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US results: Trump’s sons attack Republicans for ‘weak’ backing

President Donald Trump’s two sons have rebuked Republicans for failing to back the President as he struggles to win re-election. Mr Trump’s eldest son Don...

Federal judge confirms Trump election observers in Philadelphia are being treated fairly

A Trump campaign lawyer admitted before a federal judge on Thursday that observers for the campaign were allowed to watch ballot canvassing in Philadelphia,...

Latest on Biden, Trump’s hot race: Judges give ruling on Trump’s lawsuits

Judges in Georgia and Michigan quickly dismissed President Donald Trump's campaign lawsuits Thursday, undercutting a campaign legal strategy to attack the integrity of the...

Biden leads Trump by a hair in Nevada

With no new results since Wednesday evening and hours until more begin to trickle in, Joe Biden is holding a very slight lead over...

Here’s why Alaska hasn’t been called yet

Along with crucial battleground states like Pennsylvania and Georgia, the presidential race in Alaska has still yet to be called—but rather than being because...

Trump supporter storms press conference to accuse Joe Biden of ‘stealing the election’ [Video]

A furious Trump supporter wearing a tank top that said simply ‘BBQ, Beer, Freedom’ has interrupted an official press conference to yell: ‘Joe Biden...

Coronavirus: Lagos to impose fresh lockdown, other measures

The Lagos State Government may impose a new lockdown and return other measures if there is a recurrence of high cases of coronavirus in...

WhatsApp lets messages vanish after 7 days

WhatsApp is introducing a “disappearing messages” option that will erase chats from the phone of both the sender and recipient after seven days. The Facebook-owned...

US election 2020: Here’s where vote-counting stands in 4 key states

It’s the Thursday after Election Day, and CNN has not yet projected a winner in the presidential race. Ballots are still being counted in several...

‘Sayooo’: Drama as rivals welcome their man at airport [Video]

An interesting drama occurred at the Murtala Mohammed Airport in Nigeria as two rivals stormed the facility to welcome their man. Reports indicate the...

US election 2020: If Biden wins Arizona and Georgia, history will judge it as a decisive victory

We were told this election would take time to interpret and it has. The red and blue mirages did come true. But after an undulating election...

US Election 2020: Unrest, delays and threats – the ‘dicey’ fight over the ‘blue wall’

This US election looks set to come down to the results in three states which traditionally form a ‘blue wall’ across America’s rust belt. In...

Gunmen kill pregnant woman, abduct husband

Gunmen suspected to be kidnappers have killed a pregnant woman at Rigachikun in Igabi Local Government Area of Kaduna State. The incident reportedly took place...

US election: Biden closes in on Trump in battleground of Georgia as White House race heats up

Joe Biden is closing in on Donald Trump in the key battleground of Georgia, hoping to flip a third state from the Republicans and...

Awkward silence abroad as the US presidential election remains in limbo

The world was well aware that the US presidential election was unlikely to conclude quickly.  Record early and mail-in voting meant that America’s allies would have...

Trump has questioned legal efforts in calls with allies

President Trump offered less-than-enthusiastic endorsement of his team’s legal strategy in phone calls with some of his allies on Wednesday, sounding resigned to the...

#EndSARS: ICC opens inquiry into Nigeria protests

The International Criminal Court has told the BBC that it will "analyse materials" it has received about the violence which hit Nigeria last month...

US Election: First transgender elected senator

Sarah McBride is to become the first transgender state senator in the US after she won her race in Delaware. She beat Republican Steve Washington...

Man writes to church to demand offertory

A Kenyan man, identified as Dishon Kinyanjui Kinuthia, has written to his church to demand a refund of his offertory. The letter dated October 30,...

US Election: What I will do if Trump wins – Gabby Otchere-Darko

A member of the governing New Patriotic Party, Gabby Asare Otchere-Darko, is amazed at the outcome of the presidential elections in the United States...

