George Floyd’s Killer Gets 21 Years For Violating Civil Rights
A United States federal court has sentenced former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin to 21 years in prison for violating the civil rights of George Floyd, a Black man killed when Chauvin kneele...
8 Juli 202256s
New Zealand Central Bank Warns Australia Bank Unit On Money Laundering
New Zealand’s central bank issued a formal warning to National Australia Bank Ltd’s local unit for failing to report approximately 50,000 transactions as required by anti-money laundering and countert...
8 Juli 202254s
Sierra Leone Defends Plan To Unban Abortion
Sierra Leone’s information minister has defended plans to decriminalise abortion. Rahman Swaray says it was not a gimmick and the government intended to pass the legislation. He says that 14% of those...
8 Juli 202250s
Africa CDC Signs With Pfizer For COVID Pill For African Countries
Africa’s top public health agency says it had signed a memorandum of understanding with Pfizer for countries on the continent to receive supplies of the Paxlovid pill to treat COVID-19. The acting dir...
8 Juli 202251s
Nigerian State Suspends New Safe Abortion Guidelines
Nigeria's Lagos state has suspended new guidelines on safe abortion to allow for more consultations. The guidelines were developed over four years and were meant to guide healthcare providers to provi...
8 Juli 202256s
UK Court Blocks Nigeria From Appealing Ruling On OPL 245 Deal
The UK high court of justice has blocked the Federal Government from appealing last month's ruling dismissing a $1.7 billion claim against JP Morgan Chase Bank over the transfer of proceeds from the s...
8 Juli 202256s
African Leaders Launch $93bn Investment Fund To Boost Economy
President Muhammadu Buhari joined African leaders in Dakar, Senegal to launch the largest financial package ever mobilised in the history of the International Development Association $93billion geared...
8 Juli 202253s
UK Court Says Ekweremadu's Kidney Donor Not Underage
The Westminster Magistrates Court, the United Kingdom accepted that the kidney donor in the case of former Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu and his wife, Beatrice is not a minor. The police aut...
8 Juli 202245s
