President Donald Trump’s administration has issued mass sack letters to over 600 staff members of the US-funded international broadcaster, Voice of America (VOA), effectively shutting down the platform that has delivered global news since World War II. Layoff notices were sent on Friday to at least 639 employees, including journalists from VOA’s Persian-language…
Building on its long-standing presence in sub-Saharan Africa, First Bank of Nigeria Limited is gearing up for its next growth phase as financial systems across the continent open up to new opportunities. More than a decade after an acquisition spree that boosted its footprint in sub-Saharan Africa, First Bank of Nigeria Limited is looking…
The Super Eagles of Nigeria will face the Indomitable Lions of Cameroon in the 2023 AFCON round of 16 on January 27, 2024. ADVERTISEMENT Initially, it was looking like the Super Eagles of Nigeria would face Guinea in the round of 16 as they were sitting second in Group C before their last group stage game….
The United Kingdom has revised its policy on the recruitment of health workers from overseas. The code of practice for the international recruitment of health and social care personnel in England, recently updated, has Nigeria returned to the red list countries, which means, “no active recruitment is permitted”. Apart from Nigeria, the UK…
The Confederation of African Football (CAF) will pay Senegal $5 million (£3.7 million) for winning the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations, AFCON. CAF will also pay Egypt $2.75 million (£2 million) for coming second in the 2021 AFCON tournament and Cameroon $2.2 million (£1.6 million) for winning the third-place final (Bronze medal), according to…
Young Nigerian refugees, who received tickets for the Nigeria-Sudan match, took a bus to Garoua in northern Cameroon to support the Super Eagles at the African Cup of Nations. It has been years since they fled Nigeria and the abuses of the jihadists of Boko Haram, for years they have lived in a refugee camp…
Cameroon football star, Samuel Eto’o has officially filed his candidacy for the presidency of the country’s football federation, promising he would be the “next president despite the cheating”. On Wednesday, November 17, Eto’o, a four-time African footballer of the year, was accompanied by a crowd of supporters as he submitted his bid at the Cameroonian…
Bobrisky has bagged 5 years imprisonment in Cameroon. Truetells Nigeria reports that a court in Cameroon, West Africa, has sentenced popular crossdresser, Shakiro also known as Bobrisky, and one other to five years in prison for “attempted homosxuality”. Shakiro also known as “Cameroonian Bobrisky” and two other persons, Truetells Nigeria learned were arrested in February for allegedly practicing homosexuality,…
