Boko Haram gunmen have torched almost an entire village near the northeast Nigerian town of Chibok from where over 200 schoolgirls were kidnapped, a resident who fled and a local elder said
Britain’s National Crime Agency on Tuesday launched a campaign to discourage youngsters from becoming hackers after it found the average age of suspects had plummeted to 17. The NCA’s #CyberChoices campaign targets
CANAL+ GROUP and iROKO are partnering to create and launch the first Francophone SVOD service aimed at bringing affordable, popular mobile TV content to French-speaking Africa. Announced today as part of a
Pope Francis on Tuesday launched an extraordinary Catholic Jubilee year by opening a “Holy Door” in the walls of St Peter’s, embracing a 700-year-old tradition while urging the Church to reach out
Fashion lovers of African designs, IRO and Bubba attire, IRO Lagos; an innovative fashion  brand which perfectly blends Western fabrics with Traditional African styles is set to host her first soiree this
The yen picked up Tuesday after better-than-expected Japanese growth data eased worries about the economy, and lowered expectations of more Bank of Japan stimulus in the near term. Japan sidestepped its second
FIFA vice-president Michel Platini will attend a Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) hearing on Tuesday for an appeal against a 90-day suspension, his entourage said. The appeal is part of a
Four French soldiers were questioned on Tuesday in Paris as part of the investigation into the rape of children in the Central African Republic, a source close to the investigation said. It
Oil prices hovered near their lowest in almost seven years in Asia Tuesday ahead of the release of US crude inventories and expectations of an increase in American interest rates. The decision
The National Centre for Women Develop (NCWD) on Monday called for zero tolerance of gender-based violence and other forms of intimidation and victimization in Nigeria. Ms Onyeka Onwenu, Director-General NCWD, made the
