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ANC TO ASK ZUMA TO STEP – DOWN The newly elected Members of South Africa’s African National Congress’ executive committee says they’ll meet with President Jacob Zuma and will advise him to step down. This news is from a Johannesburg’s City Press report. The ruling party’s leaders have been discussing a “conflict-free exit” for Zuma, […]
PHILLIPINES At least 74 people have been feared dead as a tropical storm swept through the southern Philippines, with dozens more missing. Reports has that Two towns badly hit were Tubod and Piagapo, bringing flooding and mudslides to part of Mindanano Island where a number of homes have been buried It further states that the […]
#BreakingNews Carles Puigdemont and his party has claimed victory in the Catalan Independence Movement elections. Voters in the Catalonian Spanish region have voted to back pro-independence parties in elections, thereby dealing a blow to Spain’s hopes of quelling separatist sentiment in the region.
Today The United Nations General Assembly has voted 128-9 to declare the United States’ recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital “null and void”.. Arab Nations welcome this overwhelming vote by the UN General Assembly and hope that the Trump administration will without delay rescind the decision, which they view as illegal.
Nigerians in South Africa have congratulated Mr. Cyril Ramaphosa on his election as the new President of the African National Congress. According to reports, Ramaphosa scored two thousand four hundred and forty votes to defeat former Chairperson of the Africa Union ,Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma who had two thousand two hundred and sixty one at the […]
IRAN Iran says U.S. President Donald Trump cannot cause its nuclear deal with six major powers to collapse. The nuclear deal will not collapse and those who hope that Trump will cause its collapse, are wrong, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said today in a speech broadcast live on State TV. In October, Trump declined to […]
#NewsUpdate Members of the UN Security Council have voted on a draft resolution that would reject US President Donald Trump’s decision to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel during a meeting on the situation in the Middle East including Palestine on December 18, 2017, at UN Headquarters in New York.
DFID Growth and Employment in States , a DFID funded market development project in Nigeria wound down recently at a ceremony to reflect on its achievements. The programme was initiated to facilitate market system changes to address identified constraints, in order to encourage economic growth; resulting in the creation of ten thousand new jobs and […]
BUHARI President Muhammadu Buhari yesterday charged leaders in the West African sub-region on the need to urgently tackle the challenges of terrorism, human trafficking and drug trafficking in the area. Speaking in Abuja while delivering welcome address at the 52nd Ordinary Session of the ECOWAS Authority of Heads of State and Government Buhari said, the […]
#NewsUpdate #Sports “Cristiano Ronaldo’s second-half free-kick ensured Real Madrid picked up a fifth trophy of 2017 by beating Gremio 1-0 in Abu Dhabi on Saturday to retain the Club World Cup. A third Club World Cup in four years brings Madrid level with rivals Barcelona as the most successful side in the competition’s history and […]
