Striking lecturers in Nigeria under the aegis of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) have agreed to consider the Federal Government’s offer to suspend their ongoing strike. The agreement...

The United States wants the United Nations Security Council to subject North Korea’s leader, Kim Jong-un to an asset freeze and travel ban. According to a draft resolution made available on Wednesday,...

At least two people have been confirmed dead and several others either injured or stranded after Hurricane Irma hit the Caribbean Islands on Wednesday afternoon. The victims were in the French overseas...

Some stakeholders of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Ekiti State have adopted the state’s Deputy Governor, Kolapo Olusola as their preferred candidate for the 2018 gubernatorial elections in the...

  A former Vice President of Nigeria, Atiku Abubakar has lamented his abandonment by the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) after he helped bring the Muhammadu Buhari-led government into power. Atiku,...

  The Police Service Commission (PSC) on Wednesday said that Isah Misau, the Senator representing Bauchi Central Senatorial District in the National Assembly followed due process in retiring from...

Nigeria’s Minister of Women Affairs, Aisha Alhassan has said that her declaration to support former Vice President Atiku Abubakar in the 2019 Presidential elections was because President Muhammadu Buhari...

United States comic book publisher, Marvel has launched the first superhero comic set in Nigeria’s commercial capital of Lagos. The work was inspired by the abduction of Chibok girls by Boko Haram insurgents...

South Africa’s ruling African National Congress (ANC) has called on the Zimbabwean ruling Zanu-PF party to restrain President Robert Mugabe from making negative comments about late Nelson Mandela. Mugabe...

Fabio Lobo, the son of former Honduran President, Porfirio Lobo has been sentenced to 24 years in prison on Tuesday after pleading guilty to a United States charge of conspiring to import cocaine into...

Nigeria’s President, Muhammadu Buhari has said that the work of his administration is not done until the country’s exit from recession improves the living standards of all Nigerians. President Buhari...

Nigeria’s Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige has described the recent strike embarked upon by resident doctors in the country as an act of rascality. In a statement issued by Samuel Olowookere,...

The Federal Government has for the second time in three weeks cancelled the weekly Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting scheduled to hold on Wednesday. Announcing the cancellation, the Minister of...

The Kaduna State Governor, Mallam Nasir El-Rufai on Monday announced the re-opening of all tertiary institutions located in the southern part of the state. According to a statement signed by his spokesperson,...

The Kesington Palace in London on Monday announced that Prince William and his wife, Kate are expecting their third child after Kate boycotted a planned engagement  due to a severe form of morning sickness. The...

The Super Eagles of Nigeria survived a late onslaught from the Indomitable Lions of Cameroon in Yaounde on Monday to secure a well-deserved 1 – 1 draw and move a step closer to qualifying for the 2018...

Prisoners suspected to be followers of the late leader of last year’s prison mutiny in Abidjan, Coulibaly Yacouba have escaped from a prison in Katiola, central Cote d’Ivoire. This is the latest in...

Latest data released on Tuesday by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) on Nigeria’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) shows that the country’s economy grew at 0.55 percent in the second quarter (Q2)...

The National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) in Nigeria on Monday embarked on a nationwide strike. According to the leadership of NARD, the decision to embark on the strike was reached by the doctors...

A Tanzanian Court has sentenced six men to 20 years in jail each for chopping off the hand of an albino boy in Tanzania. The sentenced men were accused of severing the left hand of 12-year-old Nwigulu...