Tanzania’s late president John Magufuli was laid to rest Friday in his ancestral village in the country’s northwest after his sudden death last week from an illness shrouded in mystery. Nicknamed the “Bulldozer” for his leadership style, Magufuli was buried […]
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Ahmad Al Issa, the 21-year-old man accused of killing 10 people at King Soopers supermarket in Boulder, Colorado, will go for psychiatric test, as requested by his lawyers. In the meantime, Issa, with the full name, Ahmad Al Aliwi Alissa, […]
Hollywood actor Johnny Depp has lost his bid to appeal a London High court verdict agreeing with The Sun newspaper that he serially beat his wife Amber Heard.https://googleads.g.doubleclick.net/pagead/ads?client=ca-pub-8264632571551786&output=html&h=343&slotname=3312974848&adk=3122995346&adf=2601855656&pi=t.ma~as.3312974848&w=412&lmt=1616670759&rafmt=1&psa=1&format=412×343&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.pmnewsnigeria.com%2F2021%2F03%2F25%2Fhollywood-actor-johnny-depp-loses-appeal-over-wife-assault-verdict%2F&flash=0&fwr=1&fwrattr=true&rpe=1&resp_fmts=3&sfro=1&wgl=1&dt=1616670767102&bpp=29&bdt=1917&idt=1863&shv=r20210322&cbv=r20190131&ptt=9&saldr=aa&abxe=1&cookie=ID%3D638563c53f239b72-22b593c36fa600db%3AT%3D1605506538%3ART%3D1605506538%3AS%3DALNI_MZVSayvvu4e7oM-DQsicRCSBwgfvA&prev_fmts=0x0&nras=1&correlator=7755568809116&frm=20&pv=2&ga_vid=1569762374.1597259094&ga_sid=1616670769&ga_hid=1938014020&ga_fc=0&u_tz=60&u_his=2&u_java=0&u_h=915&u_w=412&u_ah=915&u_aw=412&u_cd=24&u_nplug=0&u_nmime=0&adx=0&ady=979&biw=412&bih=671&scr_x=0&scr_y=45&eid=44737561%2C44737458%2C31060474%2C44739387%2C21066973&oid=3&pvsid=305515172335004&pem=813&ref=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.pmnewsnigeria.com%2F&rx=0&eae=0&fc=1920&brdim=0%2C0%2C0%2C0%2C412%2C0%2C412%2C671%2C412%2C671&vis=1&rsz=o%7C%7CoEebr%7C&abl=CS&pfx=0&fu=8320&bc=31&ifi=2&uci=a!2&btvi=1&fsb=1&xpc=fgrkGpKhFS&p=https%3A//www.pmnewsnigeria.com&dtd=1914 The actor asked the Court of Appeal to grant permission for him […]
FIFA banned its former president Sepp Blatter until 2028 on Wednesday after handing him a new suspension of six years and eight months for receiving huge bonuses. Former FIFA secretary-general Jerome Valcke also had his existing suspension extended by the […]
By Deji Elumoye President Muhammadu Buhari has commiserated with the government and people of Tanzania over the demise of President John Pombe Magufuli. According to him, the late Tanzanian president’s legacy of patriotism and dedication to the African course will […]
Environmental and social justice groups both in the United Kingdom and Nigeria have condemned Italy’s anti-corruption laws as unfit for purpose, following the acquittal of oil multinationals Shell and Eni on international corruption charges in Milan. Thirteen other defendants were […]
Tanzania’s President John Magufuli has died, Vice President Samia Suluhu Hassan said on Wednesday. Magufuli was 61. He was Tanzania’s first president to die while in office. His death was announced after more than two-week absence from public life, that […]
By Muhaimin Olowoporoku A Japanese court has ruled that same-sex marriage is constitutional, setting the stage for a new era of marriage equality in the country. It was the first time that a court has ruled on the constitutionality of […]
By Ruth Olurounbi Jobless rate increased to 33.3% in the fourth quarter More than half of labor force are unemployed or underemployed Unemployment in Africa’s largest economy surged to the second highest on a global list of countries monitored by Bloomberg. […]
The Director-General of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, has arrived Abuja on her first official visit. Nasir Sani-Gwarzo, the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Industry, Trade and Investment, was among those who received her at the […]