Two suicide bombers killed at least three people and injured 16 in the capital of the northeastern Nigerian state of Borno on Saturday, the latest in a string of deadly attacks by suspected... Read more
Usain Bolt is no longer listed to run the 100 metres at Jamaica’s national senior trials on Thursday, sparking concerns about his fitness ahead of defending his sprint titles at this y... Read more
Shen Bolun and Wu Xia, who are not married, celebrated the smooth delivery of a healthy girl in Beijing on Sunday. But the joyous event came with a price tag: a government fine. The local fa... Read more
A British man killed while fighting with Islamist militant group al-Shabab in Kenya was second in command of his unit at the time, the BBC has learned. Thomas Evans, 25, from Buckinghamshire... Read more
Nigeria Liquefied Natural Gas Company (NLNG) is sponsoring the construction of the first major ship yard in Africa’s biggest economy at the cost of $1.5 billion, in its attempt to turn... Read more
Nigeria’s new president, Muhammadu Buhari, has been advised to end a fuel subsidy programme and privatise Nigeria’s four refineries in a report by his transition committee, seni... Read more
The authorities of the Yaba College of Technology (YABATECH), Lagos, on Friday said the institution had expelled four students over examination misconduct during the second semester of the 2... Read more
Nigeria has selected two sites for the construction of its planned nuclear power plants, as Africa’s biggest economy tries to end decades of electricity blackouts that have blighted it... Read more
Humans will be extinct in 100 years because the planet will be uninhabitable, said the late Australian microbiologist Frank Fenner, one of the leaders in the effort to eradicate smallpox dur... Read more
