Governor Alex Otti of Abia State has approved an increase in monthly allowances for members of the National Youth Service Corps serving in the state, raising the payment “from ₦4,000 to as much as ₦50,000.” The new allowance structure provides a ₦20,000 base allowance for all corps members serving in Abia. Plus this ₦20,000, those […]
Jude Bellingham and Phil Foden were recalled to the England squad by manager Thomas Tuchel on Friday ahead of World Cup qualifiers against Serbia and Albania. England, who have secured qualification for next year’s tournament with two matches to spare, will round off Group K with next Thursday’s match against Serbia at Wembley and a […]
Seventeen South African men, sixteen from KwaZulu-Natal and one from the Eastern Cape, have been reportedly trapped in the war-torn Donbas region of Ukraine after being lured into joining mercenary forces under the guise of lucrative employment. The South African government received a distress call from the group. The government said the men were apparently […]
Wary of the continued warning by the United States (U.S.) to undertake a swift bombardment of terrorist enclaves in the country, some foreign herders have begun to leave Nigerian territorial boundaries with their herd of cattle. Checks by The Guardian revealed that in Gurin, a border town in the Fufore Local Government Area of Adamawa […]
Amnesty International has accused Tunisia of “widespread human rights violations” against refugees and migrants in a new report released. The group also condemned the European Union (EU) for “risking complicity” through its cooperation with Tunisian authorities to curb irregular migration. Based on three years of research and interviews with 120 refugees from nearly 20 countries, […]
Cameroon’s longtime leader, and the world’s oldest leader, President Paul Biya, has been sworn in for an eighth consecutive term, vowing to restore order after deadly post-election violence. In his inaugural speech, Biya promised to stay faithful to the confidence of the Cameroonian people and pledged to work for a ”united, stable and prosperous” country. […]
