Zambia’s parliament has elected its first female speaker, more than a week after longtime opposition leader Hakainde Hichilema was sworn in as the country’s new president. Nelly Mutti, a lawyer based in the capital, Lusaka, was elected unopposed on Friday to replace Patrick Matibini, a retired high court judge who served as speaker for 10…
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Trust Africa News, Ayomide Otitoju The Governor of Lagos State, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has commiserated with the State Commissioner of Police, Mr. Hakeem Odumosu, on the death of his mother, Alhaja Sikirat Odumosu. Alhaja Odumosu died at the age of 88 at the Babcock University Teaching Hospital, Ilisan Remo, Ogun State on Thursday after a brief…
Traders on Ghana’s border with Ivory Coast protested on Thursday for President Nana Akufo-Addo to lift land border closures as the measure to curb Covid-19 infections batters local economies. The rally in Elubo west of the capital Accra was the second border protest this week after traders took to the streets in Aflao town on…
Manchester United have confirmed that Cristiano Ronaldo will wear the iconic no.7 shirt after returning to Old Trafford. “The Portuguese superstar famously wore the legendary shirt number during his first spell at United and we can now confirm that Ronaldo will have it on his back once again”, a statement on the club’s website added….
A diaspora pro-Yoruba socio-cultural group, Oodua Worldwide, has asked the Federal Government to avert a looming danger by ensuring the freedom of Sunday Adeyemo, popularly known as Sunday Igboho, and his aides. The group gave the warning in a statement titled, ‘Oodua Worldwide Calls For Igboho, Others Immediate Release’, on Thursday. Igboho is currently in…
China will set up a new stock exchange in Beijing to provide financing for innovative smaller companies, President Xi Jinping said, as Beijing tries to increase the role of equity financing in its financial system. Xi did not give a date for the establishment of the new board or any further details, but said it…
The U.S. Department of Energy has authorized Exxon Mobil Corp. to receive crude from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve to kickstart the production of fuels while most oil production in the Gulf of Mexico remains shut. The oil company will be getting 1.5 million barrels of DOE-supplied oil for its Baton Rouge refinery, the DOE said….
