Ghulam Abbas Turki, Iran’s deputy-chief prosecutor, has instructed the country’s ministry of health to prevent male physicians from treating female patients, saying this is a…
Around 50 young people have clashed with riot police throwing petrol-bombs and fireworks at officers in what has been described as “unprecedented levels of violence”…
Nigerian artist Wizkid, lauded for his award-winning music, has shocked fans with the announcement of a four to five-year hiatus from the music industry. The artist,…
The former leader of Guinea’s military government, Moussa Dadis Camara, has been recaptured by the Guinean armed forces after escaping from the central prison in Conakry.…
Payments infrastructure giant, Interswitch is on a fund recovery run after a system glitch saw the company lose ₦30 billion (~$40 million) to chargeback fraud.…
The founder of FTX Trading Ltd, a cryptocurrency exchange firm, Sam Bankman-Fried, has been found guilty of stealing $8 billion from customers of his now-bankrupt…
Two Nigerian nationals who were extradited to the United States from Spain were sentenced to 128 and 87 months in prison for their roles in…
President of Rwanda Paul Kagame walks along Downing Street to a meeting with Britain’s Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, in London, Thursday, May 4, 2023. Rwanda…
Many African governments are currently caught in the crisis of refining domestic debts at cut-throat costs even as they overstretch the funding capacity of their…
Late American singer, Michael Jackson, known as the ‘King of Pop’, has been ranked the world’s highest-paid dead celebrity of 2023. He was named the…
Internet and phone networks were down across the Gaza Strip on Wednesday, the Palestinian telecommunications agency said, in the second such blackout in the besieged…
Argentina captain Lionel Messi won a record-extending eighth Ballon d’Or for the best player in the world on Monday in Paris, France. Messi beat Norway’s…