Rishi Sunak has emerged the new Leader of the United Kingdom’s Conservative Party. Forty-two years old last 12th May, the incoming Prime Minister will replace Liz Truss, who resigned last Thursday as UK prime minister after 44 days in office, and become the UK’s first British Asian PM. Nearly 200 Conservative MPs publicly backed the former Chancellor ahead of the nomination …

Liz Truss has resigned as United Kingdom’s prime minister. She issued a statement outside Downing Street, the PM’s official residence. Truss had been meeting the chairman of the 1922 Committee of backbench Members of Parliament as more of her Conservative Party MPs called for her to quit. NUPRC COMMERCIAL ENGLISH Deputy Prime Minister Therese Coffey and Tory party chairman Jake …

Burkina Faso’s self-declared military leader, Captain Ibrahim Traoré has accepted a conditional resignation offered by Head of State, Lt. Colonel Paul-Henri Damiba to avoid further violence after Friday’s coup, religious and traditional leaders said on Sunday. According to the deal, announced at a press conference,  Traoré agreed to seven conditions, including a guarantee of Colone Damiba’s safety and the security …

Burkinabe army Captain Ibrahim Traoré has ousted military leader Paul-Henri Damiba and dissolved the government in the West African country’s second coup in eight months In a statement read on national television on Friday evening, Traore said a group of officers who helped Damiba seize power in January, had decided to remove their leader due to his inability to deal with …

Soldiers took to the streets of Ouagadougou, capital of Burkina Faso, on Friday and blocked access to administrative buildings after gunfire rang out and a blast was heard near the presidential palace, raising fears of a second military coup in eight months. Gunshots were first heard around dawn at the main military camp in the capital, and in some residential …

A Pentagon report released on Tuesday has revealed that the United States military killed 12 civilians in 2021, all in Afghanistan, The Department of Defence “assesses that there were approximately 12 civilians killed and approximately five civilians injured during 2021 as a result of US military operations”, said the report, which the US Congress has required to be produced annually …

African Union (AU) has extended the tenure of the Horn of Africa envoy, former President Olusegun Obasanjo, despite protests from the government of the disputed Tigray region of Ethiopia. The protests, according to the Tigray leaders, is as a result of the closeness between Obasanjo and the Prime Minister of Ethiopia Abiy Ahmed. African Union Commission Chairperson, Moussa Faki Mahamat …

The next few days will witness preparations for the funeral of Queen Elizabeth II, United Kingdom’s longest-serving monarch, who died earlier Thursday at Balmoral aged 96. She reigned for 70 years. On Friday, the transition to the reign of King Charles III is likely to include a gun salute, King Charles and Queen Camilla returning to London and the new …

Queen Elizabeth II is under medical supervision at Balmoral in the United Kingdom after doctors became concerned for her health, Buckingham Palace has said. “Following further evaluation this morning, the Queen’s doctors are concerned for Her Majesty’s health and have recommended she remain under medical supervision”, a statement said. “The Queen remains comfortable and at Balmoral”. Prince Charles has travelled …

Nigeria’s Ambassador to Qatar, His Excellency Yakubu Abdullahi Ahmed has called for partnership with Katara in promoting Nigerian culture in the Middle East country. During a courtesy visit to the General Manager/Chairman of Kiahf Committee of Katara Cultural Foundation, Prof. Khalid Ibrahim Al Sulaiti on Sunday, Ambassador Ahmed told his Qatari host that the Nigerian mission would partner with the …