A magnitude 5.9 earthquake which struck near the Iranian city of Kermanshah on Sunday has killed at least two persons and wounded 241. According to the Tasnim News Agency, the majority of the casualties...

Nigeria’s president, Muhammadu Buhari says his administration remains focused on the good works it is doing for the development of the country despite the activities of opposition elements. This is...

The Lagos State Government has announced that the Third Mainland Bridge which was temporarily closed for investigative maintenance test has been reopened. It was re-opened by 5 pm on Sunday. According...

Flamboyant Nigerian comedian, Godwin Komone, populary known as Gordons on Sunday revealed how he and singers, Flavour  and Tekno escaped an air mishap on their way to Accra, the Ghanaian capital. According...

Mark David Chapman, the man who gunned down American rock icon, John Lennon nearly 38 years ago has failed in his tenth try to win freedom from a prison sentence that could keep him behind bars for...

As the debate rages on in Liberia over President George Weah’s decision to award the country’s highest honor to his former coaches, Arsene Wenger and Claude LeRoy, fans in Monrovia, the country’s...

The flag bearer of the Action Democratic Party (ADP) in the forthcoming September 22 governorship election in Osun State, Chief Moshood Adeoti on Thursday said the rising profile of his party has become...

Angry Ekiti State workers on Thursday stormed the state secretariat in Ado Ekiti and chased away their colleagues who had resumed for work over their unpaid salaries. The workers who were led by the...

British singer, Henry Olusegun Adeola Samuel popularly known as Seal on Thursday visited Nigerian Afrobeat icon, Femi Kuti at the New Afrika Shrine in Lagos. Seal, who also met with Kuti’s son, Made,...

President of the Union of European Football Associations, Aleksander Ceferin has selected David Beckham, a former England captain to receive the 2018 UEFA President’s Award. “I have chosen David...

Authorities in South Africa on Thursday detained a Russian ship laden with weapons allegedly bound for Lagos, Nigeria. The vessel which was said to have left Madagascar, was reportedly intercepted near...

  Kenya’s Deputy President, William Ruto has responded to an opinion poll that ranked him the most corrupt politician in the country, describing it as fake news sponsored by his detractors. An...

Sixty-nine infrastructure projects of the Federal Government are ongoing in the South East geo-political zone of Nigeria according to Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed. Mohammed made...

The Arewa Youth for Peace and Security (AYPS) has advised the leadership of Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association (MACBAN) to focus on helping to stop the killings rather than getting involved in...

Nigeria’s Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki on Wednesday predicted that the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) will win the 2019 presidential elections and produce a new president for the country. Saraki,...

A faction of the All Progressives Congress (APC) led by Dr Clement Ebri, a former governor of Cross River State, on Wednesday defied the order of an Abuja High Court which restrained the party from conducting...

A knife-wielding man on Thursday reportedly killed his mother and sister in the Paris suburb of Trappes and seriously wounded a third person. According to the French Interior Ministry, the young man...

Local and international pressure is piling on the Ugandan government to release popular musician and legislator, Robert Kyagulanyi commonly known as Bobi Wine who has been detained by the country’s...

Nigerian journalist and presidential aspirant of the African Action Congress (AAC), Mr. Omoyele Sowore has challenged President Muhammadu Buhari of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) and other...

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has condemned the threat by Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association (MACBAN) to forcefully oust the President of the Senate, Senator Bukola Saraki from office if he...