Officials of the Yobe State Pilgrims Welfare Board in Potiskum Local Government Council have been arrested by the state’s Police Command over alleged missing Hajj fares paid to them by over 41 intending...

United States President, Donald Trump has said the country’s military option against North Korea was already locked and loaded and awaiting any unwise action from Pyongyang. In a tweet he posted on...

Nigerian troops, in the early hours of this Friday, reportedly raided the United Nations  building in Maiduguri, Borno State in search  of arms. According to reports, the building popularly known as...

Former Commonwealth Secretary General, Chief Emeka Anyaoku has said that the present administration in Nigeria seems unconcerned that the nation was slowly heading towards disaster. Chief Anyaoku gave...

Ruth Pfau, a German nun and physician who devoted her life to the treatment and eradication of leprosy in Pakistan has died at the age of 87. In a statement released by the Office of the Pakistani Prime...

The Iranian government has barred the duo of Masoud Shojaei and Ehsau Haji from national team duty for life after they played against an Israeli club in the Europa League. Iran captain, Shojaei and midfielder...

The outgoing President of Liberia, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf has promised to fully give her support to all the female aspirants in the country’s general elections slated for October 10, 2017. Sirleaf, who...

The Nigeria Police has come under attack from the Senate and Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) over its use of brute force to disperse a group of protesters in Abuja on Tuesday. The Senate in a statement...

A former President of Ghana, John Jerry Rawlings has expressed his disappointment and sadness over the corruption ratings of Nigeria and Ghana as released by Transparency International. Rawlings stated...

The gender gap in Kenya’s political scene seems to be narrowing with the election of Anne Waiguru as the first ever female governor in the country who is now set to pilot the affairs of Kirinyaga County...

The death toll from the 6.5 magnitude earthquake that struck the southwestern Sichuan province of China on Tuesday has risen to 19. Twelve bodies, including two local residents and six tourists who were...

The Executive Governor of Anambra State, Willie Obiano has said that the National Chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Chief John Odigie-Oyegun is a virus in the party which has left...

Former Minister of Transport and member of the Board of Trustees (BoT) of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Ebenezer Babatope has said the party wants President Muhammadu Buhari to...

The Vatican on Wednesday condemned the attacks on Christians living in Nigeria and the Central African Republic (CAR). Pope Francis made the condemnation while speaking at the end of his weekly public...

Kenya’s Electoral Commission has said it will immediately commence investigations into claims of hacking of its systems by opposition presidential candidate, Raila Odinga. The Independent Electoral...

Former Nigerian President, Olusegun Obasanjo on Saturday visited jailed Zambian opposition leader, Hakainde Hichilema in prison. Obasanjo, who visited Hichilema at the Mukobeko Maximum Security Prison...

Authorities in the Democratic Republic of Congo have ordered that the nation’s internet capacity be slowed down to prevent further transmission and exchange of images across major social media sites. The...

A former governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Abia State, Mr. Uche Ogah has said he decided to dump the opposition party because the party structure is being operated like that...

The South African Parliament on Monday said it would secretly conduct  a motion of no-confidence on the country’s  embattled President, Jacob Zuma. The revelation was made by Baleka Mbete, the Speaker...

The rising wave of kidnapping cases in Nigeria took a new dimension on Monday morning as 15 passengers travelling to Lagos aboard a God Is Good (GIG) transport company bus were abducted at Elibrada, Emohua...