UNITED NATIONS — It has been almost three years since Somali pirates successfully hijacked a large commercial vessel but they retain the capacity and intent to resume the attacks and have lately shifted to targeting…
U.S. President-elect Donald Trump says he will deport two million to three million undocumented immigrants who have criminal records when he assumes power and keep his campaign pledge to build a wall along the U.S.-Mexican…
It is said whenever two elephants fight, the grass suffer. Consequently, the lush-green turf of the Godswil Akpabio international stadium in Uyo will suffer as two African giants, the Super Eagles of Nigeria and the…
Soldiers in the early hours of Friday shot three women strapped with explosive device on their bodies while attempting to invade Maiduguri, an official said. Explosions reverberated across the city as two of the bombs…
Villagers in the area say Al-Shabaab lost several fighters including middle-level commanders in the aerial bombing. Suspected Kenyan fighter jets have conducted an immense airstrike in southern Somalia, targeting bases belonging to the Al Shabaab…
Ilhan Omar, 34, a former refugee, won the Minnesota race unopposed after defeating the incumbent Phyllis Kahn in the primary. Following Hillary Clinton’s defeat, the US will have to wait longer for a woman president,…
Some Abuja women have deplored the discrimination experienced when they decide to marry younger men. Some women in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, on Thursday decried discrimination in Nigeria against women marrying younger men, while…
President Muhammadu Buhari has appointed Samuel Walter Onnoghen as acting Chief Justice, replacing Judge Mahmud Mohammed after he reached the mandatory retirement age of 70 years. Abuja — President Muhammadu Buhari has inaugurated Justice Samuel…
A legal luminary, Mr Kayode Ajulo, has cautioned Nigerian Nobel Literature Laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, against carrying his threat to destroy his American Green Card in protest of Donald Trump’s victory at the U.S. Presidential…
Nobel Laureate Professor Wole Soyinka has vowed to keep his word to tear up his United States’ residency permit because Donald Trump won the U.S. presidency. Nigerian Nobel laureate Wole Soyinka has said that he…