Nigerian students namely Thankgod Harold, Success Jumbo, Savior Samuel, Godsgift Moses, Promise Owei and 30 others on full scholarships from a Nigerian government fund for four years Read More…

A magnitude 5.7 earthquake on the Uganda and Rwandan border, found along the Great Rift Valley fault line. Early reports from the BBC and other news outlets say that there are 10 recorded deaths and at least 192 injuries. Read More…

Donald Trump has jumped ahead of Hillary Clinton nationally in the race for the White House, according to a new poll. Read More…

A 5.6 magnitude earthquake struck Saturday morning near Pawnee, Oklahoma, and rattled through at least six surrounding states in the US heartland, according to the US Geological Survey. Read More…

Gabon’s President Ali Bongo has narrowly won a second term in office, taking 49.80 of the vote against 48.23 percent for his rival Jean Ping, Interior Minister Pacome Moubelet-Boubeya said Wednesday. Read More…

Facebook founder, Mark Zuckerberg, arrived Lagos today on his first visit to sub-Saharan Africa. Read More…

A car driven by a suicide bomber exploded after ramming through a gate at the Chinese embassy in Kyrgyzstan on Tuesday, wounding three people, authorities said. Read More…

45-year-old Tracey Lee Giffin allegedly flew into a rage when she woke up from a nap and discovered her last can in the house was gone. Read More…

A senior official of the Clinton Foundation, the politically well-connected charity started by former US President Bill Clinton, sought State Department favors for Gilbert Chagoury, the Nigerian-Lebanese businessman convicted of helping former head of state Sani Abacha steal billions of public dollars.  Read More…

At least 22 people were killed and 94 others were injured when a bomb exploded at an outdoor wedding in southern Turkey, the provincial governor’s office said late Saturday. Read More…

An artists’ collective took credit for exposing Donald Trump to unflattering scrutiny, saying it was responsible for a life-sized nude statue of the Republican presidential candidate that turned up in a New York City park. Read More…

According to a military source, Boko haram  killed five traders in an ambush on a highway in northeast Nigeria that was recently reopened after coming under repeated attack from the Islamist group. Read More…

A Miss World Australia finalist has tragically died following a head-on car crash with two French tourists who were reportedly driving on the wrong side of the road. Read More…

Democrat Hillary Clinton leads Republican Donald Trump in some of the most diverse battleground states – including by double digits in two of them – according to four brand-new NBC News/Wall Street Journal/Marist polls. Read More…

The UK has launched Super Priority Visa Service in Nigeria to allow customers to process their applications within 24 hours. Read More…

Since launching his White House campaign in June 2015, Republican presidential hopeful Donald Trump has several times walked back comments that got him in hot water. Read More…

German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier believes Donald Trump becoming US president would be a “frightening” prospect for the world, his spokeswoman said Wednesday. Read More…