Lion kills tourist in South Africa
A tourist believed to be from the US has been killed in a lion attack at a game park in South Africa, a park...
6 top Nigerian bankers arrested by EFCC
Nigeria's anti-corruption agency has arrested six senior central bank officials over an alleged $30m (£20m) currency fraud.
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) also...
US surveillance powers expire as Senate deal fails
The legal authority for US spy agencies to bulk collect Americans' phone data has expired, after the Senate failed to reach a deal.
Republican presidential...
Inferno kills 69 in Nigeria
Sixty Nine persons were burnt to death yesterday in Onitsha when a trailer carrying petrol lost control and exploded into the Asaba Motor Park at...
FIFA mess: South Africa ‘admits $10m football payout’
South Africa did pay $10m (£6.5m) to a football body led by Jack Warner, a figure at the centre of Fifa corruption allegations, local...
Porn, adware found on former FBI web domains
Websites overseen by the FBI have been briefly used to offer visitors porn or links seeded with adware.
Some of the sites involved were seized...
Silk Road drug website founder Ross Ulbricht jailed
The founder of online illegal drug marketplace the Silk Road has been sentenced to life in prison in the US.
Federal prosecutors said Ross Ulbricht's...
U.S Vice President’s son Beau dies of brain cancer
Former Delaware Attorney General Beau Biden, the son of US Vice-President Joe Biden, has died of brain cancer.
The 46-year-old was taken to hospital earlier...
Kofi Annan charges Buhari to strengthen public institutions – SEE STATEMENT
For the first time in Nigeria’s history, an elected president is today handing power to another elected president following an election that was, by...
FULL TEXT: Buhari’s Inaugural SPEECH
Inaugural speech by His Excellency, President Muhammadu Buhari following his swearing-in as President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria on 29th May, 2015I am...