Not fazed by strengthened UN sanctions hastened by U.S and China, the government of Kim Jong-un of North Korea has threatened to embark on more nuclear...
The Lagos State Governor Akinwunmni Ambode has decided to run the rule by sacking the General Manager of the Lagos State Building Control Agency, Adeigbe Olushola...
Russian President, Vladimir Putin has ordered Russian ground forces to pull out of war-torn Syria, but has not given details of the move. Russia has pulled...
The Federal Government, on Monday, described those who attacked eight communities in Agatu Local Government Area of Benue State unknown gunmen, in a statement released by...
The Bauchi State government has said it has discovered names of eight-year old children as “teachers” on the payroll of the government. This was disclosed by...
Authorities in Egypt have relieved justice minister Ahmed al-Zend of his duties after his controversial remarks about imprisoning the prophet went viral. “The decision to sack...
The Turkish capital of Ankara has been hit by a deadly car bomb attack, the second in weeks, killing at least 34 and injuring another 125...
The Federal Government has condemned the shutdown of the national electricity transmission facility in Osogbo and Ikeja Disco by some unionists. Describing them as acts of...
The death toll from an attack by gunmen on a beach resort located in the Grand Bassam region of Ivory Coast has risen to 16 local...
Kaduna State governor, Mallam Nasir Ahmed el-Rufai is in the eye of the storm again, after he mooted a censorship bill which has been presented to...
The controversial comments of Egypt’s justice minister Ahmed el-Zend who remarked about imprisoning “the prophet” in an interview has landed him in hot soup. Moment after...
President Muhammadu Buhari will travel to Malabo on Monday for talks with President Obiang Nguema Mbasogo of Equatorial Guinea. According to a statement by Mr Femi Adesina, special...
Emerging reports says gunmen have attacked a hotel in the beach resort of Grand Bassam in Ivory Coast, with at least five people dead in the...
A rally for Republican frontrunner, Donald Trump, which was staged in Kansas City, Missouri, was interrupted severally by angry protesters- an occurrence which is almost becoming...
The Northern states chapter of the Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN, Saturday condemned forced marrriage of Christian minors in the North to adukt muslims. The group,...
The continued implementation of the state of emergency laws by France has been condemned by thousands of protesters who gathered in Paris describing it as a...
A Tunisia based UN-backed Presidential Council of Libya has claimed power in the war-torn North African country as it has also called on the international community...
Tragedy struck early Saturday when fragments from a missile fired by an Israeli aircraft claimed the lives of a six-year-old Palestinian girl and her 10-year-old brother...
Another piece from the missing MH370 plane may have been found by a South African teen while strolling at a beach in Mozambique. According to Liam...
The NDLEA on Saturday arrested 8 persons including four Mexicans in Asaba when it burst a methamphetamine laboratory in Asaba, Delta State. The hard drugs factory...
Evgeny Buryakov, a Russian spy who posed as a banker in New York City has pleaded guilty to espionage-related charges after court documents revealed that the...
Republican frontrunner Donald Trump was miffed when his rally staged in St. Louis was disrupted by angry protesters who were mainly of black origin. Police said...
It is now the second month of a strike by frustrated Palestinian teachers who are holding out for a pay rise demand they say was promised...
The Inspector General of Police (IGP) says he has given directive for policemen attached to politicians and other individuals (VIPs) to be withdrawn. According to him,...
A hundred and seventy-two Nigerian migrants, including six women and a child were on Friday, flown home from Libya The International Organization for Migration (IOM) said...
Angola’s President, Jose Eduardo dos Santos has said that he will step down in 2018, after ruling for 39 years, having ruled the country since 1979....
The Federal Government on Friday presented a witness, Ishaka Abba who said he sold a car which may have been used for the October 1, 2010...
Eighteen people are feared dead while many others sustained third degree burns in the explosion that engulfed at the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, Calabar branch...
President Barack Obama of United States and his Canadian counterpart, Prime Minister Justin Tradeau, on Thursday, announced joint efforts to curb emissions of planet-warming gases. Mr....
Barring any last minute change of mind, former presidential hopeful, Ben Carson, is set to endorse Donald J Trump on Friday. The retired paediatric neurosurgeon ended...
Inspector General of Police, Solomon Arase has stated that police dogs imported into the country do not measure up to the policing objectives of the force....
A Police prosecutor, Cpl. Abegunde Elijah told an Ilorin Magistrates’ Court on Thursday how a security guard, stabbed a motor cyclist to death over N200. According...
Nobel prize winner Aung San Suu Kyi has been ruled out of the running to become the next president of Myanmar. That much information was revealed...
Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, a former Brazilian president has been slapped with money laundering charges after Sao Paulo state prosecutors led an investigation against him....
Former military Head of State, Gen. Yakubu Gowon (retd) has accepted paternity of a 48-year-old love son, Jack Musa Gowon, after a long legal tussle. Musa...
Two Senior Advocates of Nigeria, (SANs) Rickey Tarfa and Joseph Nwobike were, Wednesday, arraigned in court by the EFCC, for alleged bribery. Both men were docked on...
The driver of the late Minister of State for Labour, Mr James Ocholi may face prosecution and non-possession of driver’s license. The driver, James Elegbede, who...
Officials of the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) say that the death toll from the collapsed building in Lagos has risen to 22. AFP quotes a...
A plot by ISIS to kidnap the Prime Minister of Malaysia Najib Razak alongside two other ranking officers has been foiled according to deputy prime minister...
Deadly terrorist group, al-Shabab has claimed responsibility for a car bombing attack which hit a police station in Somalia ‘ s capital of Mogadishu, killing at...
In a bizzare incident, a fight over urine has left one dead and three injured in the Berger Suya area of Lagos A young man has...
Governor Ambode of Lagos on Tuesday announced his administration’s readiness to go after tax evaders and defaulters. This much was made known by the state Attorney...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has taken into custody a former Head of the Civil Service of the Federation, Mr Steve Oronsaye. Oronsaye’s arrest...
Switzerland on Tuesday undertook to return $321m stolen by former military ruler, late Gen. Sani Abacha and kept in Swiss banks. In a statement released Tuesday...
President Jacob Zuma of South Africa has stated that his country will be willing to assist Nigeria in the area of electricity generation. He stated this...
President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday received the South African President, Mr Jacob Zuma at the State House in Abuja. The South African president was accompanied by...
Boniface Emenalo, the Clerk to the then House of Representatives Ad hoc Committee on Fuel Subsidy, has admitted collecting $100,000 from business man Femi Otedola. Emenalo,...
Democratic frontrunner Hillary Clinton has declared that she will never allow Republican frontrunner Donald Trump to become the next president of the United States of America....
At least 150 al-Shabab militants in Somalia were obliterated after a US air strike hit a camp where a “large scale” attack was being planned, the...
Hours after long negotiations in Brussels, Turkey and the European Union finally reached an agreement on a proposal to effectively tackle the influx of refugees into...