Femi Gbajabiamila has been elected the Speaker of the Nigerian House of Representatives. The lawmaker representing Surulere 1 Federal Constituency of Lagos (APC) defeated Umar Bago...
Senator Ovie Omo-Agege, representing Delta Central district (APC) has emerge the Deputy Senate President. He was elected after polling 68 votes to defeat immediate past DSP...
At least 95 people were killed in Central Mali in an overnight attack on an ethnic Dogon village. Al Jazeera reports that unknown armed men attacked...
The U.S Supreme Court has rejected atheists’ suit seeking to remove “In God We Trust” from the country’s currency. FOX News reports that Michael Newdow, the...
Ethiopia has shut down its internet in a bid to preserve the integrity of national school exams ongoing across the country. Internet monitoring platform,NetBlocks reports that...
Senator Ahmed Lawan representing Yobe North (APC) has been elected as the new President of the Nigerian Senate. Lawan defeated Senator Ali Ndume, representing Borno South...
Botswana has decriminalised homosexuality, in a ruling delivered at the Southern African High Court in its capital city Gaborone. The court ruled that Sections 164 and...
Internet monitoring platform NetBlocks is reporting a “near total restriction” on Sudan’s remaining internet connectivity as of 12:00 p.m. UTC Monday 10 June, amid reports of...
We’re not just breaking grounds with “No Too Young to Run,” we’ve now officially entered “Not Too Young to Lead” SZN! In Oyo state, Debo Ogundoyin,...
President Muhammadu Buhari has accepted the voluntary resignation of former Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Walter Onnoghen. Buhari’s SSA on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu made...
Hey BNers! We’ve got three really sweet stories to start your week; they’ll make you feel really good. They have sad moments, but in the end,...
England defeated Scotland 2 – 1 in the group game at the ongoing FIFA Women’s World Cup in France.
The Brazil – Jamaica game in the ongoing FIFA Women’s World Cup ended 3 – 0 in favour of Brazil.
Italy defeated Australia by 2 goals to 1 in the ongoing Women’s World Cup in France. Watch recap:
Sudan’s pro-democracy group has called for “civil disobedience,” saying the campaign meant not going to work and “general civil disobedience for a civil state.” According to...
Nigeria loses to #Norway 1 – 3 at the 2019 FIFA Women’s World Cup going on in France.
Duchess of Sussex Meghan Markle on Saturday and her husband Prince Harry joined The Queen and members of The Royal Family at the annual Trooping the...
Germany defeated China 1 – 0 in their first game at the 2019 FIFA Women’s World Cup. Watch recap:
In this school in the Ajegunle area of Lagos, parents are allowed to pay for their children’s fees using plastic bottles. Alexander Akhigbe, through his African...
As thousands took to the streets of Liberia to protest “corruption and creeping dictatorship” in the country, the government, led by President George Weah, a football...
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