Donald Trump has launched a seething attack on Joe Biden where he branded him 'insane' and asked if he was 'suffering from late stage dementia' after the president claimed he was a 'threat to democrac

Boris Johnson has topped a public poll to pick leaders who are seen as having done a bad job as UK prime minister, pollster Ipsos found in a new survey just days before his term comes to an end next w

A Russian oil giant has died in mysterious circumstances - with some reports that he passed away after falling from a hospital window.

2022-09-01 18:52:54

Russian President Vladimir Putin has privately laid flowers at Mikhail Gorbachev’s coffin, snubbing the weekend’s public funeral in a move reflecting the Kremlin’s uneasiness about Mr Gorbachev’s lega

Russia has warned members of the European Union against restricting the issuance of visas to Russian citizens, saying it would "force" the Russian government to retaliate against the move.

The disgraced South African paralympian, Oscar Pistorius has sued prison officials in a bid for early release for fatally shooting his reality star girlfriend through a locked bathroom stall at his h

The presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, has called on the President Muhammadu Buhari administration to expose terrorism financiers and oil thieves across the country.

Ex-aide to former President Goodluck Jonathan, Reno Omokri, reacted to the visit of the All Progressives Congress presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu, to the former President.

Ondo State Governor, Oluwarotimi Akeredolu on Wednesday flayed the Federal Government over the controversial pipelines surveillance contract awarded to Government Ekpemupolo, a former Niger Delta agit

The presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi has lamented over the prolonged strike embarked upon by members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU).

2022-08-31 12:32:34

Queen Elizabeth II will receive the UK’s new prime minister in Balmoral estate in Scotland for the first time during her long reign, on Sep. 6, a statement from Buckingham Palace said Wednesday.

Two students of the Kwara State University (KWASU), Tobiloba Daniel and Arewa Abayomi have been found dead and naked in a hostel room outside the campus.

2022-08-31 10:42:30

A new Amnesty International report has found that Afghan refugees have consistently come under fire while trying to cross into Iran and Turkey in the year since the Taliban retook control of Afghanist

A photograph of classified documents spread across the floor of former President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago office has been widely shared on social media, with commentators mocking Trump's carpet and "

In the race to replace Boris Johnson as party leader and British Prime Minister, former UK Chancellor Rishi Sunak has vowed to work night and day as he and his rival, Foreign Secretary Liz Truss, will

A Saudi court has sentenced a woman to 45 years in prison for allegedly damaging the country through her social media activity, according to a court document obtained on Wednesday.

2022-08-31 09:25:48

France's Energy minister, Agnes Pannier-Runacher, on Wednesday said that Gazprom is using a mere excuse to switch off natural gas deliveries to its French contractor and that the country had anticipat

Russian energy giant Gazprom cut off its gas supplies to Germany via the Nord Stream 1 pipeline for maintenance work on Wednesday, further raising tensions on an already taut electricity market.

Taiwan said Wednesday it would exercise its right to self-defense and “counter-attack” if Chinese fighters and warships were to enter its territorial space, in the wake of Beijing's huge military dril

Ukraine’s military forces claimed a breakthrough against Russian defense on Monday in a counter-offensive attempt launched towards regaining the Russian-held region of Kherson, according to top offic

The Court of Appeal sitting in Ibadan has on Tuesday, nullified the N20billion exemplary and aggravated damages, awarded against the Department of State Security (DSS) for the attack on the house of Y

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Tuesday announced a flash appeal for $160 million to support the Pakistan government's flood relief efforts.

2022-08-30 12:41:29

Political activist, Deji Adeyanju has called on the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to disqualify candidates who visit churches or mosques for support ahead of the 2023 general electi

Isaac Fayose, the younger brother to the former Governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose narrowly escaped death by the whiskers from gunmen atttacks along Ife-Ibadan Highway, Gbongan in Osun State on M

A 23-year-old pregnant lady, simply identified as Chinaza, has approached doctors at the National Hospital in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, to seek a buyer for her unborn child.

