An influential global body has forecast Russia's economy will grow faster than all of the world's advanced economies, including the US, this year.
The International...
Members of Parliament have backed a plan to ban anyone born after 2009 from buying cigarettes, effectively ensuring it will become law.
The measures, championed...
More than 40 toddlers were taken to hospital in South Africa on Monday after mistaking rat poison for sweets.
"Upon medical examination, 17 were admitted...
Heavy rain has battered some Gulf states, causing flash flooding across the region and leading to flights to the world's busiest international airport being...
Several Nigerian celebrities, including Cubana Chief Priest, have found themselves in hot water for allegedly spraying new Naira notes during social events.
The Economic...
American actress and film producer, Sandra Bullock’s “Miss Congeniality” will no longer be the most iconic phony to crash the beauty pageant world.
Now, chatbot...
The President of the ECOWAS Commission, Omar Alieu Touray, has approved the deployment of a Fact-Finding Mission to Togo ahead of the legislative and...
Nine women who had been arrested in Zimbabwe for allegedly booing the first lady have had the charges dropped, local media report.
They were withdrawn...
Police in Namibia have launched a massive manhunt for 11 prisoners who escaped from a police cell in north-eastern Zambezi region, state media reported.
The...
Afigya Kwabre North Member of Parliament (MP) Collins Adomako-Mensah is in Washington DC to attend the 2024 Global Parliamentary Forum (GPF).
Co-organised by the...
Movie producer, Adanma Luke, has broken her silence on the boat accident that occurred during her new movie shoot in Delta State.
The accident claimed...
A bishop and several other people have been stabbed during a sermon in Sydney that was being streamed online, local media report.
The incident reportedly...
Former President John Dramani Mahama, on Saturday, received the African Advancement Award for Exemplary Leadership at the 2024 African Heritage Awards Ceremony in Lagos,...
The world’s oldest conjoined twins have died at the age of 62.
Lori and George Schappell passed away at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania. Despite having...
Iran launched a wave of missiles and drones toward Israel late Saturday as regional tensions continued to mount over the war in Gaza.
President Biden condemned the attack...
Iran launched dozens of drones and ballistic missiles toward Israel late Saturday in an unprecedented revenge mission that pushed the Middle East ever closer...
Iran has launched aerial drones at Israel, appearing to mark a widely anticipated reprisal attack.
Israeli TV said the salvo was expected to reach Israel...
Controversial social media personality and cross-dresser, Idris Olanrewaju Okuneye, popularly known as Bobrisky, admitted to being a man before he was sentenced to prison.Bobrisky...
The Nigeria Police Force on Friday, April 12, said they have arrested 1,3436 suspects for various offences, including murder, kidnapping, armed robbery, gun running,...
Manuel Rocha, the former US ambassador to Bolivia who acted as a secret foreign agent of Cuba, was sentenced to 15 years in prison after pleading guilty to federal...
Italian fashion designer Roberto Cavalli, known for his animal prints on leather and textiles, has died aged 83.
The fashion house that bears his name...
Nigeria's National Inland Waterways Authority (NIWA) has provided additional details regarding the boat mishap that claimed the life of Nollywood actor, Junior Pope, and his colleagues.
The...
