A painting by England’s anonymous street artist, Banksy showing the British House of Commons overrun by chimpanzees has sold at auction for just under £9.9 million. Expected to fetch up to £2 million,...

At least five persons were killed after an Antonov-12 transport plane crash-landed near Lviv Airport in western Ukraine on Friday morning. Ukraine’s Infrastructure Minister, Vladislav Krikliy said...

The wife of the French Police employee who killed four colleagues at the Paris Force’s Headquarters on Thursday says he had a psychotic episode, was incoherent and heard voices the night before. The...

Former Nigerian international and Austin Bold Football Club forward, Promise Isaac has passed away on Wednesday night at the age of 31. Originally from Zaria, Kaduna State, Isaac represented the Super...

Nigeria’s House of Representatives on Thursday passed a bill sponsored by the Speaker, Femi Gbajabiamila which criminalizes the estimated billing of electricity consumers by Distribution Companies (Discos)...

United States prosecutors say jailed Mexican drug lord, Joaquín ‘El Chapo’ Guzman gave $1million bribe to the brother of the President of Honduras, which was meant to reach the country’s leader. The...

A zebra which ran away from a circus in Tessin, northeastern Germany has been shot dead on a highway by the police after causing traffic accidents and material damage.  A press release by the Rostock...

The first cannabis restaurant in the United States has opened in West Hollywood, offering diners an array of weed product Named Lowell Farms: A Cannabis Cafe, the hyped 240-seat establishment is open...

A rare World War II era plane has crashed at an airport in Connecticut, the United States, killing seven people. Thirteen people were on board the vintage Boeing B-17, dubbed the Flying Fortress when it...

The Federal Government of Nigeria on Wednesday announced plans to reintroduce tollgates on all federal highways. The tollgates were abolished in 2003 by the administration of former President, Olusegun...

Indonesia’s new Parliament on Tuesday unanimously elected and swore in Puan Maharani as the country’s first female Speaker of the House of Representatives.  The swearing in of the 46-year-old...

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) says President Muhammadu Buhari’s Independence Day broadcast is an insult on the psyche of Nigerians and a mockery of the nation’s integrity as an independent state. In...

The Presidency on Tuesday denied reports that President Muhammadu Buhari is seeking to amend the constitution to make room for him to contest for a third term in office. In a series of tweets, the spokesperson...

Dozens of people have been injured after Iraqi security forces fired live bullets, tear gas and water cannons to disperse hundreds of anti-government protesters in Baghdad, the country’s capital. A Tuesday...

Nigeria’s Minister of Communications, Dr. Isa Ali Pantami has expressed dissatisfaction over the widespread harassment of Nigerians with personal computers, tablets and other Information and Communication...

The South African Government on Friday granted a request by Air Peace to begin commercial flights to Johannesburg, the country’s capital. The request was reportedly granted as part of the implementation...

Read the full text of the Independence Day Speech delivered by Muhammadu Buhari, President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria on the occasion of the country’s 59th Independence Anniversary on October...

Iran’s judiciary on Tuesday said it has convicted three people of spying for the United States, sentencing one of them to death and jailing two others. Yet another man was jailed for spying for...

Hong Kong Police on Tuesday morning shot a protester at close range, leaving him with a bleeding shoulder in a fearsome escalation of anti-government demonstrations spreading across the semi-autonomous...