese government denied the visa plan after the Director […]
According to police, the confrontation, which erupted in the early hours in a facility near the Peruvian border, saw inmates from the Los Choneros and Los Lobos gangs engage in a 40-minute firefight, using bombs and grenades. Fourteen others were injured, and an unspecified number of prisoners escaped. Thirteen fugitives have since been recaptured. A […]
According to the Philippine weather service, the typhoon made landfall on the Philippines’ Calayan Island, part of the sparsely populated Babuyan chain, at 3:00 pm (0700 GMT). As of 5:00 pm (0900 GMT), maximum sustained winds of 215 kilometres per hour (134 mph) were reported at the storm’s centre, with gusts reaching as high as […]
The Path to Rebirth party, which was launched by Shinji Ishimaru, a former mayor of a small city in western Japan, does not have a policy platform and its members are free to set their own agendas. Ishimaru unexpectedly came second in the 2024 Tokyo gubernatorial election thanks to a successful online campaign but he […]
Seventeen candidates are running for president, but observers say the race is between outgoing Lazarus Chakwera and Peter Mutharika, who also duelled in the 2019 vote that was nullified over tampering and followed by a rerun. Chakwera, a 70-year-old pastor, and law professor Mutharika, 85, have campaigned on improving the agriculture-dependent economy. In urban centres, […]
Judges voted 4-1 to convict Bolsonaro of plotting to overthrow Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva following his October 2022 election defeat by the left-winger. Prosecutors said the plan failed only due to a lack of support from military top brass. Bolsonaro’s defense team called the sentence “incredibly excessive” and announced he would appeal, “including at […]
Ghana President, John Dramani Mahama disclosed this, adding that a first batch of 14 deportees, made up of Nigerians, a Gambian and others had already arrived in Accra, with the Ghanaian authorities facilitating their return to their respective countries. “We were approached by the US to accept third-party nationals who were being removed from the […]
World leaders have condemned the assassination of right-wing activist and Trump ally, Charlie Kirk, warning of the harms of politically-motivated violence. U.S. President Donald Trump called it a “dark moment for America” and vowed to hold those responsible accountable, calling Kirk a “martyr for truth.” Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said there is “no justification […]
Speaking at a press conference, Ishiba said the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) should begin preparing for a leadership election, and he would remain in office until a successor is chosen. “Now that negotiations on US tariff measures have reached a conclusion, I believe this is the appropriate moment,” said the 68-year-old, adding, “I have […]