In Nigeria, and across the social media space of several countries, a photo depicting a cynical looking boy standing next to a woman and giving her ‘the mother of all side-eyes’ has continued to stir hilarious memes and captions, even as social media enthusiasts have continued to raise questions on the boy’s identity and meanings associated with the photo.

The Chairman of All Progressives Congress, APC, Governors’ Forum, Chief Rochas Okorocha, has said in the clear terms that “Rivers and Akwa Ibom States are very strategic to the APC”.

South African police officers who killed a suspected robber by shooting him in the head as he lay on the ground have handed themselves in after a surveillance video of the act was broadcast, the police said. The footage released over the weekend by The Sunday Times newspaper shows a uniformed member of the South African Police Service (SAPS) shoot the unidentified man in the head at point blank range after he had been shot in the shoulder and chest.

I do not share in Nnamdi Kanu`s ideology, I am not a supporter of Biafra, I never for once bought into Col. Ojukwu`s idea and I will never buy into the idea of Nnamdi Kanu. I am just an Igbo apologist that believes the Igbo community deserves a fair chance in 2023.

The former National Security Adviser, Colonel Sambo Dasuki has been granted permission by a Federal high Court sitting in Abuja to travel abroad for medical check-up pending the commencement of his trial. Dasuki is facing a five-count charge bordering on alleged illegal possession of firearms and money laundering.

South African paralympian, Oscar Pistorius, may face more years in jail if state lawyers can get his conviction scaled up from culpable homicide to murder.

The police on Tuesday arraigned a cleaner, Emmanuel Kunle, 34, of CBN Quarters, Durumi, Abuja, in a Wuse Zone 2 Senior Magistrates’ Court, Abuja, charged with theft. The prosecutor, Sgt. Mohammed Ahmed, told the court that one Suleiman Abubakar of Durumi, Abuja, reported the matter at Maitama police station, Abuja, on Aug. 19.

Zimbabwean police Tuesday arrested three journalists at a state newspaper over a story implicating police and parks officers in the poisoning of some 60 elephants, saying their report was false. Authorities arrested Sunday Mail editor Mabasa Sasa, the paper’s investigations editor Brian Chitemba and reporter Tinashe Farawo late Monday. They are being held at Harare Central Police Station.

The Screening of Ministerial Nominees sent by President Muhammadu Buhari to the upper chamber of the National Assembly has come and gone but therein lies important lessons from the entire process.

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), says it has cleared 42 candidates for the forthcoming governorship polls in Kogi and Bayelsa. The Kogi election is billed for Nov. 21, while the Bayelsa poll comes up on and Dec. 5.

In the last 18 months, Africa’s healthcare system and issues have come under the spotlight due the world’s worst Ebola outbreak. According to the World Health Organization, the virus has led to the deaths of around 11,000 people but Africa has an e…

Star Beer has maintained its leading position in marketing excellence for the fourth year in a row as the brand took home some of the most coveted awards in Nigerian Marketing and Advertising at the 2015 Advertising Association of Nigeria (ADVAN) Awards on Saturday, October 31, 2015

Over the past 30 years Ghana has made significant progress in enhancing the standing of traditional medicine as a viable healthcare option. By developing a favorable policy framework, the government has fostered innovation and improved traditional medical practice. The informal nature of the sector, however, poses particular challenges when it comes to securing the sector’s long-term sustainability and when ensuring that policy and practice are fully aligned.

Police Officers attached to Umuoba Police Station in Isiala Ngwa LGA of Abia, on Monday foiled an attempt by two men to steal a child in Amaede, a village under the station’s jurisdiction. NAN learnt that the armed men entered the house of their victim to steal the boy, but met stiff opposition from his parents, which resulted in a scuffle.

The Abia State Governorship Tribunal, on Tuesday, upheld Governor Okezie Ikpeazu, who was candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), in the April 11, Governorship election in Abia State as winner of the election.