Suspected Jihadists Kill Several Soldiers In Mali
Several Malian soldiers died on Wednesday in a large-scale attack by suspected jihadists on a military outpost in the remote west of the landlockled west African nation. “More than 100…
Tinubu Jets To Qatar For Business Forum Thursday
President Bola Tinubu will depart Lagos State and embark on a two-day official visit to the State of Qatar on Thursday. The media aide to the President, Ajuri Ngelale, in…
Osimhen Bags Hat-Trick As Napoli Hit Sassuolo For Six
Victor Osimhen and Khvicha Kvaratskhelia netted five goals between them as Napoli thumped Sassuolo 6-1 on Wednesday, harking back to the thrilling attacking partnership which won last season’s Serie A…
Rigobert Song No Longer Cameroon Boss, Says Eto’o
Rigobert Song has left his job as Cameroon head coach, the Cameroonian football federation (Fecafoot) president Samuel Eto’o said on Wednesday. Cameroon were knocked out of the Africa Cup of…
Ghana Parliament Passes Anti-LGBTQ Bill
Ghana’s parliament voted to pass a controversial bill to severely restrict LGBTQ rights on Wednesday in a move condemned by activists. The bill still has to be validated by the…
‘Fibre Cuts Affecting Voice, Data Services’, MTN Explains Outage
Telecommunications company MTN Nigeria has explained that the network outage experienced by its subscribers for the major part of Wednesday was caused by “multiple fibre cuts”. MTN boasts of 87,038,768…
Economic Challenges: I Take Full Responsibility, Says Tinubu
President Bola Tinubu says his administration is working to ensure that Nigeria is reformed for greater efficiency with a particular emphasis on systematically inculcating fairness and equity in all aspects…
Buhari Destroyed Nigeria’s Economy, We’re Paying For His Mistakes – Shehu Sani
A former lawmaker representing Kaduna Central in the Senate, Senator Sani Shehu, has blamed former President Muhammadu Buhari for the current economic hardship in the country. Sani said that some…
NCC Orders Telcos To Bar Subscribers Not Linked To NIN
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has issued a directive to telecom service providers to bar subscribers who have failed to link their phone numbers to their National Identification Numbers (NIN)…
Six Detained For Murder Of South African Rapper AKA
South African police said on Tuesday they have arrested six people over the murder last year of one of the country’s hottest rap artists, Kiernan Forbes, known as AKA. The…
If I Was President, I Would Also Have Implemented Oronsaye Report – Obi
The presidential candidate of the Labour Party in the 2023 polls, Peter Obi, has stated that if he was Nigeria’s president at this time, he would also have implemented the…
USA To Play Brazil In Copa America Warm-Up
The United States will take on five-time world champions Brazil in a warm-up friendly ahead of the Copa America, US Soccer confirmed on Tuesday. The June 12 fixture will take…
Suspected Meningitis Outbreak Kills 20 Students In Yobe State
Twenty students have died in three boarding girls’ secondary schools and the Federal Government Girls’ College in Potiskum and Fika local government areas of Yobe State from a suspected outbreak…
AI The New Obsession For Venture Capital Investing
After the earthquake of ChatGPT’s phenomenal success a year ago, Silicon Valley investors have gone into overdrive with artificial intelligence, looking for the newest blockbuster idea in an ocean of…
31 Dead In Mali After Bus Plunged Off Bridge
Thirty-one people were killed in Mali on Tuesday and 10 others wounded when a bus travelling toward Burkina Faso fell off a bridge in the country’s southeast, the transport ministry…
Dead Horses, Scraps, Leaves: Gaza’s Hungry Get Desperate
At the Jabalia refugee camp in northern Gaza, Abu Gibril was so desperate for food to feed his family that he slaughtered two of his horses. “We had no other…
Ruling Due In Prince Harry’s Security Case Against UK Govt
Prince Harry will find out on Wednesday whether he has won his case against the UK government after his taxpayer-funded protection was removed when he quit royal duties. The youngest…
UN Peacekeepers Launch Pullout From War-Torn East DR Congo
The United Nations was to kick off Wednesday the withdrawal of MONUSCO peacekeeping forces from the Democratic Republic of Congo by handing over a first UN base to national police.…
Zuckerberg Discusses AI Risks With Japan PM During Asia Tour
Meta chief Mark Zuckerberg met Prime Minister Fumio Kishida during a visit to Japan, discussing the risks of generative AI, a government spokesman said Wednesday. Zuckerberg is on a mini-tour…
Nigeria Customs Suspends Sales of Seized Rice after Stampede
Nigeria Customs Suspends Sales of Seized Rice after Stampede The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has suspended its food disposal initiative following a stampede that claimed seven lives on Feb. 23.…