Politics

Following the death of Tanzania’s President, John Magufuli, the country’s Vice President, Samia Suluhu Hassan, is expected to take over the country’s leadership as the first female president.   Magufuli, 61, died from a heart attack, according to a televised announcement by the Vice-President Hassan on Wednesday evening, March 17, …

The United Kingdom has announced it will build more nuclear weapons and expand its space and cybercrime capabilities while also labeling Russia it’s top security challenge, in a sweeping review of British military and foreign policy.   In an report endorsed by Prime Minister Boris Johnson, the UK said the …

US President, Joe Biden has labelled Russian president Vladimir Putin, a ‘killer’ and promised that the Kremlim will “pay a price” for interfering in the 2020 U.S. elections.   Since Biden took over the White House in January 2021, he has pledged to take a hard line against the Kremlin, which …

From Uche Usim, Abuja Nigeria’s total public debt has risen to N32.9 trillion as at December 31, 2020. The Debt Management Office, (DMO), which made the disclosure in a statement on Monday noted that the debt stock grew by N700 billion within three months from N32.2 trillion as at the end …

North Korean dictator, Kim Jong-Un has snubbed attempts by US President, Joe Biden to reach out and open up lines of dialogue over increasing nuclear threats posed by North Korea to its neighbors and the broader international community.” Biden’s administration launched secret attempts last month to reach out to North Korea …

The US House of Representatives has given final approval to a $1.9 trillion emergency spending measure designed to mitigate the financial toll of the coronavirus pandemic, putting the United States economy on a path to recovery. The House voted largely along party lines, 220-211, to send the legislation, approved by the US …

Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy was found guilty of corruption on Monday and handed a three-year prison sentence after a court in Paris convicted him for trying to illegally influence a judge during his time in office. The sentence includes two years suspended, which means it is unlikely Sarkozy will …

Montreal, Canada – In 1969, then-Canadian Prime Minister Pierre Elliott Trudeau famously described Canada’s proximity to the United States as akin to sleeping with an elephant: “No matter how friendly or even-tempered is the beast … one is affected by every twitch and grunt.” Decades later, with Joe Biden in the …

Hundreds of thousands of people have taken to the streets of major cities in Myanmar, protesting the military’s power grab amid rising concern of violence in the troubled Southeast Asian nation. Wednesday’s protests marked one of the largest in Myanmar since the February 1 coup, and came after protesters urged …

British Foreign Minister Dominic Raab said the ban was ‘unacceptable’ and damaged China’s global standing [File: Carl Court/Getty Images) British television channel BBC World News has been barred from airing in China, the National Radio and Television Administration said on Friday, a week after the United Kingdom’s media regulator revoked …