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2023 Nigeria elections: We saw evidence of vote-buying, EU’s chief observer...
As controversies surrounding the transparency of Nigeria's 2023 elections continue, EU's chief observer at the election, Barry Andrews, told the BBC there were several...
Chinese billionaire who criticized the Communist Party authorities, jailed for 18...
A distinguished Chinese billionaire has been sentenced to 18 years in jail and fined practically $500,000 after being discovered responsible of "picking quarrels and...
WikiLeaks founder, Julian Assange stripped of citizenship by Ecuador
Julian Assange, the embattled WikiLeaks founder has been stripped of his Ecuadorian citizenship over claims of unpaid charges and false paperwork.
According to the AP,...
Video shows the moment Malian president was attacked with a knife...
The video under captured the moment the interim President of Mali, Assimi Goita, was attacked by a knifeman as he was praying at the...
More than 40 killed, live pigs and more looted as chaos...
South Africa is battling its worst unrest since the finish of apartheid with shopkeepers firing at looters and a lady throwing her child from...
Haiti President Jovenel Moise assassinated at his home by gunmen
Haiti's President Jovenel Moise has been assassinated throughout an assault on his non-public residence, throwing the Caribbean nation into chaos. The unhappy incident occurred early Wednesday...
Former South African president Jacob Zuma sentenced to 15-months in prison
Former South African president Jacob Zuma was on Tuesday handed a 15-month jail sentence by South Africa’s prime courtroom for contempt of courtroom following...
VIDEO: Thousands of IPOB members protest arrest of their chief, Nnamdi...
Thousands of IPOB members and supporters of the Biafran motion in Nigeria took to the road on Wednesday to protest the arrest of their...
Nigeria arrests Biafra separatist leader and founder of IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu
Nigeria has arrested Nnamdi Kanu, the leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB.
Nigeria’s Attorney-General and Minister of Justice, Mr. Abubakar Malami(SAN), who...
UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson suffers embarrassing by-election defeat
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Friday suffered an embarrassing defeat in an election on the outskirts of London, when his governing Conservative Party...
Man,26, beheaded in Saudi Arabia for taking part in anti-government protests...
Saudi Arabia has beheaded a 26-year-old man following the invention of an “offensive” {photograph} that confirmed him in attendance throughout anti-government protest when he...
Benjamin Netanyahu out as prime minister after Israeli parliament votes to...
Benjamin Netanyahu, the longest serving prime minister of Israel was on Sunday June 13 voted out after Israel’s parliament narrowly accepted a new coalition...
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro ordered to pay $100 for not wearing...
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro was on Saturday fined $100 for violating Covid-19 containment measures in Sao Paulo state by failing to put on a...
South Africa expels Malawi diplomats over alcohol scandal
South Africa mentioned it has ordered Malawian diplomats to depart the nation after they ‘were found guilty of engaging in illicit trade in duty-free...
VIDEO: French president Emmanuel Macron slapped in the face during outing
The disturbing video of a person slapping the French President, Emmanuel Macron, whereas shaking arms with bystanders during a go to to a neighborhood...
Nigerians can now be arrested and prosecuted for tweeting following ban...
Following the ban on Twitter by the Nigerian government on Friday June 4, the government has ordered federal prosecutors to arrest and prosecute anybody...
Nigeria suspends Twitter operations two days after the social media giant...
Nigeria has suspended Twitter operations in the nation indefinitely, two days after the social media giant eliminated a post from President Muhammadu Buhari that...
VIDEO: Gunmen set Nigerian governor Hope Uzodinma’s house on fireplace, kill...
Gunmen attacked the nation house of a Nigerian Governor, Hope Uzodinma’s house within the early hours of Saturday, setting his property on fireplace and...
President of Chad Idriss Deby killed in battlefield during fight against...
Chadian President Idriss Deby Itno, who dominated the central African nation for greater than 30 years has been killed on the battlefield during a...
President Vladimir Putin voted Russia’s sexiest man alive (Photos)
Russian President Vladimir Putin has been named the sexiest man alive in Russia.