The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja on Tuesday denied the bail application by the suspended Deputy Commissioner of Police, Abba Kyari, in the alleged drug trafficking case instituted against him a

The First lady of Abia state, Mrs Nkechi Ikpeazu has rescued Mrs Amarachi Okechi, the widow who was publicly tied and flogged in Umueghu Amaegbuato community in Nkpa, Bende Local Government Area of Ab

The former Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi has been left in a dilemma following the relationship between the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu and t

Millions of Pakistanis have been badly affected due to the unprecedented floods, the worst in a decade, a third of Pakistan is under water as a result of flooding caused by record monsoon rains, Clima

French energy firm Engie said Tuesday that Russian energy giant Gazprom was slashing its natural gas deliveries “due to a disagreement between both sides over the execution of contracts.”

A zoo worker died late Sunday after an antelope at the animal park gored him to death in Sweden, according to local media reports.

2022-08-29 16:38:21

The leadership of the Redeemed Christian Church of God has debunked the news making the round on Twitter that an explosion occurred within the Redemption City where the main sanctuary is situated.

Former Governor of Kano State, Senator Ibrahim Shekarau has officially returned to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) after dumping the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP).

2022-08-29 15:42:34

Hundreds of followers of an influential Shiite cleric stormed Iraq’s government palace on Monday shortly after he announced he was withdrawing from politics, further deepening an unprecedented politic

The race to become Britain's next prime minister is in its final week, with Liz Truss appeared poised to secure the top job, along with daunting challenges.

2022-08-29 11:35:15

Former US presidential candidate Hillary Clinton lent her personal support to Finnish Prime Minister Sanna Marin in a Tweet captioned "keep dancing" on Sunday.

2022-08-29 10:22:12

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has extended its ongoing strike for the umpteenth time.

2022-08-29 09:49:29

The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, on Monday, dismissed an application the Federal Government filed for permission to extradite the detained Deputy Commissioner of Police, DCP, Abba Kyari, to th

Russian artillery fired at Ukrainian towns across the river from the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant overnight, local officials said on Sunday, adding to residents' anguish as reports of shelling aro

The United States on Sunday denounced Russia’s “cynical obstructionism” after Moscow blocked adoption of a joint declaration on nuclear non-proliferation following lengthy international negotiations a

Outgoing British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Sunday blamed the UK’s growing cost of living crisis on Russian President Vladimir Putin and his ongoing war on Ukraine.

2022-08-29 06:28:43

As Pakistan is strugglling to deal with historic monsoon rains and flooding that has affected more than 33 million people, an international aid began arriving in with first aid flights from Turkey and

National Youth Service Corps, NYSC has condemned report on a campaign poster making the rounds in the social media, showing some ladies in NYSC uniform purporting to be Corps Members endorsing one of

Ukraine and Russia have traded fresh accusations of shelling at and around the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, with its operator warning of a radioactive leak risk at the atomic facility.

Pope Francis will on Saturday create 20 new cardinals picked from the four corners of the world, most of whom could one day end up choosing the pontiff's successor.

2022-08-27 12:23:46

Flash floods triggered by heavy monsoon rains across much of Pakistan have killed nearly 1,000 people and injured and displaced thousands more since mid-June, officials said Saturday.

The UN children's agency UNICEF has condemned an Ethiopian air strike that "hit a kindergarten" in the rebel-held Tigray region, killing at least four people including two children.

2022-08-27 11:53:37

Russia has prevented the adoption of a joint declaration on nuclear disarmament at the United Nations following a four-week conference on the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT).

2022-08-27 08:34:59

A US judge has recommended that victims of September 11, 2001, attacks not be allowed to seize billions of dollars of assets belonging to Afghanistan's central bank to satisfy court judgments they obt

The Nigeria Police Force has suspended two female police officers for breach of the provisions of the Police Act, 2020, and the NPF guidelines for recruitment, promotion, and discipline of supernumera

President Joe Biden has mocked former President Donald Trump for claiming that he secretly declassified all of the classified documents that were recovered by the FBI during the Mar-a-Lago raid earlie

Turkish pop star Gulsen has been arrested on charges of “inciting hatred and enmity” with a joke she made about Turkey’s religious schools, the country’s state-run news agency reported.

