A former U.S. intelligence specialist Brett Velicovich has donated five surveillance drones to police in Somalia, aiming to help combat a jump in deadly bombings by al Qaeda-linked Islamist insurgents.

India’s longest-ever bridge was inaugurated on Friday, linking the country’s north-east to Arunachal Pradesh, a territory claimed by China.

Landslides and floods killed at least 25 people and left another 42 missing in Sri Lanka following heavy monsoon rains on Friday, the Disaster Management Centre said.

Football star Cristiano Ronaldo has postponed a schedule appearance in London on Saturday following the Manchester terror attack.

French President Emmanuel Macron on Friday offered to help British Prime Minister Theresa May marshal support in the fight against terrorism, days after a suicide bomber killed 22 people in Manchester.

Foreign Affairs Minister, Geoffrey Onyeama, says inspite of the many achievements made by Africa towards gender equality, a lot more needs to be done.

NATIONAL president of Ohaneze Ndigbo youth wing, Mazi Okechukwu Isiguzoro has called on the federal governnent to release the chairman of capital oil, Ifeanyi Uba within 48 hour.

Talks between U.S. President Donald Trump and other leaders of the world’s rich nations at the G7 summit on Friday were expected to be “robust” and “challenging” after he had lambasted NATO allies and condemned German trade policies a

A trailer driver, Mr. Sina Odeyale, and his motor boy, Lateef Ahmed, escaped death by the whiskers, but ended up hospitalised after encounters with ubiquitous hoodlums, popularly known as Area Boys, in Lagos.

U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson will use his first official visit to Britain to discuss the fight against terrorism and other foreign policy issues with Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson on Friday.

Gov. Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos State and the Nobel Laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, said they would partner Evander Holyfield Foundation in the discovery of boxing talents in the state.

The Yobe State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA) has registered 100 births at the Pompomari Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) camp in Damaturu in two years.

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Friday that North Korea was a “big problem”, but assured Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe that issues surrounding the secretive Asian state would be resolved.

Oil prices edged up on Friday but markets remained on the back foot after tumbling in the previous session when OPEC and allied producers extended output cuts but disappointed investors betting on longer or larger curbs.