‘My husband loves this football club more than me so I’ve started cheating on him’

A dental technician from Chester has shared how she has been experiencing the 'seven-year itch' just three years into her marriage. Sasha, 32, claims she's...

Drama as man writes to church for refund of his offerings

A man has written a letter to his church, demanding a refund of all the offerings he contributed to the church for the 19...

Coronavirus: Four die as Nigeria records 137 new cases

Four more persons have died in Nigeria from Covid-19 related causes on Tuesday, while 137 new cases of infections were reported. The Nigeria Centre for...

Lil Wayne’s model girlfriend reportedly dumps him over Trump endorsement

Lil Wayne’s politics may have affected the rapper’s love life. Model Denise Bidot has broken up with the New Orleans native, confirming their split on...

Biden has legal teams ‘ready to deploy’ if Trump tries to stop counting of votes in court

Biden’s campaign said early Wednesday they had legal teams “standing by” should Trump, who falsely declared victory in the presidential election despite the race being quite obviously undecided,...

Joe Biden surpasses predecessor Hillary Clinton in Electoral College votes

While it remains unclear whether former Vice President Joe Biden will pull off a win over President Donald Trump – with millions of mail-in ballots...

US: Several states back drug reforms in referendums

Initiatives to decriminalize the use of marijuana and some psychedelic drugs are set to pass in Washington DC, New Jersey, Oregon and Arizona. Montana...

US Elections: Kanye West wins 50,000 votes

Kanye West was able to win at least 50,000 votes in the nail-biting US presidential election 2020. Although the 43-year-old rapper has already thrown in...

US election 2020: Trump claims he has won – but Biden tells supporters to ‘keep the faith’ as vote count continues

Donald Trump has accused his opponents of “fraud on the American public” and claimed victory in the US election before all results have been...

Latest on the health of Maradona

Argentine soccer great, Diego Maradona, is in recovery after successful surgery to treat a subdural hematoma, a blood clot in the brain, the former...

Kanye West concedes presidential race — but already has sights on 2024

Kanye West threw in the towel on his presidential run in the 2020 election and hinted at another long-shot bid four years from now...

Michigan Jewish cemetery desecrated with ‘pro-Trump’ messages

Numerous headstones at a Jewish cemetery in Grand Rapids, Michigan, were vandalized with “pro-Trump” messages, the Grand Rapids Police Department said Tuesday. The desecration was...

Biden and Trump duking it out in battleground states as polls close across the country

Tight races are unfolding in Ohio, Florida and North Carolina as President Donald Trump and Democrat Joe Biden battle for the White House in...

Nigerian men are the best – Actress Efia Odo says as she shows off her new man [Photo]

Ghanaian actress and media personality, Efia Odo, has taken to Instagram to gush about her new Nigerian boyfriend.  Sharing a photo of her man in...

I caught my wife in bed with nine different men – Husband tells court

A civil servant, Sunday Udo on Monday asked the Jikwoyi customary court in Abuja to dissolve his 28-year-old marriage over his wife's flirtatious attitude....

US Election: Businessman bets $5million on Trumps victory

An unnamed British former-banker has bet £3.9million on Donald Trump coming out on top in the US presidential election. Betting insiders believe the businessman's enormous $5million pledge...

US Elections: ‘Non-scalable’ fence erected outside the White House [Photos]

Federal authorities are expected to put back into place a "non-scalable" fence around the entire perimeter of the White House on Monday as law...

Soldier in frenzy mode after allegedly taking ‘wee’ [Video]

A soldier was filmed in his uniform exhibiting wild behaviour after allegedly taking synthetic marijuana, a strong street drug popularly known as 'Colorado' or...

US Election: Oprah hosts virtual prayer session

Popular show host, Oprah Winfrey will lead an interfaith prayer night alongside faith and community leaders. "There's tension and anticipation about the unknown. At times...

Pope’s comments on same-sex civil unions taken out of context – Vatican

The Vatican has sought to clarify Pope Francis' comments in support of same-sex civil unions, saying they were taken out of context and do...