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Dele Momodu, publisher of Ovation Magazine, says President Muhammadu Buhari will be too “tired” to run a “complex” nation like Nigeria at the age of 76. He said Buhari should not seek re-election in 2019 because “Nigeria needs a man with full stamina”. According to Momodu, Nigeria’s president must not be above 65 years old […]

The opposition Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, sparred on Saturday with the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, over which African leader’s conduct informed a series of disparaging comments that U.S. President Donald Trump has hurled on black countries. Mr. Trump singled out Haiti, El Salvador and parts of Africa as “shithole countries” during a meeting with […]

White House doctor Ronny Jackson says President Donald Trump is “in excellent health” following his physical Friday. In a brief statement, Jackson said, “The President’s physical exam today at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center went exceptionally well. The President is in excellent health and I look forward to briefing some of the details on […]

For the 7th year running, President and Chief Executive of Dangote Industries Limited, Aliko Dangote, has been adjudged as the richest man in the continent of Africa with a net worth that Forbes pegged at $12.2 billion. That was an increase of $100 million from a year ago. Bill Gates maintained his position as the […]

Donald Trump appeared to deny on Friday that he used the phrase “shithole countries” to describe Central American and African nations during talks with US lawmakers the day before. But one of the senators present contradicted Trump and called the remarks he had heard “hateful, vile and racist”. On Thursday, Trump reportedly grew angry during a […]

The African Union on Friday blasted President Donald Trump for his profane comments about African countries and other nations, and recalled the U.S.’ history of bringing in slaves from the continent. Mr. Trump used the words “shithole countries” to describe Haiti, El Salvador and African countries in response to lawmakers who suggested they restore protections […]

A Phnom Penh court on Friday sentenced a woman to one year in jail for Facebook comments in which she accused Cambodian Prime Minster, Hun Sen, of masterminding the murder of government critic, Kem Ley. Hin Vansreypov was arrested in Banteay Meanchey province on July 10 after calling Hun Sen and his family “killers” in […]

The Lagos Division of the Court of Appeal on Friday upheld an order of interim forfeiture to the federal government of $5.8 million ($5,842,316) and N2.4 billion (N2,421,953,522) traced to the accounts of the wife of former President Goodluck Jonathan, Patience. Mojeed Owoade, who gave the lead judgement, resolved the matter against Mrs. Jonathan saying […]

A 50-year-old man, Abdullahi Haruna, of Nasko community in the Magama Local Government Area of Niger State,   has admitted sodomising seven underage boys in Getagi village. Haruna was said to have had regular sexual intercourse with the teenagers for a long time until he was nabbed. He was alleged to have drugged his victims so […]

A church in northern China was demolished this week, the second in less than a month, sparking fears of a wider campaign against Christians as authorities prepare to enforce new laws on religion. Police cordoned off the area around the Golden Lampstand Church church in Linfen, Shanxi province, on Sunday before construction workers detonated explosives inside, according […]

Aminu Atiku, son of Atiku Abubakar, former Vice-President, allegedly took his son away from ex-wife, Fatima Bolori, after losing custody of his two children on Wednesday. Atiku was said to have snatched his son from the mother, locked him in his car and drove off. The Nation reports that the incident happened around 1:59pm at the […]

The Nigerian Community in South Africa says four members are in critical condition in the hospital while some shops have been burnt in renewed attacks by South Africans. Paul Nwanedo, chairman, Nigerian Union, North West Province chapter told the News Agency of Nigeria on the telephone from Rustenburg that the attacks against Nigerians began on […]

President Donald Trump, keeping up his attacks on Hillary Clinton, suggested Thursday that his 2016 election opponent and her fellow Democrats could have paid Russians for dirt on him during the campaign. “Disproven and paid for by Democrats ‘Dossier used to spy on Trump Campaign. Did FBI use Intel tool to influence the Election?’ @foxandfriends,” […]

Mohammed Aminu Atiku, the son of former Vice President Abubakar Atiku, Wednesday in Lagos lost the struggle to have sole custody of his two children born to him by his estranged wife, Unmi Fatima Bolori. Chief Magistrate Kikelomo Ayeye had earlier granted Aminu Atiku, interim custody of the two children. At the resumed hearing on […]

Nigerian Nobel Prize winner, Professor Wole Soyinka has described the incessant attacks and killings by the killer herdsmen in many parts of Nigeria as a declaration of war on the country. Soyinka made the position known in a statement released on Wednesday. He also warned President Muhammadu Buhari against treating the case of the herdsmen […]

The Independent National Electoral Commission has announced the time table for the 2019 general elections. The presidential and National Assembly elections will hold on same day on February 16, 2019, INEC said while briefing journalists on Tuesday. Governorship and state assembly elections will also hold same day on March 2, two weeks after the presidential […]

U.S. President Donald Trump has postponed the announcement of his “Fake News Awards” of the Year 2017 to Wednesday, January 2018, citing high interest. “The Fake News Awards, those going to the most corrupt & biased of the Mainstream Media, will be presented to the losers on Wednesday, January 17th, rather than this coming Monday,” […]