Politics

At least five people were killed and a village razed in an attack by Boko Haram jihadists in the northern Nigerian Borno state, militia fighting the Islamists told AFP Saturday. Arriving in 10 trucks, the Boko Haram fighters stormed the ...

Mobs looted shops and burned down properties in Ethiopia’s eastern Somali region on Saturday, as unrest gained momentum and spread across the province following deployment of soldiers, witnesses said. On Friday evening, Ethiopian troops entered the regional capital Jijiga in ...

Nigerian President, Muhammadu Buhari has approved the establishment of robotics and artificial intelligence agency in the south East. Minister of Science and Technology, Dr Ogbonnaya Onu said this at a grand rally of the All Progressives Congress in Abakaliki, capital ...

The Nigerian Army says it has arrested a wanted Boko Haram suspect, Maje Lawan at Banki, Borno. According to a statement by the Army spokesman, Brig.Gen Texas Chukwu, the suspect is believed to be number 96 on the wanted list ...

Minister of Information, Lai Mohammed said this in an interview on Saturday. The Minister when asked about the party’s next step for the defected APC members to vacate their seats, said: “I still believe that the party (APC) reserves the legal ...

Ethiopian soldiers have traded fire with members of local government Security Forces in the country’s eastern Somali region after central authorities sought to arrest regional officials. Residents said that the soldiers were deployed in the province’s capital Jijiga on Friday ...

The Nigerian Air Force says the Air Task Force (ATF) of Operation Lafiya Dole has conducted a successful attack on a Boko Haram Terrorists’ (BHTs) Hideout in Daban Masara in Borno State.   Air Commodore Ibikunle Daramola, NAF Director of Public ...

Nigerian soldiers have been caught on camera receiving matching orders in Chinese language. The video has gone viral online, cracking up social media users. The hilarious footage was shared by a Nigerian soldier, Ameh John Bosco, on his Instagram page. ...

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has accused the All Progressives Congress (APC) and Federal Government of shopping for a fraudulent interim court order to declare vacant, the seat of the President of the Senate, Bukola Saraki, following his defection from ...

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo, has once again restated his position to never support Vice President Atiku Abubakar’s presidential aspiration. Atiku has declared his interest to run for president in 2019. He is currently in the PDP and is working towards ...

Two men have been convicted for having a consenting same-sex relationship in Zambia. According to a report from AFP, Stephen Sambo, 30, and Japhet Chataba, 38, were found guilty of “performing unnatural acts”. Prosecutors presented “videos and photographs” of the ...

Former Cabinet minister and West Mugirango MP Henry Obwocha has died. The current West Mugirango MP Vincent Kemosi said the former lawmaker, 69, died after collapsing at his home in Nairobi on Friday night. Obwocha had on Friday afternoon attended ...

Nandi Hills MP Alfred Keter is in trouble after he was warned not to step in Nandi and Uasin Gishu counties until he apologises for attacking Deputy President William Ruto. On Friday, demonstrations were held against the lawmaker in his ...

Zimbabwe’s opposition leader Nelson Chamisa has challenged the country’s electoral body to release ‘proper and verified results’ of the presidential election, even as South African president Cyril Ramaphosa called on Zimbabweans to accept the poll outcome. The election, the first since the ...

Nigerian Air Force (NAF) combat aircraft has neutralised several armed bandits during air attacks near Mashema Village and at another location 4km Southeast of Yanmari, both in Zamfara State. NAF Director of Public Relations and Information, Air Commodore Ibikunle Daramola, ...

If there is a single dream that is shared in common by the members of Argungu community in Kebbi State, it is the resuscitation of the once famous Argungu fishing festival. It used to be a source of excitement for ...

Sidonie Maboue pulled her hands out of the muddy water and sat down on a piece of fabric next to the bags of gravel that she and three of her 12 children filled that day. “This gravel will be crushed, ...

The Lagos State Government has warned the general public against falling prey to fraudsters planning to defraud unsuspecting Lagosians following the announcement by Governor Akinwunmi Ambode to inject additional 1000 teachers into the state public schools.   According to a ...

A young man fatally shot by Swedish police while carrying a toy gun in Stockholm had Down’s syndrome and a form of autism, local media report. Officers opened fire on Eric Torell, 20, in response to what they described as ...

Through hellfire and brimstone, “The Big Red Machine” has emerged victorious not inside the squared circle, but in the race to become the new mayor of Knox County, Tennessee. Republican Glenn Jacobs, better known to the WWE Universe as Kane, ...

President Muhammadu Buhari has assured supporters of the governing party, the All Progressives Congress APC that his administration will continue to work hard to surpass its campaign promises for a better Nigeria. He has also told the supporters not to ...

The Nigerian army have reunited children abducted two years ago by Boko Haram terrorists with their parents at Ngafure village in Dikwa Local Government Area of Borno State. In a statement signed by the Director Army Public Relations of the ...

Zimbabwe’s President Emmerson Mnangagwa won election Friday with just over 50 percent of the ballots as the ruling party maintained control of the government in the first vote since the fall of longtime leader Robert Mugabe. Mnangagwa received 50.8 percent ...

P 21 persons drowned in a boat mishap that took place in Gandi community in Rabah local government area of Sokoto state today August 2nd. According to reports, more bodies are are believed to be in the river.   The remains of ...

The former vice president of the Democratic Republic of Congo DRC and former warlord, Jean Pierre Bemba is back in the country to run for president. He was received by huge crowds in Kinshasa, who thronged the airport to welcome ...