US court orders banks to release Trump’s financial documents

NEW YORK, Dec 4 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A US appeals court ruled Tuesday that two banks must hand over documents about Donald Trump’s finances to Congress, in the latest legal blow to the president.Two Democratic-controlled committees issued subpoenas to Deutsche Bank and Capital One in April demanding that they hand over…

Nigeria: Universities Commission uncovers 100 fake professors in varsities

NUC Executive Secretary, Prof Abubakar Rasheed ABUJA, Dec 4 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The National Universities Commission has said it has uncovered about 100 fake professors across Nigerian universities.The NUC Executive Secretary, Prof Abubakar Rasheed, stated this in the November edition of the commission’s bulletin.The ES noted that the commission published the…

Burkina Faso: 20 militants, 3 soldiers killed in clashes near Mali border

OUAGADOUGOU, Dec 4 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Burkina Faso’s armed forces says soldiers have killed at least 20 militants after gunmen launched two simultaneous overnight attacks on military positions. Islamic extremists have increased attacks and gained more territories this year in Burkina Faso, displacing nearly half a million people. The office of the armed forces commander general said in a statement that…

US Pres Trump blasts French counter-part Macron ‘brain dead’ comments as ‘nasty’

LONDON, Dec 4 (NNN-AGENCIES) — US President Donald Trump has accused his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron of being “nasty” for saying Nato was “brain dead”. Trump is in London for a summit marking the Western military alliance’s 70th anniversary. Trump said Nato served a great purpose, and Macron’s remarks had…

‘Internet fraud academy’ busted in Nigeria: anti-corruption agency

ABUJA, Dec 4 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Nigeria’s anti-corruption agency says it has arrested 23 people undergoing training in internet fraud scams in a remote village in the south of the country.The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) says the suspects – aged between 19 and 35 – were being trained on…

Anger, hope and pleas for action at UN climate meet

MADRID, Dec 4 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Confronted with a climate crisis threatening civilisation itself, humanity must choose between hope and surrender, UN chief Antonio Guterres told the opening plenary of a UN climate conference. “One is the path of surrender, where we have sleep-walked past the point of no return, jeopardising…

Sudan: 16 killed as fire hits factory – doctors

KHARTOUM, Dec 4 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A fire triggered by an explosion torethrough a factory in the Sudanese capital on Tuesday, killing 16 people andinjuring dozens, doctors and witnesses said. Thick plumes of black smoke billowed into the sky after the blaze broke outat a tile manufacturing unit in an industrial…

Colombia faces another week of anti-government protests

BOGOTA, Dec 3 (NNN-Prensa Latina) — Colombia is currently facing another week of anti-government protests as a reflection of social unrest and rejection of policies implemented by the Executive. Since the massive national strike of Nov 21, mobilizations, rallies, pot-banging protests and other actions take place in the main cities…

Chilean President Sebastian Piñera has lowest approval rating ever

SANTIAGO, Dec 3 (NNN-Prensa Latina) — Many Chileans are wondering just how much further Chilean President Sebastian Piñera’s popularity can fall, after polls revealed the lowest approval ratings for a president since the country’s return to democracy. The Pulso Ciudadano poll, conducted by consulting firm Criteria Research, and that undertaken…

Cameroonian government rules out postponing general elections

YAOUNDE, Dec 3 (NNN-Xinhua) — The Cameroonian government ruled out the possibility of postponing general elections scheduled for February 2020, a government spokesperson said. “The government condemns all maneuvers that amount to blackmail and one-upmanship, and denounces the various foreign attempts to interfere, which are in violation of our laws,…