The prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) is set to seek authorisation from the Pre-Trial Chamber of the court to open an investigation into cases of abduction of schoolchildren in several parts of northern Nigeria.
The investigation will also cover the closure…
A court in Senegal has sentenced two lawmakers to six months in jail for assaulting their pregnant colleague during a parliamentary session.
During a budget presentation on December 1, Massata Samb, an opposition member of parliament, walked over and slapped Amy Gniby, a member…
Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI has died at the age of 95, the Vatican announced on Saturday.
Pope Francis recently informed the world that the former pontiff was “very sick”.
The German-born late pope passed away on Saturday morning in his residence at the…
The World Bank Group has said that the estimated per capita income growth of 0.7 per cent for Nigeria and the rest of Sub-Saharan Africa in 2022 is insufficient to meet the challenging goals of poverty reduction and shared prosperity in the…
Nigerian teachers who migrate to the United Kingdom from February 2023 will attract at least £28,000 annual remuneration.
According to the data obtained from the website of the government of the United Kingdom, www.gov.uk, which offered guidance to non-UK citizens who want to…
Facebook parent Meta has agreed to pay $725 million to settle a long-running lawsuit that accused the social network of allowing third parties, including Cambridge Analytica, to access users’ private data.
The amount was disclosed in a court filing late on Thursday.
“The proposed…
Former Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, will spend both the Christmas and New Year Day celebrations behind bars after his application for bail was refused at the Central Criminal Court a.k.a. Old Bailey yesterday.
His application for “dismissal of charges” of conspiracy to…
Germany handed over 20 looted artefacts back to Nigeria on Tuesday, saying it was to “right a wrong” more than 100 years after they were stolen by British colonial troops.
Thousands of 16th to 18th century metal plaques, sculptures and objects — hailed…
Former Hollywood couple, Amber Heard and Johnny Depp, have decided to settle their highly-televised defamation suit out of court.
The Pirates of the Caribbean actor had sued his ex-wife to the tune of $50 million for an op-ed she wrote a year after…
Ghana on Monday suspended payments on most of its external debt, effectively defaulting as the country struggles to plug its cavernous balance of payments deficit.
Its finance ministry said it will not service debts including its Eurobonds, commercial loans and most bilateral…