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Rishi Sunak, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (UK), has been fined for not wearing a seatbelt in a moving car while filming a social media video.Rishi Sunak, Prime Minister…

The United States (US) has designated Russia’s Wagner mercenary group as “transnational criminal organisation”, heaping pressure on the private army that has recruited Russian prisoners in tens of thousands to…

Photos 👇 Nigeria President Muhammadu Buhari had received the award for African Union Anti-Corruption Champion (2018).President of Nigeria Muhammadu Buhari receives award for African Union Anti-Corruption Champion (2018) in MauritaniaBuhari received…

Russia has issued a warning to countries donating weapons to Ukraine, saying the move will be "extremely dangerous" as well as "it will mean bringing the conflict to a whole…

Outside the Foreign Ministry in Kabul, Afghanistan, a suicide bomb attack has caused serious casualties.Taliban security forces block a road after a suspected suicide blastmear Afghanistan's Foreign Ministry. Photo: Wakil…

In an enraged response to the storming of the Brazil National Congress by the supporters of former President Jair Bolsonaro, tens of thousands of people have come out to hold…

While speaking at a state banquet on Monday night, put together in his honour in the city of Damaturu, Yobe State capital, President Muhammadu Buhari said, Nigerians "must stay to…

Photos 👇 After supporters of former President of Brazil, Jair Bolsonaro, stormed the Supreme Court, the Congress and the Presidential Palace in the capital, Brasilia, about 1,500 people have been apprehended…

Jair Bolsonaro, former Brazil president, has been admitted to a hospital in Florida with abdominal pain, his wife disclosed.Jair Bolsonaro. Photo: Bruna Prado / Pool /AFP via Getty Images via…

Hundreds of people have been arrested by the Brazil Police. The Police have also taken back control of the country's congress, Supreme Court and Presidential Palace from rioting supporters of…

Photos 👇 In the early hours of today, Monday 9 January, 2023, "miscreants" disguised as "Yoruba Nation Agitators" and caused disruption in social and commercial activities in the Ojota area of…

In South Sudan, Africa's newest country, six journalists have been arrested over a footage which has circulated appearing to show the country's President, Salva Kiir, wetting himself, media rights groups…

The President of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Mr. Yakubu Maikyau (SAN), paid a courtesy visit to the Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice, Lagos State, Mr. Moyosore Onigbanjo (SAN), at…

Gov. Oluwarotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State has imposed a 24-hour curfew on Ikare-Akoko, headquarters of Akoko Northeast Local Government Area, following a fracas during a New Year carnival.Ondo State Governor…

The Basilica Dome was shrouded in mist as the coffin containing the body of former Pope Benedict XVI was carried out and positioned on the steps facing St. Peter's Square.Former…

In a statement signed by Air Vice Marshall P.O Jemitola, Office of the Chief of Air Staff, the Nigerian Air Force has made the announcement of the commencement of its…

15 passengers were chocked to death in a ghastly autocrash involving a J-5 Boxer Bus and a Petroleum Tanker at Koton-Karfe area of Lokoja-Abuja highway in Kogi State around 7.30am…

The Lagos State government has issued a stern warning that, the state will henceforth not tolerate human rights abuses and that any perpetrator will face the full weight of the…

For kicking a pregnant colleague in the stomach during budget debate, two opposition MPs in Senegal have been handed six months jail sentences.Senegal MPs fight during budget debate. One of…

A mid-air collision between two helicopters close to SeaWorld in Australia's Gold Coast has claimed four lives.Two helicopters collide in Australia, killing four people. In the photo, rescue workers at…