Jamaican reggae pioneer Frederick Nathaniel "Toots" Hibbert has died at the age of 77. The legendary musician fronted the reggae and ska...

Boris Johnson has urged Conservative MPs to back his plan to override part of the Brexit Withdrawal Agreement. In a Zoom call with around...

Lawmakers in Nigeria's Kaduna State have approved surgical castration as punishment for those convicted of raping children under the age...

France will introduce on-the-spot fines nationwide for drug users, particularly targeting cannabis, from September. The move comes amid...

A manhunt is underway in South Africa after a jailbreak by 69 inmates in the south-western town of Malmesbury. Eight are still at large...

The Islamic State group has claimed responsibility for the killing of four aid workers and a security guard in Nigeria's north-eastern...

North Korea has blown up its joint liaison office with the South near the border town of Kaesong, South Korean officials say. The move...

The top court in the US has ruled that employers who fire workers for being gay or transgender are breaking the country's civil rights...

The statue of a famous Italian journalist who defended colonialism, Indro Montanelli, has been daubed with red paint and defaced with the...

Dozens of soldiers and civilians are reported to have been killed in twin attacks by Islamist militants in north-eastern Nigeria's Borno...

A Wendy's drive-through restaurant in Atlanta has been set on fire, following the fatal shooting of a US black man by police. Atlanta's...

Washington's Catholic archbishop has strongly criticized President Donald Trump's visit to a shrine as civil unrest continues in the US...

The US and the African Development Bank have fallen out over allegations of corruption against the bank's Nigerian head, writes former...

The music legend, Majekodunmi Fasheke popularly known by the stage name majek fashek is dead, Bountiful news has learned. Our...

The federal government says artisans can go about their normal businesses but prohibit street trading and hawking.-source: The punch. The...

Second phase of eased lockdown begins today, ends June 29 • Final year students may sit for examinations in July Friday Olokor, Leke...

Lagos State Commissioner for Education, Folashade Adefisayo, has said the state government has partnered Microsoft to train 18, 000...

Fifty trafficked Nigerian women have been rescued from Lebanon and returned home, Nigeria's foreign minister says. They have all been...

Zambia's President Edgar Lungu has pardoned two men who were jailed last year for having gay sex. Their 15-year sentence triggered a...

The authorities in Burundi say the ruling party’s candidate has been elected as the new president. The electoral commission said Evariste...