A round of layoffs at the Republican National Committee Monday blindsided staff, three sources familiar with what happened , as President Donald Trump continues his legal push to contest Joe… Read More »Republican National Committee Staff Blindsided By Layoffs
BBNaija Lockdown finalist, Nengi and TrikyTee have secured a political appointment with the Bayelsa state government. The Bayelsa State governor, Senator Duoye Diri announced the appointment of Nengi as Senior… Read More »BBNaija: Nengi, TrikyTee appointed SSAs in Bayelsa
An outbreak of strange illness has led to the death of three (3) persons in Okpeilo- Otukpa community, Ogbadigbo Local Government area, Benue state. A member of the community Paul… Read More »Benue state: Strange illness kills three in Okpeilo- Otukpa community
The Association of Resident Doctors at the Ondo State University of Medical Sciences Teaching Hospital (UNIMEDTH) on Monday began indefinite strike over non-payment of four months’ salary. Legal officers at… Read More »Resident doctors, others begin strike in Ondo
A conglomeration of churches in Nigeria has urged security agencies in the country to secure the release their pastors and members abducted by kidnappers in Borno State. The churches made… Read More »Worshippers Tells Kidnappers To Release Their Members
A six-year-old girl’s lifeless body has been found at a burial ground in Kurmi Mashi area of Kaduna metropolis. The girl identified as Aisha Ya’u was suspected to have been… Read More »Kaduna: Six-year-old raped to death
Ivory Coast’s President Alassane Ouattara has invited his rival, former President Henri Konan Bédié, for talks following violence sparked by his controversial third-term win. Opposition leaders boycotted last month’s vote… Read More »Ivory Coast president invites rival for talks on crisis
An Islamic scholar in northern Nigeria has called for local actress Rahama Sadau to be charged in an Islamic court for reportedly triggering blasphemous comments about the Prophet Muhammad, after… Read More »Actress faces prosecution after debate over pictures of her
Joe Biden is someone who “will do everything to bring people together”, former UK prime minister Gordon Brown said. Speaking to the Today Programme on 4, Brown said Biden’s international… Read More »Biden will bring people together, says former UK PM Gordon Brown
Ghana’s new daily coronavirus cases have increased from an average of 25 to 130 over the past two weeks, raising concerns about a possible second wave of the virus in… Read More »Ghana daily Covid-19 infections jump five-fold over fortnight
The Pastor-in-Charge of Divine Shadow Church Daudu, Uhembe Jacob, has been killed by angry youths over his alleged complicity in missing male organ in the community. Daudu is a a… Read More »Pastor killed over missing male organ in Benue
Kidnappers who abducted some traders along the Akure-Owo highway have reduced the ransom demand from N11million to N5million. The kidnappers last Saturday abducted 16 persons, but the Ondo State Police… Read More »Kidnappers reduce ransom for five traders to N5m
For years, Shiva helped police find bodies in Hussain Sagar lake in the southern Indian city of Hyderabad. And then one day, he stopped someone before they jumped, saving a… Read More »The Indian Diver Who Has Saved More Than 100 Lives
German Chancellor Angela Merkel has delivered her first public speech about Joe Biden’s win. Merkel congratulated Biden “wholeheartedly”, saying that he knows Germany and Europe well and she had fond… Read More »Germany’s Angela Merkel makes first public speech about Biden win
The high court in Mumbai has refused to grant bail to top Indian TV news anchor Arnab Goswami, who is under arrest in an abetment to suicide case. The 47-year-old… Read More »Arnab Goswami: Bail Denied To Republic TV Founder Arrested In Suicide Case
Global markets have rallied in response to Saturday’s declaration that Joe Biden has won the US election. The end of uncertainty about the race’s outcome saw London’s FTSE 100 rise… Read More »Global Markets Rally As Biden Heads For White House
Kenya’s internet comedian Elsa Majimbo is been named winner of African Social Star category at the 2020 People’s Choice Awards event. It is of America’s biggest award shows and celebrates… Read More »Kenyan comedian Elsa wins People’s Choice Award
The Nelson Mandela Foundation has “celebrated” the projected defeat of Donald Trump’s presidency and urged President-elect Joe Biden to fix the problems of “racism, sexism, xenophobia and Afrophobia”. “It is… Read More »Mandela foundation ‘celebrates’ Trump’s defeat
The former Chief of Defence Staff, Oluseyi Petinrin (rtd), has said the police reform and other bills before the National Assembly will address security challenges the country is facing. Petinrin,… Read More »‘Police reform will address insecurity’
Alex Trebek, the long-time host of American television quiz show Jeopardy!, has died at the age of 80. Mr Trebek announced he had been diagnosed with stage-four pancreatic cancer in… Read More »Alex Trebek: Jeopardy! Game Show Dost Dies With Cancer Aged 80
A man is to face prosecution for assaulting an official of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) in Lekki. Emmanuel Ben was said to have injured, Ismaila Lukman, a… Read More »Man faces prosecution for assaulting LASTMA official
More than 1,600 African migrants have been rescued at sea or reached Spain’s Canary Islands over the weekend, Spanish emergency services said. About 1,000 arrived on Saturday alone, setting out… Read More »Canary Islands Sees 1,600 Migrants Arrive Over Weekend
The Borno State governor, Professor Babagana Zulum, has said it would take more than just the military approach to be able to defeat the insurgency in the Northeast region of… Read More »Military approach alone can’t end insurgency — Zulum
Transporters and farmers under different groups have demanded compensation for the vehicles, produce, goods, and lives the #EndSARS protesters caused their members to lose last month. The group comprises of… Read More »#EndSARS: NARTO, NUPENG, NURTW demand compensation