Highlighting the fate of Iraq’s Yazidi women who are raped and slain by Islamic State group jihadists, a French minister called on the United Nations to incorporate ‘femicide’ in international law.

UNICEF and the Malawian government are testing a service of transporting blood samples by drone to accelerate the detection of HIV in infants and thus heal faster.

Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State has commended the Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Yusuf Tukur Buratai for his exemplary leadership style which has led to successes in the fight against terrorists, saying the Army Chief’s style motivates the officers and men on the battlefield.

A bus conductor, Taheed Adekunle, who was accused of damaging a passenger’s scrotum during dispute over transportation fare, was on Thursday remanded in prison by a Tinubu Magistrates’ Court in Lagos.

Reality TV star, Kim Kardashian and her rapper husband, Kanye West have been named among the 30 most influential people on the Internet.

GE has long invested in clean  technology, and many of GE’s engineers, scientists and employees consider sustainability a passion project.

Prof. Itse Sagay, Chairman, Presidential Advisory Committee Against Corruption says corruption is an obstacle to economic growth, development of the country.

The death toll in a suicide attack by female bombers at a mosque in the northeastern Nigerian city of Maiduguri has risen to 25, a regional official said Thursday.

Returning to London after Champions League elimination at Barcelona’s hands, Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger faces more uncomfortable questions than ever before about his stewardship of the club.

The Federal Government has warned that it will no longer tolerate abandonment of project by contractors after collecting money for the projects.

Nintendo on Thursday rolled out its first smartphone game after years of refusing to stray from a consoles-only policy as it tries to better compete with rivals.

The latest flare-up of Ebola in Sierra Leone has ended, leaving no confirmed cases of the virus in West Africa, the UN said Thursday, hailing a “milestone” in the fight against the outbreak.

Legal luminary and Founder, Afe Babalola University, Ado-Ekiti, Aare Afe Babalola, will be honoured by the African Leadership Magazine for pioneering excellence in Nigeria’s educational development and reforms.

Unidentified gunmen Thursday morning stormed Mgbuitanwo, in Emohua Clan, Emohua Local Government Area of Rivers State, the home country of the Senatorial Candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC in the Saturday’s rerun elections, Chief Andrew Uchendu, killed and beheaded one person.

Following the gradual degrading of Boko Haram insurgency in the north-east, youths from the zone have appealed to the federal government to involve them in the task of rebuilding the area through the establishment of North-East Commission.