The U.S Department of Justice has released the redacted affidavit setting out the reasons leading up to the August raid on former President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago resort and said 14 out of the 15 b

Internet fraudster, Ramon Abbass, popularly known as Hushpuppi will be sentenced on September 21, 2022, according to the The United States Attorney’s Office for Central District of California, Los Ang

The vice-presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Kashim Shettima has finally revealed what inspired the outfit he wore to this year’s Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) conference i

The leader of INRI Evangelical Spiritual Church, Primate Elijah Ayodele said Nigerians will face more hardship because the government is in debt that cannot be paid off in the next six years as rate o

The Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, has said that the Buhari administration has justified all its debts by constructing various infrastructures across the nation.

2022-08-26 11:12:20

A three-storey building has collapsed in Kubwa area of Abuja, with some workers reportedly trapped under the rubble in the early hours of Friday.

2022-08-26 11:05:20

Parents Teachers’ Association of Nigeria has denied claims that parents are ready to contribute 10, 000 naira each in order for Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, to end the 6 months strike.<

President Zelensky said Europe narrowly avoided a radiation disaster when electricity to the Zaporizhzhya nuclear power plant in occupied southern Ukraine was cut for hours owing to Russian shelling i

Dutch railway workers have gone on strike on Friday in the western part of the country, the most populated one, as they seek pay increases to compensate for sky-rocketing inflation.

2022-08-26 09:52:04

In the latest act of defiance by Washington against Beijing, Taiwan welcomed its third US congressional visit this month, as Senator Marsha Blackburn began a three-day trip to the island that’s likely

Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg revealed that before the New York Post broke the Hunter Biden laptop story, Facebook algorithmically censored it for a week based on a general request from the Federal

The Plano Police Detectives in Texas has arrested a Mexican-American woman whose video went viral on social media of her racially abusing a group of four Indian-American women.

2022-08-26 06:31:20

A federal judge in Florida has ordered the US Justice Department to make public a redacted version of an affidavit underpinning the FBI search of former president Donald Trump’s Florida home.

Japan will spend $1.83 million on a state funeral for slain former leader Shinzo Abe, the government said on Friday, despite growing opposition from a public angered by revelations of the ruling party

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has met with the presidential candidate of Labour Party, Peter Obi; and the Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, in Lodon.

2022-08-25 16:40:44

The Russian President's Aurus limousine and cavalcade were filmed rushing to Russia's top Government building in the heart of Moscow.

2022-08-25 15:40:11

Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree on Thursday to increase the size of Russia's armed forces from 1.9 million to 2.04 million as the war in Ukraine enters its seventh month.

A former Coordinator of the Presidential Amnesty Programme, Prof. Charles Quaker Dokubo, is dead.

2022-08-25 14:37:17

Workers at the Police Service Commission (PSC) have declared an indefinite strike over what they described as breach of conditions necessary for working harmony.

2022-08-25 14:25:29

A campaign to combat misinformation about Ukrainian refugees will be launched by Google's Jigsaw subsidiary, next week, according to media reports.

2022-08-25 13:22:42

The four Catholic Church Reverend Sisters kidnapped last Sunday at Okigwe-Umulolo axis in Okigwe Local Government Area of Imo State have been released.

2022-08-25 11:43:11

Alhaji Ibrahim Masari, a close associate of Tinubu and placeholder before the choice of Senator Kashim Shettima as Vice Presidential candidate of the APC yesterday, confirmed talks between presidential c

US President Joe Biden will on Thursday stage his first political rally in the final stretch to the November midterm congressional election, looking to give Democrats a boost and prevent Republicans f

Authorities in Myanmar have detained Britain’s former ambassador to the Southeast Asian nation, where a military junta seized power last year, three people with knowledge of the situation said today.<

A maid tasked with caring for a baby was caught assaulting her when her employer viewed a live feed from a closed-circuit television (CCTV) camera installed in the child's room.

2022-08-25 09:56:17

The widow of the late basketball star Kobe Bryant was awarded US$16 million by a jury on Wednesday over the sharing of photos of human remains at the helicopter crash site where her husband, their 13-

Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike says that the former Governor of Jigawa State, Sule Lamido has lost relevance politically after he played an “ignoble role” that caused the defeat of the Peoples Dem

A Russian missile attack killed 22 civilians and set a passenger train on fire in eastern Ukraine as the country marked its Independence Day under heavy shelling, officials in Kyiv said.