A survey of two,000 Russian women and men discovered that Putin is...
“He loved morning sex, I will dearly miss him so much”...
Tanzania’s first woman, Janet Magufuli, has eulogized her late husband following his sudden loss of life on Wednesday night.
John Magufuli, one among Africa’s most...
Woman arrested after she pretended to be a law enforcement officer...
A Connecticut lady was arrested at an inauguration checkpoint Saturday morning after she allegedly tried to bluff her well past the security checkpoint by...
California school board president resigns over wife’s racist tweets about Kamala...
A former Google government and the president of a California school board has resigned after his spouse tweeted racist feedback about the Vice President-elect...
Russia’s President Putin waiting for official results to congratulate the winner...
Russian President Vladimir Putin is waiting for official results from the US presidential election to congratulate winner of the election, the Kremlin mentioned on...
VIDEO: ‘We did it, Joe!’ Kamala Harris calls Joe Biden to...
The video beneath exhibits the second Joe Biden’s working mate, California Senator Kamala Harris, referred to as President elect, Joe Biden Saturday morning, November...
Joseph Biden defeats Donald Trump to become the 46th president of...
Former U.S Vice president Joseph Robinette Biden Jr. has defeated Donald Trump to become the 46th U.S. president, with a pledge to unify and...
Biden and Harris go for briefings on covid-19 and economy in...
Democratic candidate Joe Biden and his working mate, Sen. Kamala D. Harris (D-Calif.), on Thursday afternoon obtained briefings in Wilmington, Delaware on the ongoing...
Joe Biden launches presidential transition website as he approaches 270 electoral...
Confident of victory, Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden has launched a transition website as he approaches the 270 electoral votes wanted to turn out...
Chinese President Xi Jinping tells his soldiers to focus on ‘getting...
Chinese President Xi Jinping informed his marine soldiers to focus their “minds and energy on preparing for war” throughout a go to to a...
U.S Democratic nominee Joe Biden tests negative for the coronavirus
U.S Democratic nominee Joe Biden has examined negative for the coronavirus. The information got here hours after President Donald Trump revealed through twitter that...
Chinese billionaire who criticized president Xi Jinping’s handling of coronavirus jailed...
A Chinese billionaire who referred to as President Xi Jinping a clown and criticized his handling of the COVID-19 pandemic has been jailed for 18...
Donald Trump Nominated For 2021 Nobel Peace Prize
The US President, Donald Trump has been nominated to obtain a Nobel Peace Prize in 2021 for his efforts in resolving conflicts worldwide, particularly...
China accuses India’s army of entering its territory and making threats...
China on Monday accused India's army of entering their territory and making threats to its troops on the Himalayan border.
The current accusation which indicators...
Saudi Arabia overturns death sentence of 5 men who killed Washington...
Saudi Arabia has overturned the death sentence of 5 individuals concerned within the killing of Washington Post journalist, Jamal Khashoggi, claiming the kids of...
Osama Bin Laden’s niece Noor Bin Ladin says only Trump can...
Noor Bin Ladin, the niece of the mastermind of the 9/11 terrorist assault, Osama bin Laden, claims that Donald Trump is the only president who can...
NDDC Probe: Nigeria’ll break if we release list of looters in...
The Interim Management Committee, IMC, of the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, has mentioned that if it releases the list of these concerned in...
Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe resigns after 7 years in power
After a file seven years and eight months in power, (*7*) Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Friday introduced his resignation, citing ill-health after a...
VIDEO: Hillary Clinton tells Joe Biden not to concede on election...
Former US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has suggested Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden not concede defeat on the night of the Nov. 3 election, Reuters...
US 2020 Election: Donald Trump releases agenda for second term if...
The Trump marketing campaign on Sunday night launched agenda for President Trump's second term if re-elected.
Trump's launch of his second term agenda comes forward...
Brazilian President Bolsonaro says he has ‘mildew’ in lungs and is...
