Zambia Opposition Leads Early Vote Count, Sitting President Cries Foul

Zambia’s main opposition candidate was leading Saturday in partial results for a tight presidential election while incumbent leader Edgar Lungu cried foul in three provinces. Following a high turnout in…

Haiti searches for survivors after earthquake kills at least 304

Rescue workers were scrambling to find survivors after a powerful 7.2-magnitude earthquake struck Haiti, killing at least 304 and toppling buildings in the disaster-plagued Caribbean nation still recovering from a…

Social Media Restricted As Zambians Vote In Hard-Fought Polls

contested polls pitting incumbent Edgar Lungu and his long-time rival Hakainde Hichilema, as the internet saw partial restrictions. After 12 hours of voting, polling stations started closing at 6 pm…

Indonesia Formally Apologises To Nigeria Over Manhandling Of Diplomat

Indonesia has formally apologised over the manhandling of a Nigerian diplomat in the South-East Asia country. A viral of video of Mr. Mohammed Buba, an accredited Nigerian diplomat, being rough-handled…

New York governor Andrew Cuomo resigns over sexual harassment allegations

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo has said he will be “stepping aside” from his office in a fortnight after a state investigation released last week accused him of having “sexually…

UAE Lifts Flights Ban On Nigeria

Five months after, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) has lifted flight ban on Nigerian travellers with effect from Thursday August 5. Emirates announced on its website that the UAE authorities…

Top US Republican jokes about hitting Pelosi

The top Republican in the US House of Representatives faced calls to apologise or resign Sunday after joking about hitting speaker Nancy Pelosi in the head with a gavel. It…

Ivory Coast rivals Ouattara, Gbagbo meet 10 years after war

Ivory Coast President Alassane Ouattara offered a hearty welcome to his predecessor Laurent Gbagbo on Tuesday as the rivals met for the first time since the West African country’s deadly…

Malawi President cites ‘poor internet connection’ as reason for attending conference in UK

Controversy has trailed the comments made by Lazarus Chakwera, the president of Malawi, moments before he travelled to the United Kingdom (UK) to attend the Global Education Summit on Financing…

Jonathan Appointed ISCP-Africa Chairman, Chancellor Of Cavendish University

A former president of Nigeria, Goodluck Jonathan, has been appointed as Chairman of the International Summit Council for Peace (ISCP)-Africa. This was disclosed by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), in…

Zuma leaves prison for brother’s funeral

Ex-South African President Jacob Zuma South Africa’s jailed ex-president Jacob Zuma was allowed to leave prison on Thursday to attend his brother’s funeral, the government said. Zuma, 79, was sentenced…

Top US Catholic Priest Quits Over Misconduct Claims

A senior administrator in the US Catholic Church has resigned amid allegations that he frequented gay bars and used gay hookup app Grindr, according to the US Conference of Catholic…

EXTRA: Dubai makes its own rain to tackle 50C heat using drones

The United Arab Emirates is creating its own rain using drones that fly into clouds and unleash electrical charges to beat the sweltering 50 degrees Celsius heat, the Daily Mail…

Hundreds of Ugandans given fake Covid jabs: health officials

At least 800 people in Uganda were given fake coronavirus vaccines — some injected with water — in a scam that involved “unscrupulous” doctors and health workers, government officials said…

Nigeria’s Omojuwa becomes board member at Halifax

Media expert and social commentator, Japheth Omojuwa, popularly known as JJ Omojuwa, has been appointed to the board of directors of the Halifax International Security Forum, Washington DC. A statement…