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It changed my life – Davido reflects on son Ifeanyi’s death

Afrobeats star David Adeleke, popularly known as Davido, has opened up about how the death of his son, Ifeanyi Adeleke, reshaped his outlook on...

King Charles to lead commemorations to mark 80th anniversary of VJ Day

King Charles will lead British commemorations on Friday for the 80th anniversary of VJ Day, which marks victory over Japan and the end of...

Air Canada to begin cancelling flights ahead of potential strike

Canada's largest airline will begin suspending flights on Thursday after the union representing its flight attendants issued a 72-hour strike notice. Air Canada will be...

Melania Trump threatens to sue Hunter Biden for $1bn over Epstein claim

First Lady Melania Trump has threatened to sue Hunter Biden for more than $1bn after he claimed she was introduced to her husband by...

Trump revokes Biden-era order on competition, White House says

U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday revoked a 2021 executive order on promoting competition in the U.S. economy issued by his predecessor Joe Biden,...

US approves potential sales of munitions, bombs and rockets to Nigeria

The U.S. State Department has approved potential sales of munitions, precision bombs and precision rockets to Nigeria for an estimated cost of $346 million,...

Political Parties must adapt to technology – Joshua Osih

Political parties across Africa have been urged to leverage global technological trends, particularly artificial intelligence (AI), to avoid being left behind. The call was made...

We need to think as one continent – Prof. Douglas Boateng

Chairperson of the Public Procurement Authority, Dr. Douglas Boateng, has urged African leaders to see the continent as one people with a shared destiny...

EcoSecurities, Energy Quest Foundation partner to boost electric mobility in Africa

A global climate solutions company, EcoSecurities, and the Energy Quest Foundation have announced a strategic partnership to accelerate electric mobility adoption across sub-Saharan Africa...

UK porn site traffic plunges as age verification rules take effect

Traffic from British users to some of the world’s most popular pornography websites has almost halved since new age verification rules came into force...

Wife of South Korea’s jailed ex-president arrested

The wife of South Korea's jailed former president, Yoon Suk Yeol, has been arrested over a raft of charges, including stock manipulation and bribery. Former...

Musk threatens Apple and calls OpenAI boss a liar as feud deepens

X owner Elon Musk has threatened Apple with legal action after claiming it had made it "impossible" for apps to compete with ChatGPT-maker OpenAI...

Judge orders Trump administration to restore part of UCLA’s suspended funding

A U.S. judge on Tuesday ordered President Donald Trump's administration to restore a part of the federal grant funding that it recently suspended for the University of California, Los Angeles. U.S. District...

Lecturer goes to court to stop graduation over compromised exam results

A University of Zimbabwe (UZ) lecturer has filed urgent legal action to stop the institution’s scheduled August 15 graduation ceremony, citing serious irregularities in...

Trump says he will try to get back territory for Ukraine in talks with Putin

US President Donald Trump has said he will try to get some territory back for Ukraine during his meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin...

Ronaldo engaged to long-term partner Georgina Rodríguez

Footballer Cristiano Ronaldo has gotten engaged to his long-term partner, Georgina Rodríguez. She announced the news on social media alongside a picture of a large...

Michael Jackson’s ‘dirty’ sock sells for more than $8,000 at French auction

A single glittery sock that late pop superstar Michael Jackson wore during a concert in France in the 1990s sold for more than $8,000...

Nigeria arraigns five accused in 2022 Catholic church massacre in Abuja court

Nigerian prosecutors on Monday arraigned five men accused of carrying out a deadly Islamist militant attack on a Catholic church in Owo, in the southwestern...

Trump weighs reclassifying marijuana as less dangerous drug, WSJ reports

U.S. President Donald Trump is considering reclassifying marijuana as a less dangerous drug, the Wall Street Journal reported on Friday, citing people familiar with...

Harvard patents targeted by Trump administration

The Trump administration on Friday ordered a comprehensive review of Harvard University's federally funded research programs and threatened to take title to or grant...

