Daniel Noboa, Ecuador’s incumbent president, won a decisive victory in the April 13, 2025, presidential runoff, securing 56% of the vote against leftist rival Luisa González’s 44%, according to the
Hundreds of women marched in Port Harcourt, voicing support for President Tinubu’s March 18 emergency rule in Rivers State, which suspended Governor Siminalayi Fubara and appointed Commodore Daniel Ibas as
Chinese President Xi Jinping warned that protectionism “leads nowhere” on April 11, 2025, addressing the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in Shanghai, as U.S. tariffs under President Trump escalate trade fears.
Ney York City Helicopters LLC, a New York-based company running sightseeing tours, ceased operations on April 9, 2025, following a March 2025 crash that killed five passengers. The accident, involving
United Bank for Africa (UBA) unveiled an enhanced Point of Sale (PoS) terminal and a revamped MONI app, aiming to deepen Nigeria’s cashless economy. Launched in Lagos by Group MD
Peruvian author Mario Vargas Llosa, a titan of Latin American literature and 2010 Nobel Prize winner, passed away on April 10, 2025, at 89 in Lima, his family announced. Renowned
Controversial Nigerian singer Habeeb Okikiola, aka Portable, was arrested by the Nigerian Police on April 11, 2025, over allegations of defaming Fuji legend Saheed Osupa. The detention followed a viral
Nobel laureate Wole Soyinka issued a scathing rebuke of the Nigerian Broadcasting Commission (NBC) on April 13, 2025, urging the immediate reversal of its ban on rapper Eedris Abdulkareem’s protest
A wave of deadly attacks between March 28 and April 8, 2025, in Bokkos and Bassa Local Government Areas of Plateau State, Nigeria, left at least 52 people dead, displacing
Italy’s Lorenzo Musetti delivered a career-defining upset on April 10, 2025, defeating defending champion Stefanos Tsitsipas 6-4, 7-5 in the Monte Carlo Masters third round, ending the Greek’s bid for
