By Ikechukwu Nnochiri – Abuja The ECOWAS Court of Justice sitting in Abuja, on Wednesday, dismissed a suit the leader of the Independent People of Biafra (IPOB), Mr Nnamdi Kanu, filed against the Federal Republic of Nigeria, alleging that he was tortured, assaulted and subjected to inhuman treatment by security operatives when he was arrested […]

Chinese telecom giant Huawei on Wednesday won a contract to supply 5G infrastructure in Germany but the politically sensitive deal is subject to government approval following US concerns about snooping. Telefonica Germany, the second biggest operator after Deutsche Telekom, said it was giving Huawei and Finland’s Nokia an equal role in the project, calling the […]

FIFA is to take legal action by the end of the year to force Michel Platini to return two million Swiss francs ($2 million, 1.84 million euros) he received during Sepp Blatter’s reign at world football’s governing body. FIFA banned Platini, its then vice president, in 2015 over the payment he received, sparking years of […]

Republic of Kosovo declared Peter Handke a ‘persona non grata’ on Wednesday in the latest protest against his induction as a Nobel literature laureate, barring the Austrian writer from a place he has visited numerous times. The Swedish Academy’s pick for the 2019 prize, which Handke received on Tuesday, offended many in the Balkans who […]

The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Wednesday described the public outburst by First Lady, Aisha Buhari, as “another sad commentary” that shows that all is not well at the State House.