Category: Foreign
Former US first lady Barbara Bush dies at 92
Former US first lady Barbara Bush is dead. She died at the age of 92, triggering an outpouring of praise for the matriarch of a Republican family once [...]
Kenya Airways sacks 86.4% of its Nigerian staff
Kenya Airways over the weekend sacked about 22 of its Nigerian workers, representing 86.4 per cent of its Nigerian workers. In an unprecedented move t [...]
Allow homosexuality in your country – Theresa May tells Buhari
British Prime Minister, Theresa May, has called for same-sex marriages in Nigeria and all other Commonwealth Nations. The Prime Minister said this on [...]
Zuckerberg shows remorse, says regulation of social media inevitable
In his first appearance before Congress since he launched Facebook from his Harvard dorm room 14 years ago, Mark Zuckerberg took responsibility on Apr [...]
Algerian military plane crashes, killing 257 people on board
An Algerian military plane crashed and caught fire today killing 257 people, mostly army personnel and members of their families. An AFP photographer [...]
Bloggers in Tanzania to pay government over $900 a year
Tanzania has finally signed into law its new regulation that will govern social media and blogging. The regulation known as the Electronic and Postal [...]
Another Nigerian, Israel Ogunsola, stabbed to death in the UK
Barely two weeks after the son of a member of the house of representatives, Abraham Badru, aged 26, was shot dead, another Nigerian, 18-year-old Israe [...]
Pippa Middleton’s father in law accused of raping minor, family friend
A woman has accused Pippa Middleton's father-in-law, David Mathews, of rape and this woman is believed to be a former family friend. The 74 year old m [...]
Government of Austria bans headscarf for school girls
The right-wing government in Austria today announced that girls attending day care centres and elementary schools should no longer be wearing headscar [...]
MMM officially closes shop following death of Mavrodi
Participants in the world’s most notorious ponzi scheme, Mavrodi Mundial Moneybox, MMM, are counting their losses as administrators of the programme h [...]