Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga on Tuesday said floods in Japan, caused by heavy rains, left 134 people dead, while 88 are missing.

Litigation funder IMF Bentham Ltd. (IMF.AX) is preparing to potentially sue social media giant Facebook Inc. in Australia over its sharing of users’ data with political consultancy Cambridge Analytica.

 The Niger Area Command of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) says it has collected about N846m as Internally Generated Revenue (IGR) from January to June.

Mr Samalia Idris, a House of Representative aspirant, contesting the Dass, Bogoro and Tafawa Balewa federal constituency under the platform of the New Nigeria Peoples Party ,NNPP has expressed his opposition to the creation of State Police in the country, saying that Nigeria democracy was not matured enough to operate state policing.

Professor Adebayo Adedeji, the towering intellectual, scholar, pan-Africanist, international civil servant and pioneer Executive Secretary of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) and Under-Secretary General of the United Nations (1975 -1991) died on April 25, 2018 at the ripe age of 87.

Barcelona have confirmed the arrival of Brazilian new recruit Arthur from Brazilian outfit Gremio on a 31 million euros ($37 million) deal.

British police have warned World Cup fans to behave ahead of a semi-final clash with Croatia, saying there had been “significant disorder” after England’s win over Sweden.

A tenth boy from the “Wild Boars” football team was rescued from a Thai cave Tuesday, three officials told AFP, leaving two more boys and their coach to be freed from the underground complex that has trapped them for over two weeks.

Scientists believe they have discovered the oldest colours in the world and they are bright pink.

Former Spain striker Fernando Torres has announced he is joining Japanese top flight side Sagan Tosu as a free agent after leaving Atletico Madrid last month.

Former Deputy National Publicity Secretary of All Progressives Congress (APC) Comrade Timi Frank, has said that one of the reasons he and many others left the ruling party was because of its value for cows at the expense of human lives.

The European Union’s top court ruled on Tuesday that the Jehovah’s Witnesses religious group must comply with data protection rules when members go preaching door-to-door.

The National Youth Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Sadiq S. Abubakar on Monday dismissed the Coalition of United Political Parties (CUPP) and its sponsors, describing the 34 political parties that formed the new alliance as ‘Brief Case Political Parties’.

Scientists from Australia and Britain have discovered a new method which may help to target the HIV virus as it makes its way to infecting cells.

US President Donald Trump on Monday nominated consistently conservative judge Brett Kavanaugh, to fill the vacancy on the Supreme Court, in a move that will likely shape the top judicial body for years to come.