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U.S. President Donald Trump has paid tributes to Americans who had always prayed for the country, declaring that America is a nation that is sustained by prayer. Trump said at a ceremony preceding the lying in honour of the Rev. Billy Graham at Capitol Hill that Americans always prayed at every situation. “Here in this […]

The Federal Government has released a new directive on how President Muhammadu Buhari should be addressed at formal functions. This was as the President also directed ministers to inaugurate Federal Boards of agencies. The two policies were contained in separate circulars by the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF) Mr Boss Gida Mustapha. […]

Women in Ghana have been warned against a growing trend for taking pills during pregnancy to lighten the skin of their unborn babies while they are still in the womb. Medical experts say these illegal drugs can cause birth defects, including damage to limbs and internal organs. Ghana’s Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) says using […]

President Donald Trump has only just completed his first year in the White House, but he is already looking ahead to a 2020 reelection campaign, tapping Brad Parscale to get the ball rolling. In a statement on Tuesday, Trump’s campaign announced that the 42-year-old digital expert would begin preparing the groundwork for what already promises […]

  An Iraqi court has sentenced 16 Turkish women to death by hanging for joining Islamic State, a judiciary spokesman said on Sunday. Iraq is conducting the trials of hundreds of foreign women who have been detained, with hundreds of their children, since August by Iraqi forces as Islamic State strongholds crumbled. The central criminal […]

Britain has warned of possible attacks by the Islamic State (IS) on foreigners in South Africa, following the kidnap of two British nationals in a small town there. Britain’s Foreign Office (FCO) disclosed on its website that the main threat was from ISIS. In an email to Reuters, the FCO said: “We have updated our […]

A week after Boko Haram attacked Dapchi community in Yobe State, kidnapping scores of schoolgirls from their school, the Nigerian government has confirmed that 110 girls are missing. The girls, students of Government Science and Technical College in Dapchi, were kidnapped when Boko Haram attacked their school on Monday evening. The Minister of Information, Lai […]

Toyota and Hyundai have recalled roughly a combined 110,000 trucks and sport utility vehicles, including the 2018 Toyota Tundra and Sequoia, and the 2018 Hyundai Santa Fe and Santa Fe Sport. In its recall announced Saturday, Hyundai says some of Santa Fe vehicles are at risk for the steering wheel breaking away from the steering column. Roughly 43,900 […]

Four days after an attack on a girls’ school in Dapchi, Yobe State, President Muhammadu Buhari has spoken publicly about it. Dozens of schoolgirls have been declared missing, kidnapped by the Boko Haram who carried out the attack on Monday. Read the full statement below; President Muhammadu Buhari has assured the families of students reportedly […]

Thousands of poor women in India’s Tamil Nadu state have been offered free cosmetic breast surgery, including implants, its health minister said Friday, because “poor people also have a right to look beautiful.” The southern Indian state is known for its populist schemes, which have previously included free canteens and providing thousands of disadvantaged people […]

Two of the girls abducted by Boko Haram at the Government Girls Science Technical College (GGSTC) Dapchi, Yobe State, on Monday have been reported dead in a failed rescue operation. Their bodies were recovered on Wednesday by the Nigerian military. This is even as the Federal Government yesterday confirmed the abduction, admitting that many of the […]

The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, has restated the Federal Government’s commitment to the freedom of the press, saying the media has nothing to fear from the present administration. The Minister stated this in Abuja on Thursday when he received a delegation from the International Press Institute (IPI) on a courtesy visit to […]

The Presidency Wednesday debunked the death of President Muhammadu Buhari’s son Yusuf. “The evil news making the rounds regarding Yusuf Buhari, son of President Buhari and Aisha Buhari, is fake,” President Buhari’s assistant on social media Lauretta Onochie said. “He is very much alive to their shame.” Yusuf Buhari was involved in an accident on […]

The Police Commissioner in Yobe, Abdulmaliki Sumonu, on Wednesday confirmed that 111 girls were still unaccounted for, following Monday’s attack by Boko Haram insurgents on Government Girls Secondary School, Dapchi. Sumonu stated this while fielding questions from newsmen in Damaturu. He said, “815 out of the 926 students were physically seen in the school as […]

Corruption is getting worse in Nigeria, according to the latest corruption perception index (CPI) released by Transparency International (TI) on Wednesday. While the country scored 27/100 and was ranked 136th in 2016, the latest CPI scores Nigeria 28/100 but with a rank of No. 148 out of 180 countries surveyed — a significant 12 places […]

Women are being pushed into unnecessary C-sections because they are not given enough time to give birth, the World Health Organisation has warned. The UN agency yesterday issued new childbirth guidance removing the emphasis on a timescale over which a ‘normal’ labour should take place. They warned ‘increasing medicalisation’ of childbirth has meant unnecessary interventions […]