Kenneth Kaunda, Zambia’s first president and one of the last of the generation of African leaders who fought colonialism, has died aged 97. The BBC reports that, Kaunda was admitted to a military hospital in the capital, Lusaka, on Monday suffering from pneumonia. In the 1950s, Kaunda was a key figure in what was then…
A Federal High Court in Abuja has rejected request by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to amend the criminal charges filed against a former Group Managing Director (GMD) of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Mr Andrew Yakubu. Justice Ahmed Mohammed rejected the request on Thursday while ruling on an application by the…
President Muhammadu Buhari has asked the military and other security agencies not to give breathing space to terrorists and criminals operating in various parts of the country. Speaking when he visited personnel of the Armed Forces and security agencies of Operation Hadin Kai at the Maimalari Cantonment, Maiduguri, Borno, on Thursday, Buhari said the war…
