Twitter has dropped “state-affiliated” and “government-funded” labels from media accounts, according to a review by AFP on Friday of many high-profile pages on the platform.
Many major media outlets from Western nations, Russia, China and other countries that previously had...
Explosions shook Sudan’s capital Tuesday evening despite one side’s claiming a ceasefire on the fourth day of fighting that has killed nearly 200.
A weeks-long power struggle erupted into battles Saturday between the forces of two generals who seized power...
The United Kingdom has placed Nigeria on the red list of countries that should not be actively targeted for recruitment by health and social care employers.
This is coming one month after the World Health Organization listed 55 countries, including...
The death toll from a major storm system that has lashed the south-central and eastern US with devastating winds and powerful tornadoes has risen to 18, with dozens of others injured, officials said Saturday.
A spokesperson for the emergency management...
Australian Blake Johnston on Friday shredded the world record for the longest surfing session, dodging swarms of jellyfish to ride hundreds of waves across 40 punishing hours.
The 40-year-old former surfing pro broke down in tears after smashing South African...
Gianni Infantino is set to be waved in for a third four-year term as FIFA president when world football’s governing body holds its annual congress in the Rwandan capital Kigali on Thursday.
Delegates from the 211 member federations will have...
Hackers reportedly stole over $4 million from Flutterwave accounts in Nigeria.
Flutterwave has filed a motion to freeze accounts where hackers transferred some of the money.
A suit has been filed to investigate accounts holding the stolen funds across various financial...
The Independent National Electoral Commission has declared the All Progressives Congress presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu, as the president-elect.
Tinubu, a former Lagos State governor, was declared the president-elect after the 70-year-old polled 8,794,726 votes to win the 2023 presidential election.
The...
The man who shot dead Grammy-winning rapper Nipsey Hussle on a Los Angeles street in 2019 was jailed for at least 60 years on Wednesday.
Eric Holder had not denied killing Hussle — a fast-rising star whose death sent shockwaves...
South Africa’s military on Wednesday defended its decision to host controversial naval exercises jointly staged with Russia and China and coinciding with the one-year anniversary of the Kremlin’s invasion of Ukraine.
Originally slated to start last week, the exercise dubbed...