Trump asks US Supreme Court to lift limits on immigration raids

President Donald Trump's administration on Thursday asked the U.S. Supreme Court to lift a lower court order that barred U.S. government agents from making immigration-related...

‘Fake nurse’ arrested after seeing more than 4,000 patients

A woman has been arrested in the US on suspicion of posing as a registered nurse. A police investigation was launched after hospital bosses terminated...

Sudanese airstrike hits Darfur airport, killing 40 suspected mercenaries

A Sudanese airstrike hit an airport in the country’s Darfur region controlled by a notorious paramilitary group, destroying a suspected Emirati military aircraft and killing...

US offers $50m reward for arrest of Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro

The US has doubled a reward for information leading to the arrest of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro to $50m (£37.2m), accusing him of being...

Homelessness Minister Rushanara Ali quits over rent hike claims

Rushanara Ali has resigned as homelessness minister, Downing Street has confirmed. The move comes after she was accused of hypocrisy over the way she handled...

Sudanese airstrike hits Darfur airport, killing 40 suspected mercenaries

A Sudanese airstrike hit an airport in the country’s Darfur region controlled by a notorious paramilitary group, destroying a suspected Emirati military aircraft and killing...

2 killed after helicopter crashes into barge on Mississippi River near Alton

Two people died when a helicopter crashed into a barge in the Mississippi River near East Alton, Illinois, north of St. Louis, on Thursday,...

Six killed after light aircraft crashes in Kenya

A small plane carrying medical staff crashed in a densely-populated neighbourhood in Kenya's capital on Thursday afternoon, killing six people, local authorities said. The Cessna...

Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs seeking Trump pardon – Lawyer

Music mogul Sean "Diddy" Combs, who is to be sentenced in October for his conviction on prostitution-related charges, is seeking a pardon from President...

15% tariff on goods entering U.S starts today, August 7

The 15 percent tariff imposed on exports from Ghana to the U.S starts today August 7, 2025. U.S government announced the imposition of the tariff...

Trump could meet Putin over Ukraine as soon as next week, official says

President Donald Trump could meet Vladimir Putin as soon as next week, a White House official said on Wednesday, as the U.S. continued preparations...

India’s Modi says will not compromise interests of farmers, amid Trump’s tariff salvo

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Thursday he will not compromise the interests of the country's farmers even if he has to pay...

Church of Nigeria formally cuts ties with Wales over lesbian Archbishop

The Church of Nigeria (Anglican Communion) has officially cut all ties with the Church in Wales following the appointment of Bishop Cherry Vann, an...

Nigeria seizes 1,600 birds at Lagos airport bound for Kuwait

Customs officials at Nigeria's Lagos international airport said they had seized more than 1,600 parrots and canaries that were being transported to Kuwait without...

Four people killed in plane crash at Algerian airport, state media says

At least four people were killed after a civil protection surveillance plane crashed at Jijel Ferhat Abbas airport in the northern Algerian town of...

‘Abducted’ Ugandan student jailed over anti-Museveni TikTok video

A Ugandan university student who mysteriously went missing two months ago after posting a TikTok video that harshly criticised President Yoweri Museveni's leadership has...

Brazil’s Supreme Court caught off guard by order to arrest Bolsonaro, sources say

Brazil's Supreme Court was caught off-guard by Justice Alexandre de Moraes' decision late on Monday to place former President Jair Bolsonaro under house arrest, two...

Zelensky says he had ‘productive’ call with Trump ahead of ceasefire deadline

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Tuesday that he had had a "productive" conversation with his U.S. counterpart, Donald Trump, on ending the war, sanctions...

Trump administration formally axes Elon Musk’s ‘five things’ email

The Trump administration on Tuesday formally axed a program launched by billionaire former Trump adviser Elon Musk requiring federal employees to summarise their five...

Two sisters arrested for staging abduction with help of married boyfriend

The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Police Command has arrested four individuals over a staged kidnapping aimed at extorting five million naira (₦5,000,000) from a...