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Africa Day: UN Chief Demands Water Investment, AU’s Youssouf Pushes for Unity

By Omoyeni Ojeifo As Nigeria and the rest of the continent celebrate Africa Day, UN Secretary-General António Guterres has renewed his call for...

Morocco’s King Pardons Senegal Fans in Celebrated Unity Move, CAF Hails Gesture

By Samuel Akpan In a landmark display of compassion and continental solidarity, King Mohammed VI of Morocco has granted a royal pardon to...

Gunfire Outside White House Sparks Lockdown: Suspect Killed, Bystander Injured

A gunman who opened fire near a White House security checkpoint on Saturday evening has died after he was shot by officers of...

Deadly Ebola Resurgence in DR Congo Leaves 65 Dead

By Maryanne Awuya A fresh Ebola outbreak in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo has left 65 people dead and another 246...

Visa Reciprocity Tops Agenda as Tinubu Meets Kagame in Rwanda

By Samuel Akpan In a push for continental integration, President Tinubu met with Paul Kagame to discuss granting Rwandans 30-day visa-free entry to...

Ramaphosa Slams Opportunists Fueling Anti-Foreigner Violence In South Africa

President Cyril Ramaphosa has strongly condemned the recent wave of xenophobic violence and targeted attacks across South Africa. He characterized the perpetrators as...

Global Update: Instagram DMs Go Fully Private with Universal Encryption

By Maryanne Awuya Instagram has officially discontinued support for end-to-end encrypted direct messages, marking a major shift in the platform’s privacy policy and...

330 Journalists Detained Globally As UN Raises Alarm Over Attacks On Media

By Omoyeni Ojeifo, Abuja Ahead of World Press Freedom Day, the United Nations has issued a fresh alert over what it calls a...

US Lawmakers Move to Slash Nigeria’s Aid Over Security, Lobbying

US lawmakers are pushing for tougher restrictions on Nigeria’s access to American assistance, citing persistent security failures and what they describe as aggressive...

Trump’s Iran Blockade Set to Drag On for Months as Oil Soars

President Donald Trump has indicated the US naval blockade of Iran may stretch on for months, triggering a sharp jump in global oil...

Louisiana Shooting Leaves Eight Children Dead, Suspect in Custody

The city of Shreveport in Louisiana, United States is still reeling from a domestic-related shooting claimed the lives of eight children in the...

Tehran Reasserts Control Over Global Oil Arterial with Fresh Strait of Hormuz Closure

Iran’s central military command announced on Saturday it would resume “strict management” of the Strait of Hormuz, reversing a decision to unblock the...

Authorities Bust International Ring Inciting Drug-Linked Sexual Abuse

By Maryanne Awuya A major CNN investigation has unmasked a predatory online community dedicated to drug-facilitated sexual abuse. At the heart of this...

Iran Declares Strait of Hormuz Fully Open to Commercial Shipping for Remainder of Ceasefire

Tehran has announced that the Strait of Hormuz is now completely open for the passage of all commercial vessels during the remaining period...

South Africa’s Opposition Figure Malema Jailed 5 Years for Firing Rifle at Anniversary Rally

A Johannesburg magistrate handed radical opposition figure Julius Malema a five-year prison term on Thursday after convicting him of illegally discharging an assault...

Breaking the Grass Ceiling: The Female Coaches Transforming Men’s Football

By Samuel Akpan History was made in European football when Helen Nkwocha stepped up as the first woman to lead a top-flight men’s...