Nigeria: Elizabeth Musa Wins Innovative Media Personality of the Year Award
[This Day] Elizabeth Musa, Programme Lead and Anchor of Business Morning Live on BusinessDay Television, has won the Innovative Media Personality of the Year award.
West Africa: Gambia Protesters Burn Tyres to Denounce Power Cuts
[Daily Maverick] BANJUL, Sept 8 (Reuters) – Police used tear gas to disperse protesters who gathered overnight in multiple locations in Gambia, including near President Adama Barrow’s official residence, to denounce what they described as…
Nigeria: Arteta Names Okocha, Ronaldinho As Most Skilful Teammates
[Premium Times] The Arsenal manager named Frédéric Déhu as the best-dressed teammate and another Nigerian, Haruna Babangida, as the worst-dressed.
Man jailed after threatening to kill son's teacher in French village
The father had threatened to behead a female primary school teacher near Toulouse.
More than 20 children killed in DR Congo school fire
Officials say there was a stampede as they fled a fire that engulfed two schools in the eastern rebel-held city of Bukavu.
Yemen's Houthis reportedly seize strategic Red Sea port of Mokha
Mokha’s capture would bring the Iran-backed group closer to controlling the Bab al-Mandab Strait waterway, a key shipping route.
Trump promises to send $500 to nearly 1 million Americans for Obamacare 'overcharges'
Eligible Americans in 30 states would begin receiving payments in October, funded by a surplus of fees, the White House said.
'We never recovered him': Quest to identify remains from Ground Zero continues
Since the attacks, New York officials are working with new, complex technology to find traces of more than 1,000 victims.
Can Trump really pay $5,000 to every American adult?
Analysts question if the US president’s election year offer is workable, legal or affordable.
Pilot warned Amazon cargo plane going too fast before deadly crash, data shows
One pilot told the other about the aircraft’s “excessive speed” but received an uneven response even as alarms sounded.