[mc4wp_form id=33047] A Rivers State High Court in Port Harcourt has handed down a seven-year prison sentence with hard labour to a 25-year-old man, Jerry Njoku, for defiling a 10-year-old girl, in a judgment widely hailed as a strong warning against sexual violence involving children. Justice Rita Oguguo, who delivered the judgment, found Njoku guilty…
NAIROBI, Kenya, June 30, 2026/APO Group/ — Africa Finance Corporation (AFC) (https://www.AfricaFC.org/), the continent’s leading infrastructure solutions provider, has appointed Fola Fagbule as Director and Head of its Regional Office in Nairobi, marking a significant step in the Corporation’s strategy to expand its presence across East and Central Africa. In his new role, Fagbule will…
Nobel laureate and economist Paul Krugman suggested during a recent interview that certain tariffs on Chinese vehicles may now be a necessity. Krugman said Saturday during an interview with Bloomberg Television that he thinks having some “conditional tariffs” on Chinese cars are “probably going to be necessary.” “I don’t think that the Europeans can allow their…
Over the weekend, Shabana Mahmood MP, the home secretary announced ‘new safe and legal routes’ for refugees to come to Britain. That Home Office tweet in full: “New safe and legal routes for refugees to come to the UK will begin to roll out in the autumn, giving genuine refugees a pathway to rebuild their…
Former Chelsea left-back, Marc Cucurella, has expressed his willingness to “welcome” his former teammate, Enzo Fernandez, to Real Madrid this summer, as the Spanish club shows interest in the Argentine player. Cucurella has publicly commented on Fernandez, who is being pursued by Real Madrid this summer. According to sources, Los Blancos are keen on acquiring…
[mc4wp_form id=33047] The World Bank-supported HOPE Governance Programme has approved the disbursement of $27m in performance-based incentives to states that successfully achieved the Year Zero Disbursement-Linked Results (DLRs), with top-performing states receiving up to $3m each for meeting governance and public finance reform targets. The National Coordinator of the HOPE Governance Programme, Dr. Assad Hassan,…
