A 10-year-old Texas girl, Lily Mae Avant has died after being infected with a brain-eating amoeba while swimming in a river. Lily, who started suffering from a headache and fever after swimming in the...

The Nigerian Financial Intelligence Unit (NFIU) has said that the Senate President, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, the Chief Justice of Nigeria and members of the National Assembly were...

The Kwara State government has responded to reports that materials donated by the immediate past Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki, were rejected by schools in the state. A statement signed by the Press...

Gunmen on Monday night reportedly abducted an unknown number of persons around the Uvwiamuge axis of the Ughelli/Agbarho section of the East-West Road in Ughelli North Local Government Area of Delta State. Eyewitnesses...

The United States president, Donald Trump says he is not looking at retaliatory options against Iran until he has convincing proof that Tehran was behind the attack on Saudi Arabia’s  oil facilities. Fielding...

Iran’s Revolutionary Guards have reportedly intercepted and seized a vessel in the Gulf for allegedly attempting to smuggle 25, 000 litres of diesel fuel to the United Arab Emirates. According to...

Israelis are voting this Tuesday in an unprecedented repeat election which would decide whether the country’s longtime Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu would remain in power. Against the backdrop...

The House of Representatives’ Ad hoc Committee on Abandoned Projects in the Niger Delta says that a total of 1,723 contractors collected the sum of N70.495 billion without mobilizing to site. At...

An explosion near an election rally which had Afghanistan’s President, Ashraf Ghani in attendance has killed 24 people and injured 31 others. According to an aide, Ghani who was scheduled to address...

 Governors elected on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party  have insisted that President Muhammadu Buhari will lose the victory  he recently won at the Presidential Election Tribunal. The PDP...

Spain won its second global title in men’s basketball  after defeating Argentina 95-75 in the FIBA World Cup final in China on Sunday. The Spaniards, who were eliminated from gold-medal contention...

Nigeria’s former President, Olusegun Obasanjo has called on African countries whose citizens were affected by the recent xenophobic attacks in South Africa to take their complaints and grievances to...

The senator representing Kogi West Senatorial District in the National Assembly, Dino Melaye has put paid to insinuations that he is planning to dump the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the ruling...

British heavyweight boxer, Tyson Fury battled to a points win over Sweden’s Otto Wallin  to maintain his unbeaten record in a dramatic bout which was held at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas on Sunday. The...

The Iranian government has dismissed accusations by the United States that it was behind drone attacks on Saudi Arabia’s oil plants, warning that it is ready for a full-fledged war. The United States...

There was panic at the University of Maiduguri on Sunday night as gallant Nigerian soldiers battled to repel a Boko Haram attack on the higher institution. Sources at the university, which is located...

A former Deputy National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Olabode George has said that the National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu will pay for...

A popular singer in Kano State, Nazir Ahmad popularly known as “Sarkin Wakan Kano” has been arrested for allegedly releasing two uncensored musical albums and operating an illegal studio. The...

A night fire in a hospital in Rio de Janeiro, the Brazilian capital has killed at least nine people.  According to local media, patients from the private Badim Hospital in northern Rio de Janeiro were...

The United States Supreme Court on Wednesday permitted President Donald Trump’s administration to implement asylum restrictions which would prevent most Central American migrants from applying at...