A police van has rammed protesters in the Philippines capital Manila as a demonstration outside the US embassy turned violent. Footage showed protesters surrounding the van and hitting it with batons...
Some 900 people have fled the Iraqi city of Mosul and crossed the border into Syria, the UN refugee agency says. This is the first large group of civilians confirmed to have escaped since the Iraqi...
Few days ago, while reclining in my sofa, my mobile phone gave it's usual signal indicating that there was a call through. The caller was actually an old friend I had missed so much hence i hastened...
Indonesia could "wipe out" paedophilia with its new policy of chemical castration, President Joko Widodo has told the BBC. He said Indonesia respected human rights but there would be "no compromise"...
At least six people have been killed and several injured after a suicide attacker drove a bomb-laden car into a police station just outside the Somali capital, residents have told the BBC. "Many...
The reporter for Reuters news agency in Lagos has shared this cartoon from the local Business Day website, depicting the different challenges President Muhammadu Buhari is taking on as fires. There...
Public communication is one of the most delicate challenges that people in public life face, either in the corporate or the public sector. Many people suddenly find themselves in high places, and...
Christine Kamau may have one of the most popular surnames in her native Kenya, but she stands out as being the only female jazz trumpeter, writing her own material for herself and her band....
Shares in Asian casino firms fell on Monday amid fears of a Chinese crackdown on foreign operators. Crown Resorts, controlled by James Packer, closed 13.9% lower after Crown confirmed 18 of its staff...
Due diligence was carried out on Sam Allardyce before his appointment as England manager, says Football Association chairman Greg Clarke. Allardyce, 61, left his role in September after 67 days in...
Iraqi pro-government forces have made gains at the start of a large-scale operation to retake Mosul, the last major stronghold of the so-called Islamic State (IS) in the country. Iraqi government...
“He who finds a wife finds a good thing…” – PROVERBS 18: 22 Fellow Nigerians, please forget the shakara of all men who try to act macho, most men are ultimately controlled by their wives, and...
Twenty-one schoolgirls who had been kidnapped by the Islamist group Boko Haram in the Nigerian town of Chibok have been reunited with their families. In an emotional ceremony in the capital Abuja,...
President Muhammadu Buhari and his wife have taken their fight to the streets. The love birds (President Buhari and Aisha) had disagreed on a number of issues. Firstly, President Buhari rejected...
Nigeria international striker Peter Odemwingie is keen to find a route back into football following an inactive six months. The 35-year-old, who spent three months on loan at Championship club...
Britain's Andy Murray beat Roberto Bautista Agut in straight sets to win the Shanghai Masters and edge closer to Novak Djokovic in the world rankings. The Scot recovered from a stutter in the first...
Aisha Bugari reportedly said in her BBC interview part of which states ‘Out of Buhari’s cabinet, we only know Amaechi, Fashola, a few others’. More breakdown of the First Lady’s revelation of...
I read Reuben Abati's excellent write-up titled "The Spiritual Side Of Aso Villa" and I concur with his submissions. I worked in the Villa for three years as President Olusegun Obasanjo's spokesman...
In the early hours of Thursday morning, 21 of the kidnapped Chibok schoolgirls were released by their Boko Haram captors in the town of Banki close to Nigeria's border with Cameroon, security sources...
The Saudi-led coalition bombing Houthi rebels in Yemen has said it attacked a funeral hall in the capital, Sanaa, based on "bad information". At least 140 people were killed, most of them civilians,...
