Former Peruvian President Alan García has died after shooting himself as police arrived at his home to arrest him over bribery allegations. Mr García was rushed to hospital in the capital, Lima. His death was […]
Police in Kenya have been left red-faced after thieves stole guns and ammunition from an unattended check-post as the officers on duty watched UEFA Champions League matches down the road. Three rifles and nearly two […]
A major fire has engulfed one of France’s most famous landmarks – the medieval Cathedral of Notre-Dame in Paris. Firefighters are battling to save the 850-year-old Gothic building, but its spire and roof have collapsed. […]
The African Union on Monday threatened to suspend Sudan following last week’s coup that saw Omar al-Bashir ousted by the military after nearly three decades in power. If the junta fails to hand power to […]
It may probably sound like a fairy tale to hear there exists a woman who has more than one vagina and one womb, but Elizabeth Amoah has lived with this condition for quite some time […]
President Muhammadu Buhari has congratulated Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of the State of Israel on his victory in the parliamentary election. The president extended best wishes to the people of the State of Israel in […]
President Muhammadu Buhari has returned to Abuja from N’Djamena, Chad, where he participated in the one-day Extraordinary Session of the Conference of Heads of State and Government of the Community of Sahel-Saharan States. Those at […]
President Muhammadu Buhari Saturday arrived in N’Djamena, the Chadian capital seeking wider cooperation among countries of Sahel and Saharan regions to counter the infiltration of small arms to Nigeria, flowing into the hands of militia […]
Korea Cultural Centre in Nigeria (KCCN) has rolled out plans ahead of its country’s 100 years of independence. Part of the activities lined up for the celebration was an Arts workshop put together by the […]
Suspected Somali Al-Shabaab jihadis kidnapped two Cuban doctors in northeastern Kenya on Friday and killed their police escort officer, officials said. Kenya and Somalia are working together to pursue the abductors, they said. The operation […]
Thousands of Sudanese demonstrators camped outside the defense ministry in Khartoum to push for a civilian government, defying a curfew and calling for mass prayers after the military overthrew Omar al-Bashir after 30 years of […]
The military in Sudan has formally announced the removal of Omar Al-Bashir from office. The Sudanese defence minister, Awad Ibn Auf, who led the apparent coup on Thursday morning, said the constitution has been suspended […]
British police have arrested WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange at Ecuador’s embassy in London after his asylum was withdrawn, the police said in a statement Thursday. Assange has been living at the embassy for about seven […]
Sudan’s powerful intelligence service announced Thursday it was freeing all the country’s political detainees, state media said. “The National Intelligence and Security Service has announced it is releasing all political detainees across the country,” the […]
A political hardliner and controversial leader of Sudan, Omar Al-Bashir, has stepped down after 30 years in power, reports say Thursday. United Arab Emirates-based Al-Arabiya network reported that Mr Al-Bashir resigned his position with immediate […]
An Italian man, Leopoldo Scalici, 41, has been arrested for allegedly murdering a Nigerian prostitute, identified as Benedicta and dumping her body in a ditch. According to Italian website, Modena Today, Scalici approached Benedicta on the streets of Modena […]
President Muhammadu Buhari has on Monday, while speaking at the Annual Investment Meeting 2019, in Dubai, praised Nigerian youths for their giant strides in the digital sector. Below is the full statement of the president […]
Senegal’s President Macky Sall, who began a second term in office this week, on Saturday told his outgoing prime minister Mahammed Boun Abdallah Dionne to scrap his own prime ministerial post, the presidential office announced. Dionne […]
World’s richest man and founder of Amazon, Jeff Bezos, has agreed to part ways with MacKenzie Bezos, his wife, with a record-breaking sum of $35bn as divorce settlement. The agreement would require that Jeff Bezos […]
Another Nigerian, Saheed Sobade, is facing the prospect of death in Saudi Arabia after reportedly being nabbed with 1,183 grams of cocaine powder in Jeddah, a Saudi Arabian port city on the Red Sea and […]
No fewer than 113 million people experienced high levels of food insecurity in the world’s most severe food crises in 2018, the Global Report on Food Crisis 2019 has found. The report, which was released […]
Over 180 Nigerians who were stranded in Libya were on Tuesday deported to the country through the Murtala Mohammed International Airport (MMIA), Lagos. The returnees, according to sources, were received by officials of the National […]
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