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro mentioned on Thursday that he has ‘mold’ in his lungs and was taking antibiotics that has left him feeling weak.
Bolsonaro...
President Trump suggests delaying 2020 US presidential election
US President Donald Trump Thursday recommended delaying the November 2020 presidential election, saying elevated postal voting may result in fraud and inaccurate outcomes.
He floated...
VIDEO: See how some African politicians loot and re-loot public fund
The humorous video under went viral on-line and the unique poster mentioned it describes the way in which some African politicians loot and re-loot...
Chairman of Nigeria’s anti-corruption agency under fire for re-looting recovered loot
The Presidential Panel in Nigeria tasked with investigating the actions of the suspended Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission EFCC, Ibrahim Magu,...
Nigeria’s head of anti-corruption, EFCC boss suspended over alleged corruption
The head of Nigeria’s Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ibrahim Magu, was Tuesday suspended by Nigeria’s President Buhari, over alleged corruption.
Magu was earlier...
Rapper, Kanye West announces he’s running for president of the United...
Rapper, Kanye West introduced on Twitter Saturday night that he's running for president of the United States of America.
“We must now realize the promise...
20 Indian soldiers killed after clash with China along disputed border
At least 20 Indian soldiers have been killed on Monday after a "violent face-off" with Chinese troops along the international locations' de facto border...
Kim Jong Un’s sister threatens South Korea with military motion, promises...
Kim Yo Jong, the highly effective sister of North Korea’s chief, has bashed South Korea and threatened them with military motion following a relationship breakdown...
Burundi’s dictatorial president Pierre Nkurunziza dies of heart attack
Burundi's authorities on Tuesday announced the loss of life of their President Pierre Nkurunziza. He died at 55.
In an announcement posted on Twitter, the...
Tanzanian comedian faces prison for laughing at throwback photo of their...
Tanzanian comedian and 2014 Big Brother Africa winner, Idris Sultan is now studying the exhausting means that Tanzania underneath the administration of John Pombe...
Boris Johnson will not face criminal prosecution over relationship with an...
UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson will not face criminal motion following allegations of misconduct over his relationship with an American woman however he might...
VIDEO: China releases animated propaganda video mocking the US response to...
A Chinese state media outlet has launched an animated video utilizing Lego items to mock the United States' coronavirus response and the Trump Administration's...
VIDEO: North Korea’s chief Kim Jong-un resurfaces with ‘needle’ mark on his...
After weeks of conspiracy theories, the North Korea’s chief, Kim Jong-un, resurfaced in public view on Friday, the North’s state information media reported Saturday, controverting...
China refuses to let WHO experts take part in coronavirus investigation
Chinese officers have reportedly refused to let the World Health Organization take part in an investigation into the origins of the coronavirus outbreak.
The origin...
Information just revealed by Taiwan’s intelligence about Kim Jong Un does...
Taiwan's National Security Bureau (NSB) director on Thursday stated that North Korea's chief Kim Jong Un is "sick" and that there are emergency plans...
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un who was rumored dead sends...
With rising rumors and uncertainty surrounding the well being and whereabouts of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, a state-run newspaper tried to show...
China sends experts to North Korean amid conflicting reports over Kim...
An unique report by Reuters revealed that China has shortly dispatched a workforce to North Korea together with medical experts to advise on North...
House Democrats propose $2,000 a month payment to Americans until economy...
More cash could possibly be going into your account each month if issues work out.
Two House Democrats have launched laws that may pay tens...
New Zealand’s health minister demoted for going to the beach during...
New Zealand's health minister has been demoted after going to the beach together with his household whereas the nation was in the first few...
Congo’s former president Yhombi-Opango dies of coronavirus in France
Former Republic of Congo president, Jacques Joaquim Yhombi Opango has died after contracting coronavirus in France. His household confirmed to AFP that he died...
Nigerians can’t stop laughing at their president after he called COVID-19,...
Nigerian social media customers have continued to mock their President after he called Coronavirus (COVID-19), COVIK One-Nine during speech.
President Buhari addressed Nigerians March 22 about...