A suicide bomber killed 12 worshippers at a mosque in northern Cameroon on Wednesday, security officials said, in an area regularly targeted by Nigeria’s Boko Haram Islamists.

The Senate has announced that the 2016 Appropriation Bill submitted by President Muhammadu Buhari will be subject to debate from the lawmakers from Tuesday 19th January.

Many in the African diaspora who left their home countries to pursue higher education and opportunities abroad are now returning home to build up the places that are closest to their hearts.

FIFA has fired secretary general Jerome Valcke, who is under investigation for misconduct, world football’s governing body said Wednesday.

But alas! The father of one was discovered to have merely been parading himself as a Soldier. His true identity was revealed last week following his arrest over an alleged theft at a friend’s apartment. A mild drama was said to have played out when policemen came to effect his arrest. Eye witnesses told Crime Alert that Iheanacho who boasted that he could not be arrested by the policemen, put up resistance, during which he allegedly fought with the policemen.

Special Adviser to President Muhammadu Buhari on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, Weekend, was guest on Radio Continental, 102.3 FM. Here are excerpts from the interview posted on his Facebook page

Google on Tuesday said that while its self-driving cars have safely driven more than a million miles, there have been times when humans have had to take over to avoid crashing. System “anomalies” caused drivers to take the wheel 272 times in California test cars in the 14 months leading up to December, Google said […]

President Barack Obama told Americans nervous about terror and a changing economy that they should not fear the future, in a farewell State of the Union address Tuesday that drew sharp contrast with Republicans.

Oil prices rebounded in Asia Wednesday, halting a plunge that saw crude fall below $30 a barrel for the first time in more than 12 years, but analysts warned of further pressure on the commodity.

An American woman hiking in Papua New Guinea with her London-based boyfriend was gang-raped and three of her fingers slashed in a brutal attack along a famous World War II trail, a report said Wednesday.

National coordinator, Oodua Peoples Congress, Otunba Gani Adams, has called on religious leaders in the country not to allow religion to cause division in the country, rather they should allow the will of God for peace to reign in the country.

The Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, has expressed disappointment with the Abia State Government following its attempt to drag the group into the Abia State politics, when the group does not have any interest in who becomes governor of the state after an Appeal Court, Owerri, nullified the election of Governor Okezie Ikpeazu.

President Muhammadu Buhari has been advised to adopt the Pareto’s Principle in governance, where just 20 per cent of governance time is dedicated to the past, “otherwise, it will take forever for majority of Nigerians to see changes.”

Elder statesman and Presidential Liaison Officer in the Second Republic, Dr Tanko Yakassai, has described the anti-corruption efforts of the Muhammadu Buhari administration as a mere propaganda war, lamenting it has unfortunately won over right thinking men like Prof. Wole Soyinka.

Going by available statistics, there are well over 23 million unemployed and under-employed Nigerians who are looking up to the government to provide employment opportunities for them.