According to the Guardian, GlaxoSmithKline, GSK, has confirmed the existence of a covert s3x tape of the former head of its China division. It is the latest chapter in a lurid bribery saga which continues to rock the pharmaceutical giant. The secretly filmed video of Mark Reilly and his Chinese girlfriend at his Shanghai apartment…
Newly sworn in Egyptian President, Abdel Fattah el-Sisi has promised to defeat terrorism in the North African country. The new leader, in his first speech as Egypt’s President said he would “defeat terrorism”, saying that security is a priority and that he has no time for reconciliation with opponents. Hours after his inauguration on Sunday,…
No fewer than 40 members of the deadly Islamic sect called Boko Haram have been killed, a Cameroonian media has disclosed. The insurgents were reportedly killed in Kouserri, a town in northwest Cameroon which shares boundaries with both Nigeria and Chad. The terrorists were feared dead over the weekend by the country’s army officers after…
A court in Cairo, the Egyptian capital, has sentenced the deposed former President of the country, Hosni Mubarak. The former Egyptian leader was sentenced on Wednesday to three years in prison. He was found guilty of embezzling millions in public funds for lavish renovations to family properties. His two sons were also sentenced by the…
Some gunmen suspected to be members of Boko Haram sect have killed a Chinese in Cameroon. The attack occurred on Friday night in the northern region of the country. No fewer than 10 persons were also abducted by the violent Islamist group. The group struck just when some leaders, including President Goodluck Jonathan of Nigeria…
Pix credit: Ghetty Images A nine-month-old boy has been taken to court by police in Pakistan for allegedly assaulting security operatives during a violent protest in a Lahore slum in February 2014. The boy, Musa Khan, was charged by the police with attempted murder along with his father and grandfather. The police said the family…
After over two weeks of intense search for the missing Flight MH370 Malaysian Airlines plane, the country’s Prime Minister, Najib Razak, has confirmed on Monday that aircraft crashed into the Indian Ocean. Addressing newsmen, Razak disclosed that none of the 239 passengers and crew members in the plane survived. The Prime Minister also pointed out…
At least seven persons have died in a Boko Haram attack in Cameroon on Sunday, AFP reports. A security source informed the news agency that the insurgents raided northern Cameroon on Sunday. “Boko Haram killed a (Cameroonian) soldier. Our soldiers killed six of their guys” and “captured” two others near the Nigerian border, the source…
Following the incessant attacks by members of Boko Haram terrorist group, France, the United Kingdom and the European Union habe all pledged to assist Nigeria in putting an end to their activities in the north eastern part of the country. The French President, Francois Hollande, on Thursday, promised that his country would do everything possible…
The Ugandan President, Yoweri Museveni, on Monday, finally signed the anti-gay bill into law. The bill was appended to by the Ugandan leader despite warnings from President of the United States of America, USA, Barack Obama, that such law would ‘complicate our valued relationship’ and cause a ‘step backward’ for all Ugandans. The latest move…