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...
Gunmen kill at least 19 in Pakistan bus raid
Gunmen in Pakistan's restive Balochistan province have attacked two buses, killing at least 19 passengers, officials have said.
The province's Home Minister Sarfraz Bugti said...
AfDB scaled up project funding to $ 7.6b in 2014
The African Development Bank Group (AfDB) realised a 15.3 per cent increase in its operations turnover in 2014 despite the challenging global and regional...
Saudi Arabian mosque hit by bomb attack
A bomb has exploded outside a Shia mosque in Saudi Arabia, reportedly killing at least four people.
Officials said a suicide bomber blew up a...
Buhari sworn in as Nigeria president
The winner of Nigeria's presidential election in March, Muhammadu Buhari, has been sworn in as leader of Africa's most populous country.
Mr Buhari is the...