July 30, 2019

British PM vows to pursue Brexit deal after new blow

British PM appoints Nigerian as childrenโ€™s minister

July 30, 2019 6:05 am

Britainโ€™s Prime Minister Boris Johnson, has appointed Olukemi Olufunto Badenoch, aged 39, as Children and Families Minister, as part of his government reshuffle. Badenoch is a British Conservative politician and Member of Parliament (MP) for Saffron Walden.

She was born in Wimbledon, London to Nigerian parents. Her childhood was spent in Lagos and the United States. She moved to the United Kingdom at the age of 16. She has been the MP for Saffron Walden since 2017 after replacing Nadhim Zawahi.

She once told MPs in Parliament about her own experiences of poverty and how she used to do …

Israel will launch satellite on August 3, to Cover Africa

Israel will launch satellite on August 3, to Cover Africa

July 30, 2019 5:22 am

Spacecom, a telecommunication firm which operates the Amos fleet of Israeli satellites, will launch its next satellite on August 3. whichย  will cover Africa.

The Amos-17 is an advanced digital satellite that will provide communications services over Africa.

This would be the first satellite of its kind that provides the continent with high quality broadcasts and adequate frequency, in a way that fits the needs of Africa, which is known for its unstable weather that affects transmission.

Read Also: Demolition of Homes: U.S. shields Israel from UN criticism

Amos-17 is scheduled to launch on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket and …

Okorocha and family facing the wrath of the Caliphate

Okorocha And Family, Facing The Wrath Of The Caliphate

July 30, 2019 3:43 am

๐๐ฒ ๐Œ๐š๐ซ๐ค๐€๐ง๐ญ๐ก๐จ๐ง๐ฒ ๐๐ณ๐ž

Certainly, these are not the best of times for the former Governor of Imo state, Owelle Rochas Okorocha, his woes first started when the national chairman of the All Progressives Congress(APC), Comrade Adams Oshiomhole denied his son-in-law, Uche Nwosu, the gubernatorial ticket as a consensus candidate of the party in Imo state without the usual primary election, after collecting well over half a million dollars from Nwosu, who was then the Chief of Staff to Okorocha, and incidentally, the husband of his first daughter, Uloma.

Okorocha who before then had a good relationship with Oshiomhole, and …

TRENDING

Breaking

๐€๐Ÿ๐ซ๐ข๐œ๐š ๐ƒ๐ข๐ ๐ข๐ญ๐š๐ฅ ๐๐ž๐ฐ๐ฌ, ๐๐ž๐ฐ ๐˜๐จ๐ซ๐ค, is a nonpartisan online news portal founded on the truth to provide you with weekly, insightful articles written with precision and current updates on current events from Africa in particular and the rest of the world in general. All of our reports undergo extensive fact-checking to ensure their veracity, and we adhere strictly to the facts, no matter whose ox is gored.

follow on social media

Facebook Twitter Youtube Telegram Linkedin

subscribe to newsletter

© 2018 - 2020 Africa digital news, New York
Powered by

People and Polity